Tennessee Titans Morning Links: All-Terrain Cornerback Edition
by August West on Oct 14, 2010 11:11 AM CDT
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Can't get enough of Alterraun Verner on Sundays, or here on MCM where he does excellent work each week, well The Tennessean has a profile of him here. Not a lot of new news to it, but it's always good to see our guy getting some publicity for playing well.
The only team that scores more efficiently than our Titans are the New England Patriots, according to CHFF's Scorability Index. We also place 8th on their Bendability Index, which quantifies how many yards it takes an opponent to score (thus trying to measure the 'bend but don't break' philosophy).
Troy Aikman ranks the toughest defenses in the league and puts us fourth, behind Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Green Bay. I's say we're tougher than Green Bay, but it's still funny that you could have made that list 10 years ago and it would have been largely the same.
Jump!
Everybody's pumped for Monday Night Football this week. Heck, Jags fans are so happy they're actually planning on showing up.
Former head of officials Mike Pereira was not a fan of the excessive celebration penalty that lead to Mark Mariani's huge runback last Sunday.
Former Titans linebacker Mike Rivera signed with the Packers. Rivera was cut by the Titans after injuring his hamstring during the preseason.
According to these guys, no single team made a bigger leap in their playoff probability than the Titans did last week.
If you happen to be walking down the street in the next few days, and you see John Elway coming towards you, I'd suggest crossing to the other side of the road just to be safe. He's got to be one angry man right now...
Josh Levin at Slate takes a look at the 'homeless orphan gets adopted and makes it to the NFL' part of The Blindside and finds that it's a story repeated all over the NFL, including by former Titans Keith Bulluck and Todd Williams.
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I thought it was hilarious when Chris Berman gave ATV the nickname...
Alteraunn "After"Verner….LOL!!!! He showed some of that speed on that pick!!!
"He is fast, but what I like about him is he looks like one of those track guys that actually knows how to run the ball and has good vision and patience. He is not just running at top speed. He knows when to use his speed, and he has some power and toughness, too.'' Barry Sanders about CJ2K
Dwight Howard >The Justice League of America
by Bonafidebrother on Oct 14, 2010 11:17 AM CDT reply actions
The dallas game
still has my head spinning a little bit. We won a shoot-out where our opponent threw 46 times and possessed the ball for thirteen more minutes than we did. Fisher must feel like he’s woken up in an alternate universe.
I'm not a Vince Young fanboy. I'm a Vince Young athletic supporter. No, wait.
by numbertenox on Oct 14, 2010 11:49 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
ATV
I know we all have serious man crushes on this dude, and a lot of that has to do with the fact that he writes on this site, but what an outstanding start to a career.
The FO once again did a great job drafting late. Don’t get me wrong, Morgan looked great before getting hurt, and Williams is right where we expect him to be, but ATV and Mariani are steals.
Not only are they playing great football, but they come across as good guys. You can’t ask for much more.
I still would like to see Rennie dress a game. Anyone heard anything about him recently?
Is it strange that I wish we still had Ben Hartsock?
Not a thing
but I think that’s more so a statement about the depth at LB than it is about Rennie’s skills. I think he may be a bit more of a project than they expected when they took him in the 3rd round though.
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by August West on Oct 14, 2010 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
Rennie has been great on film, and right now i think he plays special teams some, don’t qoute me on it but i think he is, he’ll do great learning behind our LBs.
and hmmm..
What do yall think will happen when Thorton returns after this week??
Who will start? I imagine if he does start, he’ll take G-Mac’s spot.
but its interesting!!
by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Oct 14, 2010 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
No way in hell he takes over as a starter...
He’s not as fast or as strong as any of the 3 starting now. The last thing we need is to slow down in the LB corps. I like David Thornton, but I don’t think he improves what we already have.
Thorton will come of the PUP list
and probably hit either the IR or one of the other inactive lists
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I watched the game on NFL Replay...
and a couple things come to mind. First, I gotta give it up for the rookies of the year, #20 & #83…WOW, what an impact they’ve had already!! That pick from our own ATV completely turned the whole game around. Not to mention the return from Mariani which was HUGE!! Originally I had seen where Babin & Jones each had 2 sacks a piece, but I also saw great effort from Ball & Brown as well, so I think some props are deserved by those two as well. As far as offense goes, CJ finally broke a long one, which everybody knows IS going to happen, it’s just a question of when. VY looked very poised, and I was glad to see him run a little bit (which I believe is the Titans secret weapon, which of course is no secret to defenses anymore). But Kenny friggin Britt was AWESOME BABY!! He IS the difference on offense, no doubt about it. Well boys, I’m feeling pretty good right now cause I’m looking forward to VY shredding the Jag’s secondary to pieces Monday night!! GO TITANS!! LUV YA BLUE!!!
I agree all the way through
And a critical thing Tony did when his helmet was knocked off. Had he gone back to snag it, I believe it would have been an encroachment penalty because the Cowboys were trying to snap the ball. He was not scared to go to battle without his helmet, and he was smart not to go back for it. He also plays lights out 100%. It is going to be nice if we get Marks back, because when Haye and Gordon go in for Brown/Jones, there is a SIGNIFICANT dropoff with the pressure up the middle.
Aside from that, lets OWN US some JAGS Monday!!!
GO TITANS!!!
BTW, a few things I saw that were not so great...
Finney got burned soooooo many times I stopped counting. And Hope was not much help either. I say either these vets pick it up…or…bench them (ala VY).
That is blasphamy
Bench Finnegan and Hope and replace them with who? Mouton and Nickey.
LOL
Won’t happen, they had a bad game, they will improve…
Hey, if they replaced VY with KC....
anything is possible. BTW, I think you’re right, they just had a bad game, but they’ll have rebound on Monday night.
by titansfan4ever on Oct 15, 2010 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I think Finny backed off a bit...
because of that lovely (read: stupid) letter he got from the league.
Finnegan is no longer dedicated to one side of the field now
I wonder if that has thrown him off some this season.
I'm not a Vince Young fanboy. I'm a Vince Young athletic supporter. No, wait.
Finney gambles entirely too much. He can cover when he wants to. I say, when J Mac comes back, let him and Verner run the show. Finney is my guy, but he needs a reality check!
Finnegan played much better when he was low key and under the radar...
I think, like Revis, he believes he’s better than he is. I was getting pretty angry with his play in the Cowboy game.
He said he was using a different style of play on twitter in that game and that he’s switching back. It’s not like he’s been bad in coverage he just wasn’t playing physical with recievers at the line like he usually does.
by NJD28 on Oct 14, 2010 10:24 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You surf the internet long enough
You’ll see just about everything.
L'enfer, c'est les autres.
by Strangely Enough on Oct 14, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Its funny
I remember thinking this offseason “this is the 1st time in a long time that we have to worry about the Titans D & not the O”.
Then the season comes & the D is lightsout & the O keeps hitting its head against the wall.
They fixed the D, thats for sure. IMO, they are 4th best(Pitt,Bal,NYJ).
& I hate to get my hopes up after just one game, but it looks like Fisher finally figured out what the rest of us have been screaming for….throw to set up the run. I just hope it continues & if it does, the wins will pile up & the VY hate will fade, even if only a little bit.
how many teams would love to see their offense as a let down
while it’s sitting at 5th in points per game…
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