Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Mike And Jeff Plus 11 Edition

by August West on Apr 27, 2009 8:55 AM CDT in Tennessee Titans Links

The Titans' prizes from last weekend's draft filled key areas with more young talent and should give the coaching staff the weapons they need to keep the Titans on top of the AFC South. I'd imagine Kerry is pretty happy with the haul of Britt and Cook, who should help bolster the passing game pretty quickly. Picks like Mouton and McRath will also give a boost to special teams right away.

Another reason to be a big Kenny Britt fan: Peter King doesn't like him!

• Tennessee. Not a huge Kenny Britt fan. Not at all. But he's a big receiver and Mike Heimerdinger must think he can get something out of him early; I thought a center for the long term would have been smarter ... The pick I like better is Sen'Derrick Marks, to replace the lost Albert Haynesworth. He just needs to be in the rotation with the other terrific young middle-cloggers Jeff Fisher and Mike Reinfeldt have gathered.

Who wants to take bets on whether King's beef with Britt is over coffee selection or Brett Favre?

Bo should really quit holding out: it's now obvious to all that he's not going to get the long term contract that his camp is angling for. Still no word on if Scaife has even signed the franchise tender since the Cook pick was made.

Almost better than the last few rounds of the draft are the undrafted free agents the team will bring in and sign today. One of the first to be announced was the 2008 Big 10 Defensive Lineman of the Year, Mitch King of Iowa. Check back today because we'll be updating the list of guys as they are announced.

Don't look for a landslide of undrafted FAs, however, because they tend to stay away from teams that are as deep as the Titans so they can go places where they have a better shot of making a roster.

Paul K takes a look at the suddenly extremely deep depth chart we have at running back, and it's no surprise that disappointing 2007 2nd rounder Chris Henry is dangling at the bottom for now.

The Tennessean staff gives the Titans' draft a range from B all the way to B+, which sounds about right.

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Peter King knows nothing!!

Why would we need to pickup a Center for the future when we has L. Harris who I think did a serviceable job replacing Mawae in the playoff game vs the Ravens.

I would say he did a great job if it wasn’t for the snaps he messed up, which I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out that the Ravens D-Line was faking the snap count.

by theologic on Apr 27, 2009 8:59 AM CDT reply actions

WHAT???????????????THE RATBIRDS, CHEATERS?????????????????WHAT????????????????????

Official MCM Hater!

by gramsey712 on Apr 27, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions

Agreed.

Harris is a better than serviceable Center, and if he were to have more than a few weeks of practice with the 1’s would be fine. That’s the least of my concerns about the Titans.

The only other reasonable pick at the #1 spot for TN was a CB. They went WR, which was terrific, really. I agree that it looks like they got a good player in Sen’Derrick Brooks, so what do you want? They got two CB’s, hopefully one will be a player eventually.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Apr 27, 2009 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Marks

Official MCM Hater!

by gramsey712 on Apr 27, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Sorry.

Least I got the first part right.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Apr 27, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Anybody think...

they will pick up a punter off the undrafteds? Hentrich was wanting to retire but came back because Rob wanted him to be here to hold for him. I figure at some point we will be looking to pick up a new punter and let them learn from Craig before he hangs up his helmet.

by Titan in WV on Apr 27, 2009 9:37 AM CDT reply actions

He'd probably have a better shot of making the team than any other position.

by hartley on Apr 27, 2009 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Credit where it's due

I’d give us an A-.

We got young talented players this weekend who are all going to compete for a roster spot.

Some tidbits:
Kenny Britt, Sen’derrick Marks, and Jared Cook all left school a year early.
Mouton was first team all WAC
Gerald McRath was first team all conference USA
Javon Ringer was first team all Big Ten

Jason McCourty was apparently one of the fastest CBs in the country.
Jared Cook won 100 pair of cleats, courtesy of Under Armor, for his high school alma mater when he jumped 41" at the combine. (It’s one of the most impressive clips you’ll see.)
A few analysts had Mouton as one of the most underrated CBs in the draft.
I think I may have been the only one in the country to call Kropog (see Saturday post).

by helpVY on Apr 27, 2009 9:46 AM CDT reply actions

Cook is 6'5" with a 41 inch vertical?

that’s wild… should be fun in the red zone!

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by August West on Apr 27, 2009 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Mitch King is a beast

I hate you guys for getting him

I got Summer hatin' on me cuz I'm hotter than the sun. Spring hatin' on me cuz I ain't never sprung
Winter hatin' on me cuz I'm colder than Y'all. And I will never, I will never, I will never Fall.
-Lil Wayne, Mr. Carter

by shake n bake on Apr 27, 2009 10:07 AM CDT reply actions

great offensive draft

once munchak teaches the boy to block, cook is going to be money. if britt works out, though i’m a tad nervous about him, he could be a great scheme fit. ringer looks like a heck of a running back that was way overused last season and wore down. if his claims of 4.3 speed are true, he will be a fantastic option for our offense, and a ridiculous steal at #173. we got a versatile OL utility man whom mike munchak hand picked—-always a sign of good things to come. and we got edison, a WR with “sky is the limit” type upside @ #206. edison has not only the gaudy physical tools, but has also proven he can dominate ON the football field. i don’t care what level you dominate, it’s more impressive than just dominating a spring workout or two which you train for months in preparation for. that’s what separates him from all the other busted workout wonders we have fallen for in the past.

i’m really excited about the weapons we added. cook could be a real gamebreaker and he gives us 110% of the leverage with bo scaife and his issues. britt looks like he will, at the very least, be a great blocker on the outside for cj. hopefully he will also become a reliable target in the 8-15 yard range. now we have gage, washinton, britt, hawk, williams, davis, edison, thorpe. i willing to bet that whoever emerges in the top 4 of that group will be an extreme upgrade over what we had last season, especially if they put cook in the slot from time to time, which i really really really hope they will. and ringer will allow us to dump some dead weight, and hopefully also push lendale even harder than the dollar signs already are.

I would give a straight A on the offensive side of the ball.

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by hal41605 on Apr 27, 2009 10:17 AM CDT reply actions