Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Matt Jones > Casey Jones Edition
So the Titans are working out Matt Jones. You know what, as much as I want to scream nooooooo!, I have to say that if they're looking to bolster the depth at that spot, then you can do a lot worse than a completely healthy 26 year old 6'6" physical freak who managed to catch 62 passes in a pretty bad offense last year. His production has gone up every single year he's been in the league. In the grand scheme of things his legal problems are pretty easy to stomach by NFL standards: I'll take a possible cokehead over a wife-beater/violent criminal every day and a few times on Sunday. Besides, playing WR has got to be way easier than driving that train...
Put it this way, I'd certainly take Jones over Jerry effin' Porter or Samie Parker. Jerry Porter has been terrible for years, and was a major locker room cancer in Oakland. On a related note: you know who should be freaking out? Lavelle Hawkins. If they had any faith in him this wouldn't be happening.
Paul K thinks we could definitely sign Jones, but that we're really looking for a WR who can also help out in the return game. That means a smaller, shiftier style WR, and doesn't bode well for Porter or Jones.
Follow us through the jump to find out the one thing Fisher is lacking...
Teresa M. Walker notes that there's only one thing lacking in Jeff Fisher's tremendous resume: a Super Bowl win. To wit:
He already ranks 22nd in coaching wins and is second only to Bill Belichick (153) among active coaches with his 133 victories. Only nine other coaches have spent more time with one team than Fisher with 240 games, and that list includes such great coaches as George Halas, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Curly Lambeau and Joe Gibbs.
Most of the decisions for who will be cut on 4:00 pm on Saturday have almost certainly been made, but there's always the chance that a huge effort tonight could save a man's job.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, it does.
In advance of Saturday's deadline for teams to get to the 53 man roster, Ross Tucker goes over the common ways players react when they fear they may be on the wrong side of that bubble.
I know this is groundbreaking news across the interwebs, but Peter King sucks at his job.
And for reasoning why, just read the Scouting report Don Banks wrote that is linked by PK. He knows better than that sack of crap. Many thanks to commenter SoCalTitan and super-hater Gramsey for pointing these links out!
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I have a feeling
Fisher will be with that trophy in that picture again in 5 months!!!
by Aditya T (smashville) on Sep 3, 2009 8:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
might have to argue with the headline today august
this casey jones is definitely > than matt jones. funny parallels between the two though.
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by hal41605 on Sep 3, 2009 9:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Really wish Lavelle Hawkins could step up....
…. so that we don’t have to sign that coke-head Matt Jones. C’mon, man, get in the game!
Also, what’s with all of the hate from Peter King and Don Banks? I put both of them pretty high on my idiot scale. Both have us finishing 3rd in the AFC south (this again? every year with this?) and one of Banks’ recent articles ranked VY 21st overall for backup QBs.
You may or may not like VY- fine. But really? Chad Henne (who has thrown exactly 12 passes in the NFL) is somehow better than VY? Ugh.
Then again, most sports news guys are friggin idiots anyway, and I pay little attention to what they blab about. Didn’t Peter King predict the Falcons to be terrible last year? And that Michael Turner couldn’t carry the load? How did that work out, champ?
by TNTitans on Sep 3, 2009 10:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Funny
When VY gets flustered and throws up an interception, he’s a poor QB, but when Favre does it, it’s OK.
by Rustmeister on Sep 3, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nah, Favre is still a douche
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by August West on Sep 3, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lets give matt a shot
He can’t be a bigger lowlife than pacman or travis henry!
by vancouverTITAN on Sep 3, 2009 10:44 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
@tnsports: The Titans are also working out free agent QB Cleo Lemon on Thursday
by Aditya T (smashville) on Sep 3, 2009 11:01 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
CL>VY?
I kid
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by Jimmy on Sep 3, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No you don't.
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by gramsey712 on Sep 3, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Next thing you know, they'll have Jimmy out there throwing some passes.
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by DannoE on Sep 3, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy>VY?
I don’t kid.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Sep 3, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy is Eddie Berlin.
He can catch, not throw. OH! I see what you did there……….
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by gramsey712 on Sep 3, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you think Matt Jones is the only one....you're kidding yourself
Illegal Drugs are a vibrant part of the lifestyle for many NFL players.
The only difference is Matt Jones got caught.
by pigskinpundits.com on Sep 3, 2009 1:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yup
and I believe he only got busted for drugs the once… the second one was for alcohol. And he stayed out of trouble last year…
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by August West on Sep 3, 2009 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My problem with Jones is..
Will he be there when his numbers called, or will he be in trouble again. It’s not that he’s not deserving of a second chance, but at least the guys we have now have kept their nose clean..literally, lol. So you at least have a pretty good feeling they’ll be there to play when their called on. That’s not to say they’ll play well, or that they won’t slip up themselves sometime.
by J3G77 on Sep 3, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
100% agreed
that’s the danger with guys who get in trouble for drugs: when will that other shoe drop and result in a massive suspension?
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by August West on Sep 3, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Linebacker?
Do you think the Titans are comfortable at LB? After the final cuts from other teams, will they bring in a veteran?
by pigskinpundits.com on Sep 3, 2009 1:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably not comfortable, but..
I think they’re more uncomfortable at corner, and maybe at return if tonight Jones or someone else doesn’t have a good game.
by J3G77 on Sep 3, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the looks of Fisher's picture
you would think he was a 1970’s porn star driving a red corvette. Jeff “Dirk Digler” Fisher anyone?
by pigskinpundits.com on Sep 3, 2009 1:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So
that’s why my school blocks MCM for Japanese pornography
by Aditya T (smashville) on Sep 3, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
P King is a CLOWN
TEXANS? REALLY?
He should stick with critiquing crappy coffee chains and various random hotel experiences that no one cares about.
by the_butler on Sep 3, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Afraid I gotta agree with this.
The Texans don’t look half as good this year as they did last year. I mean, Schaub’s already banged up, and it’s not even the season yet! I simple CANNOT WAIT to see Sexy Rexy suit up for a Texans game that counts. And you KNOW that’s coming.
I don’t know. Slaton is a good back, and they have a couple of good players on Defense, but right now I think they look like a team with a LOT of holes to fill. I could be wrong, but I could easily see them drop both games to the Colts (again) and then splitting with the Jags, and that’s even before we talk about the Titans.
Prediction: They’ll be missing the Rosencopter by Week 7.
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by DannoE on Sep 3, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone mentioned Chad Henne above, he is not that good. I actually couldn't beleive anyone
would take him. I don’t see him lasting. Maybe he will prove me wrong, but I really doubt it. He has flashes of brilliance followed by longer doses of average at best play.
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by Joy kat on Sep 3, 2009 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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