Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Victims Of Overwhelming Suck Edition
by August West on Dec 28, 2009 8:59 AM CST
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Dear Titans: now you've seen what this defense looks like without Keith Bulluck. 60 points in 5 quarters, and there isn't even a blizzard this time. It happened simply due to overwhelming suck, and next years forecast could me more of the same. Re-sign the man. NOW.
The most published story in Titans-land this week is that we only have two things going for us now: trying to get to .500 (which would make 4 straight seasons of .500 or above) and trying to get Chris Johnson into the record books.
Follow us through this premature jump or I'll blame it on you...
CJ needs to 234 yards to break Eric Dickerson's record, 128 yards to join the Hall of Famer-packed 2,000 club and a mere 75 yards to break Marshall Faulk's sing-season yards from scrimmage mark of 2,429.
Here's more record talk.
Still feeling down and dejected? Here's a story form the USA Today with plenty of quotes from Titans players who know just how you feel.
Am I alone in being so infuriated with the fact that Phillip effin' Rivers torched us so badly that damned Billy Volek got in to mop up the carcass of our season?n Talk about the final insult.
Fastidious links contributor JimR points us towards the well-covered news that even with a mountain of money, Big Albert still isn't a leader. There's a way he could properly lodge his complaints about how dumb the system may be or how bad the coaching almost certainly is; this just certainly isn't that method.
You can agree or disagree with the strategy all you want, but you can't argue with the awesome results: the Colts pissed away a chance to go for 19-0 out of fear. That just doesn't bode well from where I'm sitting.
The NFL is going to love this: The Who's Pete Townsend may have to register with the state of Florida as a sex offender prior to their performance at half time of the Super Bowl in Miami. Wikipedia has a synopsis on the trouble Pete has gotten himself into.
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You're looking at it all wrong, August
Colts fans should all be grateful that they have been spared the embarrassment of going 16-0 only to then lose their first playoff game again. Colts management did the fanbase a HUGE favor!
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 9:06 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
234 yards, eh?
Difficult, but doable – if Jeff Fisher commits to doing it.
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 28, 2009 9:21 AM CST reply actions
it's only a 6 yards more than he got against the Jags...
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we just need the seahawks d to mail it in another week...
and take one for the team
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by stetix01 on Dec 28, 2009 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
There's another record
Four Records within CJ’s Reach
http://mvn.com/totaltitans/2009/12/27/four-records-are-within-chris-johnsons-reach
How’s that for fastidious?? :-)
by JimR on Dec 28, 2009 9:34 AM CST via mobile reply actions
I actually believe that CJ will get 3 out of the 4 records....
He will get the franchise, scrimmage yds, and 2K….I am hoping that the Seahawks will fall flat on their face and “allow” CJ to get the records…
I want him to beat ED’s record not because he will be the best back of all time….but because i want ED to look like a plum idiot for saying CJ couldn’t do it…
by Bonafidebrother on Dec 28, 2009 10:58 AM CST reply actions
I agree. He'll probably get 3 out of 4.
However, I think it’s fallacy to say that this is his last shot at the record. I think barring injury CJ will be very good for a long time.
Next year defenses will probably line up to stop him,. However, once VY shows he can win games for us in the first couple games then they will have to find another way.
Oh you are absolutely correct....
CJ will always be fast and shifty enough to do what he is doing this season again…. he only improves on his previous season. AS LONG AS THE FRONT OFFICE does what they are supposed to do…we should be in good shape..
Warren Moon is my third cousin....seriously....
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by Bonafidebrother on Dec 28, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
Hood
Nice to see Hood deactivated again so we could play our rookie corners who showed they didn’t have near enough experience after Harper thankfully went out. They got smoked on a consistent basis on the 0-6 start. We bring in Hood who has 3 INTs in the 3 games he played, yet we deactivate him after taking first team snaps all week knowing Harper is quetionable. If that isn’t genius coaching, I don’t know what is. Our personell decisions this year on defense are the paterfamilias of idiocy. This is just more proof.
by rwinston on Dec 28, 2009 11:08 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Hood
Does anyone have any idea why this guy isn’t playing much less suiting up? Did he get caught texting Fisher’s wife or something? There has to more to this than what we’re seeing.
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by DonFrancisco on Dec 28, 2009 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
Like maybe he is bad
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
some interceptions are great plays
and some are great luck. hood’s were the latter, just like nick harper’s against miami. sometimes the ball just falls into your lap.
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Exactly
One came off of the Ref setting a basketball-style screen on the Wide Receiver, and I know another came off a crazy tip job where he wasn’t involved in the actual defensing of the pass. The 3rd I don’t remember, but at least 66% of his INTs were pure luck.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
the one where TO was wide open
in front of him on a slant but let it go right through his hands to hood
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Still.
He’s so bad that they don’t even suit him up?
And to quote the man: “Some might call it luck, I call it… well luck I guess. So what?”
That's what sets alarms off for me
They would rather suit Jason McCourty up than Rod Hood. That can’t be just because Fisher is blind or dumb. He must have seen something in practice.
/waits for the irrational fans to say he is blind and dumb
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah that was my original question.
What is it that we’re not seeing? He must really suck in practice or something. Or like I theorized, he pissed someone off.
I dont know if I buy the "pissed off in practice" thing
Just because I like to (maybe naively) think that Coaches would rather win than hold a grudge. Him sucking in practice is a definite possibility.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
Really.....
we’re just arguing over which not-REALLY-good-enough-to-start CB should get our starting #2 CB position by being the best of the worst.
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 28, 2009 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
Thank you
Do we really think Hood would’ve stopped Vincent Jackson?
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions
Right. So Fisher said we're gonna get our ass kicked anyway, we might as well look worse doing it.
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No, because we don't know if Hood>Harper
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
But we do know that Hood cannot be worse than Harper.
So why not try? At this point, why not put freakin Hands Washington at CB? He can’t catch anyway. Maybe he can cover.
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hahaha fair enough
Sorry, I sound like I am defending Harper. I am not. I have felt Hood should’ve been starting. But something seems weird to me when he is inactive this many times in a row, and they’d rather have McCourty as the 3rd CB.
Doesn’t that make you wonder if Hood is worse than we perceived?
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
Not really.
Cause I think Britt is better than Hands or Gage, and they didn’t start him.
I don’t trust the coaching staff this year. (I better not say stuff like that. Chuck Cecil might throw his gum at me.)
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Yes but they PLAYED Britt. They didn't just sit him on the bench and deactivate him
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
Good point. He did get his time to drop some passes.
You are probably right. I just keep thinking they could throw a fried turkey on the field and it would cover and tackle better than Nick Harper.
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Somebody should photoshop that
And it pisses me off that it did take Fisher until halfway through Week 16 to go “You know what? Let’s just put a rookie out there. They cant be worse than Harper and it will be valuable experience.”
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:33 PM CST up reply actions
Didn't Harper reinjure his arm missing a tackle?
That is what they said on the postgame show.
Or at least that is why Fisher said he was out……..
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I heard
another announcer say he was benched, but most of the explanations I heard involved a reinjury. Anyone see anything semi-official?
the official word will be jeff's
and thus he will say it was an injury because he protects his players to the media. that’s why guys love to play for him.
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I completely
don’t trust their personnel decisions anymore. I think at this point that they are stubborn dummies is just as likely as the Hood is really a lot worse than people think and showed that in practice last week explanation.
He might be.
I think what has been frustrating this year has been the unwillingness to make any changes at all, even when things got really ugly (return game).
In the few cases where we finally did something, it was LONG after severely damaging ourselves, and usually not even then without a fight.
It shouldn’t be this difficult to just make a change when something is clearly not going well.
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 28, 2009 12:28 PM CST up reply actions
Hood
He is inactive because he doesn’t play special teams. I dont know if he cant or just doesnt.
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by DonFrancisco on Dec 28, 2009 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
Man you guys just want to argue.
No one said that anyone on our team could stop the Chargers receivers. I just asked if anyone had any good info on why we weren’t starting a superior player (perception, luck, PERFORMANCE) over a obviously shitty one.
It's fun
Keeps the brain fresh and I love reading other people’s perspectives. I cant tell you how many times I end up changing my mind based on convos and arguments I have here.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe he is
But so is Harper. Hood cannot be worse. Just can’t. Heck, I can let a guy run right by me and catch a pass. And miss tackles. Put me in.
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Hood was cut by Cleveland
The fact is, we have no talent at CB after Finnegan.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:12 PM CST up reply actions
Regardless of who cut him
He was balling for us. Lucky or not. From all perceptions he was A LOT better than Harper.
Yes, all perceptions except the perception of the men who watch game tape and see him in practice
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Same guys who started Hands Washington and Justin Gage over Kenny Britt on Friday. And won't put Lavelle Hawkins in the game to return kicks for some reason.
Their track record this season is what is leading us to question them.
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What proof is there Hawkins is good at returning kicks?
I ask seriously. I don’t ever remember him returning kicks. Of course I never watch the Cal Bears, so maybe he did in college.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
He was a stud kick returner in college.
And I can say with 100% confidence that he would not dance as much as Kenny Britt, and that he knows how to call for a fair catch unlike Cortland Finnegan.
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Then I agree, he should return kicks
This season has been infuriating…
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
I did a little research on Hawkins
He averaged 22 yards a return in college. Longest was 90 for a touch.
And he was born on the same day I was. Maybe a new player crush here.
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you also know
the same amount of our playbook as he does!
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Hawkins vs Jackson
In 2007, Jackson had 65 catches for 765 yards and 6 touchdowns. Hawkins had 72/872/6 and averaged 22.0 yards per kick return.
What the hell happened?
Will Fisher do that?
I know he is loyal to players. Is he loyal to coaches?
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by DonFrancisco on Dec 28, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions
i doubt it
graves has been around a long time. it’s hard to tell if it’s his fault or if we just draft a ton of duds, but he sure hasn’t done much good that i can see.
and for the record, dinger has way more to do with the hawk not playing because his pet peeve is people not knowing what they are supposed to do. i’m not sure we can blame graves if hawkins has a bad work ethic. multiple times during camp when i was there dinger tore lavelle a new one for lining up wrong. dinger cusses like a sailor when he is mad.
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Britt is the WR of the future (and present, for that matter)
but he’s slow-motion at the return game, I agree.
Among the offseason needs: decide whether there is TRULY an in-house option, or else sign one.
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 28, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
Hood was signed to help with the Arizona game since he knew so much about their philosophy.
Had we not been playing the Cardinals, they would probably just have stuck with Mcourty. Just my opinion.
I’d love to have Tennessee resign Bulluck but…
… not if it will hamstring the team salary cap-wise.
It was hard letting “Fat Albert” walk last year. But he was gonna cost too much money.
I think it’s the same thing with Bulluck.
The only way I see Bulluck returning is if they put the franchise tag on him, which will probably make him very upset.
Unless he is willing to take the Titans “best” offer (which is almost certainly be below market value) I think he leaves unless they tag him…
I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...
I dont see market value being that high after this injury, considering his age
Sad to say, but that injury may be what keeps Bulluck with the Titans
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Watch the 59-0 highlights
it makes me feel better about what this season could have become
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Dec 28, 2009 12:26 PM CST reply actions
Which one?
Okay so I’m only slightly exagerrating……….
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 28, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
I asked this in a fanshot thread
And I’ll repeat it here.
We need some corner help and we need some kick/punt return love.
Anybody got anything on Javier Arenas? I realize he’s probably not first round material, but is he shutdown at corner? As a casual SEC fan I’d say he’s much more well-known for his return abils, so what’s he like at corner? Is there another good option?
One of either DL or CB will be our first round pick.
The other will probably have to come via Free Agency.
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 28, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
I would love to have Arenas
But I am not sure he is a first round pick.
We will want to grab Rolando McClain if he is still there.
Tuna Boss can give us the downlow on Arenas. Of course, he is not working today, so he doesn’t have time to talk to us.
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I like the Arenas pick, but without a 2nd rounder, it'll be tough to get him
Is he shutdown on the NFL level? Doubtful. But he should prove to be good enough to be a 2nd CB.
Does anybody else hold out hope that Mouton could end up being a good 2nd Corner? Or am I crazy?
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 28, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions
I like Mouton
Does it seem like all of our current corners are little dudes (I realize Arenas is also little)?
Would it be beneficial to get a taller guy to match up with taller receivers? Mouton, for instance, is 5’9", Finnegan is listed as 5’9(5/8)".
Also, as opposed to Mouton, will Fuller remain the nickel for his career, or is that position considered a “stepping-stone” to a starting corner?
cook will justify it next year
rookies are rarely used and the injury set him back even further. scaife will leave, crump will be too old and cook will be a beast. if there is anything i will go out on a limb for concerning the future of this team, it’s that jared cook will be a stud, and soon.
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nope
cook is the truth. when he is healthy and the depth chart clears out a bit, he’s gonna be lethal. i refuse to think otherwise.
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JerMichael Finley hit up Seattle for 80 on 3 catches.
If we could find a way to use Cook the way the Pack use Finley it would be awesome. But they will probably just use him the way they used Scaife on short routes or ask him to stay in and block. Which would be the opposite of how his skill set should be used.
I think Mouton can be our #2 corner
or should I say hope, it kills me to think that we may have wasted another high pick
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by Voluntitan23 on Dec 28, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
One note on Bulluck:
With that injury, there’s actually very little chance that he’ll ever play in the NFL again. It takes about 18 months to come back from a horrific injury like that, and so that’s actually the 2011 season. It’s hard to imagine the Titans—or anyone—will sign up for that.
The best chance Bulluck has is to get the surgery, wait, sit-out, and re-hab, and then essentially audition in 2011. It’s hard to believe that he’ll actually WANT to go through all that at this point, so bottom line, I think he’s got some serious thinking to do about now.
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I didn't think of it that way
You think Bulluck has 18 months before he’s back to full-speed?
If so, that’s terrible, although I haven’t heard anyone yet say that his injury is career-ending.
where are you getting your info on the injury?
acls are definitely not 18 month rehabs, that’s microfracture surgery.
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ACL
are not 18 months rehab. 9 months is very common (some are even shorter.)However, many players are often not the same the first year back from an ACL.
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by DonFrancisco on Dec 28, 2009 3:56 PM CST up reply actions
that was a terrible triad
which is mcl, pcl and acl. a much more significant injury. (iirc that it was in fact a triad)
I was actually thinking of Donovan McNabb.
I meant 18 months to FULL recovery, i.e. the same player he was before. Because look, NO ONE is going to sign an aging linebacker who’s obviously lost a step from ACL surgery. Maybe as a mid-season replacement, but that’s about it.
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right now!
I’m just angry at the whole frekin team! I can not frekin believe how many times the team roasted itself with poor play or bad coaching. Now we sit here……again. It seems to me that mediocre is all we ever get from anyone associated to the Titans now. Leadership change FIRST is needed.
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Whether he heard me or not remains to be seen, but I would have sworn that I caught the glimmer of a single tear running down his cheek.
I was booing from parking lot H.
I had started to sober up about the time they hit 42. And realized there was free beer in the truck.
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I was muffled sobbing
from San Diego, of all places, where I spent Christmas with my girlfriend’s family.
"And with the 16th pick, the Tennessee Titans select..."
I was at home watching my wife roll her eyes every time....
San Diego scored. I was also on the game thread bitching along with every one else. I knew Harper was gonna suck…but Hope & Finney too!! WTF!! Our db’s were clearly scared to death of those huge recievers. UGLY!!
by titansfan4ever on Dec 28, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions
I was booing from 331
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by Voluntitan23 on Dec 28, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
i was booing
in my home at 3 AM on my computer listening to mike ketih
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