Tennessee Titans Morning Links: FIRE!!! FIRE!!! FIRE!!! Edition

by August West on Sep 16, 2009 8:41 AM CDT in Linkage Comment 11 comments

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You know how I know Central American countries usually have problems? People leave there to live in Pittsburgh.

Fisher doesn't see any changes coming down the pike to the NFL's overtime system. He also curiously says that he was hoping we'd lose the coin toss so that we'd have the wind to our advantage. Marty Mornhinweg thinks that logic is impeccable (I'm not saying that Fisher would CHOOSE to kick if we'd have one won the toss, but I still don't like the logic)...

Now the AOL Fanhouse is helping spread the gospel of Jared Cook, calling him our 'secret weapon'. Hell, I'll just settle for healthy, productive weapon at this point!

Michael Griffin writes about cut day in the NFL, and it's another outstanding entry in his blog for the Tennessean. Griff's blog really is a must read so far, because of the perspective he gives into the reality of the NFL for players at all levels, like this thought on being cut at the end of camp:

You’re walking away from the game not due to injury but because somebody else is telling you you’re not good enough, something you’ve probably never heard in your life.

Follow us through the jump to find our if we're the frying pan or the fire...

Last Thursday our offense had the sparks, it's just unfortunate that the Steelers weren't providing any good kindling to get the flames started.

Congrats to Houston Chronicle scribe Dale Robertson for delivering the line of the week regarding our upcoming match-up with the Houston Texans in the wake of their embarrassing loss to the Jets:

If the New York Jets were the frying pan, the Tennessee Titans may be the fire.

It's nice to know that Paul Kuharsky isn't an idiot, but many of his co-workers are:

Titans: They rank ninth, I have them fourth.

They took the defending Super Bowl champs into overtime on their home field. I didn’t think the loss -- where they showed some excellent toughness -- warranted dropping them behind the Colts, who couldn’t drop from five after a win over Jacksonville.

You can moralize all you want about Steve McNair's life outside of football and the circumstances of his brutal murder, but you have to admit the man didn't make the one mistake that almost every other pro athlete makes: the man took care of his money, and now his family is provided for long after he's gone.

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It's nice to see a Titan with a little perspective

Considering I follow CJ and LenDale on twitter and get gems like “hey twitter fam i have a ? if i print t shirts up with different concepts would yall but them???? honest opinion” (LenDale) or “Just chillin bout to get in my hot tube it feel great” (CJ) I think it’s good to have a player with a little perspective and talent.

Maybe instead of t-shirts and hot tubes (reminds me of the Family Guy where Peter opens “Ye Olde Pube” in his basement), if the guys on the roster worried more about improving their game we’d get a little further than round 1 of the playoffs.

Just sayin- go #33.

by TNTitans on Sep 16, 2009 8:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I seriously doubt that anyone questions CJ's work ethic

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by August West on Sep 16, 2009 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah who cares if CJ and Lendale dont take the time to proofread their tweets.

They are just having fun, we put these athletes up on a pedestal… critiquing every single little thing that they do. WHO CARES, they are just normal people like you and me.

by ryansax on Sep 16, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you misunderstood my criticism

I don’t care if you can’t spell as a football player.

I DO, however, care if all the other things distract from you being productive.

And I do question the work ethic of a guy who is late for the first game of the preseason because he was polishing his grill.

That said, I don’t want to turn this into a debate about CJ. Go Titans!

by TNTitans on Sep 16, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, I doubt the statistics that Climer reports about OT percentages

The last stat that I saw regarding OT was that from 1974-2003, there were 365 games that went into overtime. Of those, 189 teams won the toss and then went on to win the game. That is only 52%. Additionally, of those games, BOTH teams had at least one possession 261 times (72%).

I’d really like to know where he got the 60% number as I doubt that an additional 6 years of data would skew 45 years worth.

by TNTitans on Sep 16, 2009 9:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The high overtime numbers

almost always go back to before the merger. Since then it’s been about %52 to %54 in favor of the team that wins the toss…

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by August West on Sep 16, 2009 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But...

In the last few years there have been rule changes made, most of those rule changes have tended to help offenses, and hendered defenses. So, that would help raise the OT winning percentage of just the last few years, if you won the coin toss

by J3G77 on Sep 16, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fair point

Well taken- with the way that the NFL protects QBs above all else, you have a good point.

Still, I like the OT rules the way that they are now (this is a debate for another thread I guess).

by TNTitans on Sep 16, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Overtime Rules

I have always hated the Overtime rules in the NFL. I think it should be played the same way as now but instead of the first team to score, it should be the first team to 6 points. The way is is now, teams don’t even have to go through the most difficult section of the field, the red zone. they just have to get close enough to kick a field goal. With the 6 point rule, the team that loses the toss may still not see the ball, but that is only if their defense fails to keep them out of the endzone, not just field goal range. It also keeps the games from going too long because I know that is a concern.

by BennyTN on Sep 16, 2009 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree, that'd certainly be a better way..

..than the way it is now.

by J3G77 on Sep 16, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One Question

What would Fisher have done if we had two or three the toss?

I’m just messing with you. I do stuff like that all the time and grammar check never catches it. You would think, with all of the other picky crap it catches, it would catch homophones.

by BennyTN on Sep 16, 2009 12:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs