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Don Banks looks at Week 1 Winners/Losers


More high praises from Don Banks as he writes about Preseason Week 1 Winners and Losers

FYI We were Winners....

WINNER -- This just in: The Titans have receivers. Repeat, the Titans have receivers. When I visited Tennessee's training camp last week, I came away very impressed with the pass-catching potential of rookies Kenny Britt and Jared Cook. And they didn't take long to justify my confidence. Britt, the first-round receiver from Rutgers, caught five passes for a team-best 89 yards and a touchdown in a 27-20 win at Tampa Bay, and he looks like that rare first-year receiver who's ready to make an immediate impact.

Cook, the third-round tight end from South Carolina, added six catches for 56 yards against the Bucs, and he's basically a receiver wearing a tight end jersey number. Just think of what the Titans might have on their hands once new deep threat Nate Washington gets going, and that running game and defense do what they do so well. Tennessee is again the team to beat in the AFC South.



Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/08/18/winners.losers/index.html#ixzz0OZkPUXSH


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Too bad Cook cant block.

" Of course Steroids should be allowed! I wanna see 700 foot home runs and 90 yard field goals! I litterally want to see someone's d**k get shoved in the dirt!"

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Aug 18, 2009 8:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's what we have Crumpler, Scaife and Stevens for...

Cook will come around as a blocker, just watch.

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by August West on Aug 18, 2009 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just like Kellen Winslow Jr. was supposed to?

" Of course Steroids should be allowed! I wanna see 700 foot home runs and 90 yard field goals! I litterally want to see someone's d**k get shoved in the dirt!"

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Aug 19, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Winlow Jr

doesn’t have Munchak working with him.

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by Jimmy on Aug 20, 2009 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry but who is Munchak

" Of course Steroids should be allowed! I wanna see 700 foot home runs and 90 yard field goals! I litterally want to see someone's d**k get shoved in the dirt!"

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Aug 20, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HOF offensive line coach

best in the biz.

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by hal41605 on Aug 20, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOW, seriously dude.............................

you have no idea who Mike Munchak is? Why are you even talking?

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by titsahoy on Aug 24, 2009 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

just think

if we had a player that can BLOCK&CATCH,,oh wait, Bo Scaife does both…..AWSOME!!!!!

by jaketitan427 on Aug 19, 2009 12:03 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Don Banks is suddenly my favorite member of the media

He apparently developed a love interest with the Titans this offseason.
Also, we can teach Cook to block. We can make him better, stronger, faster.

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by BonzosMontreaux on Aug 19, 2009 7:16 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why is everyone so certain Cook can't block?

During the Bills game the announcers showed a closeup of him blocking after he drew a holding call. They both agreed that his blocking technique wasn’t that bad, and that the hold might not have gotten called during a game (we all know most aren’t).

His main problem, I think, is that he so tall it’s hard for him to get down low enough to get the right leverage, but I wish people would stop acting like he can’t learn.

by theologic on Aug 19, 2009 7:31 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Blocking as a TE is not something you pick right up as a rookie in the NFL

It takes time, he’ll find it

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by Pride of the Southland on Aug 19, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we should just make him a receiver.

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by Jimmy on Aug 19, 2009 8:06 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I disagree.

Let the man play his position and develop other outside threats. I mean, it’s great that he can catch—seriously great!—but why put him in WR, where he’d probably be 4th? Get him on the field in 2 TE, no WR sets, and that’s where he’ll REALLY shine.

DannoE

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by DannoE on Aug 19, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree that he would be 4th

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by Jimmy on Aug 19, 2009 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would like to see him line up as a wideout

every now and again just to see the defense panic

Que Where?!?!

by SouthTexasTitan on Aug 19, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think

they are trying to keep jared cook on the down low for as long as possible. if you watch him in practice he is almost never lined up in the traditional tight end position. when he is lined up outside, he is almost uncoverable. i think at this point fisher and dinger know what they have with cook, so there is no reason to put too much film of him out there in the preseason. last night he ran right past chris hope and caught a bomb from vince. cook seems to have fantastic hands and he can outrun our secondary, so i’m not sure what else you can say about the guy. no reason to have him lighting up highlight reels in the preseason.

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by hal41605 on Aug 19, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ahh so they know the talent is there

but they don’t want other teams to make ways that can shut him down before the regular season starts

Que Where?!?!

by SouthTexasTitan on Aug 19, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am so bleeping excited

Does anybody else have a feeling this is gonna be the best bleeping team we’ve ever put on the field? I mean, bleep, man. Bleeping bleep! (sorry if I sound like a bleep but I’m ready to kick some bleep this year).

This one's for you, #9.

by Drubaru on Aug 19, 2009 11:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

damn hal

you know how to arouse a Titan fan

"I finished the game. In my mind, if I finished the game, I can play next week." - Steve McNair RIP

by Pinoy Titan on Aug 21, 2009 2:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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