Tennessee Titans Daily Links: Finally, A Headline Not About Randy Mo... ahh Crap Edition
Joe Biddle would like you to know that the Titans can indeed win the division this season, despite currently being tied for the lead... or something like that. On a related Biddle note, if you caught the press conference yesterday to heard Biddle in prime form as he snapped a chain of about 8 Randy Moss questions to ask Jeff Fisher about the mounting injuries to the Colts without a hint of sarcasm in his voice. Classic Biddle.
Yesterday's presser was full of reporters who couldn't have found Baptist Sports Park without a GPS machine one week ago, and they made the most out of their travel account so they could pepper Fisher with questions like 'Will Randy Moss be expected to play hard?'.I'd love to see what questions these guys had on their note pad that they didn't get around to asking...
The Titans are adjusting the practice routine for Tony Brown to try and maximize the amount of recovery time he got over the bye week, and between games moving forward. Browns knee has bothered him all season, and increased rest is the only thing that will help reduce the pain. In related news, man I really wish Derrick Morgan hadn't gotten hurt for the season. It's difficult not to imagine what he could have added to our pass rush.
FO's Audibles at the Line is a must read every week, and this edition is no exception as the boys weighed in on the action across the league Sunday as it happened.
I know saying you actually like any broadcast crew is grounds for complaining from some quarter, but I have to say that for a noon Sunday game I actually enjoy the work of Ian Eagle and Dan Foust most weeks. they aren't perfect, but lord you can do so much worse... I'm looking at you Steve Beuerline and Rich Gannon.
I've been saying all year that there's no way David Thronton makes it back to the active roster, but he'll be given every day possible just in case the LBs are ravaged by injuries. With Jamie Winborn now on the IR, Thronton may have a small glimmer of hope, especially if opposing teams really start to lean on screen passes to offset our pass rush.
The Titans didn't have to score a point last weekend to move up to 1st in the NFL in points-per-game. They're also sitting pretty at 9th in points given-up.
Add Boomer Esiason to the list of NFL analysts who haven't watched the Titans enough to realize that Vince Young isn't the same QB he was 2 or 3 years ago:
"The Tennessee Titans are the fools in this case, I think. They think they’re going to stick [Randy Moss] in there with Vince Young, who has a hard enough time completing passes as it is..."
Larry Stone makes a mildly-susatinable case for time of possession. He approaches it from an offensive stand point, saying that the running game needs to improve. I'll agree with that, but I'm really more concerned about the defense getting off the field at a better clip than the offense morphing back into what it was 10 years ago. People have to realize that this isn't the late 90's/early 2000's, and this team is a big play machine that's more worried about scoring at any given time than doing so under certain time-parameters.
Oh, Jeff... no. Just, no. Those guys are a worse representation of this city than Nick Harper.
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sorry
i just can’t stand ’em.
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by August West on Nov 9, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
99% because of their music and the lead singer's nasaly delivery
and the rest because they represent that overly-slick, douchey side of the Nashville country machine I’m not a fan of.
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by August West on Nov 9, 2010 11:47 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I remember hearing them from outside a bar in Printer's Alley many years ago
and I couldn’t stand them then either…
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Tastes vary, of course...
I can’t stand the Dixie Chicks and for the majority of Sugarland’s songs, Jennifer Nettles’ voice grates on me.
Agreed on all counts
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what about Hooty without the blowfish
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum.
by SouthTexasTitan on Nov 9, 2010 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
I have no problem with them
That was actually the first concert where I was the one in the family who really wanted to go, at Starwood (/pours one out) right after Cracked Rearview exploded…
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I will say...
Darius Rucker is awesome… not that singing country is very far from what Hootie and the Blowfish does anyway…
agreed
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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Nov 9, 2010 12:49 PM CST up reply actions
This VY is a bad QB stuff has to stop
I’m not saying VY is a great QB but he is definitely playing at a high level and only improving. And, you don’t hear this type of crap when comparing to some other QBs, such as Vick, Stafford, Sanchez, Flacco, Henne, Ryan, etc.
FACT: Since beginning of last season, VY has a higher passer rating than Kyle Orton, Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Jay Cutler, Carson Palmer, Chad Henne, and Donovan McNabb.
If Moss had gone to Miami, Chicago, or Washington, all of these pundits would have been saying what a great pickup and how having Moss will elevate Henne, Cutler, or McNabb to elite QB status this year.
Look at the WRs that some of these teams have added…Atlanta adds Tony Gonzalez and has Roddy White and Matt Ryan has a QB rating 13 points below VY and nearly 1.5 YPA less. Baltimore adds Anquan Boldin and TJ Houshmanzadeh and Flacco has a QB rating 14 points below VY and nearly 1 YPA less. Miami adds Brandon Marshall and Henne has a QB rating 25 points below VY and nearly 1.5 YPA less. Cincinnati adds TO and Palmer has a QB rating 20 points below VY and nearly 1 YPA less.
Now that some offensive weapons are on the Titans (CJ, Britt), VY is playing at a high level…Moss will only add to the offensive firepower. These pundits need to actually watch the games.
by shawneriksmith on Nov 9, 2010 11:25 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
I think the only way its gonna stop
Is if the Titans play more primetime games and VY leads the titans to a superbowl. Other than that, people will ignore small market teams and dream of talking about Peyton and McNabb and Brady
we can't play more prime time till next year
they make the schedule with the “favorite” teams the most ie Pats, Cowboys, Colts, Ravens Steelers………….
"Its like a bear, if you run it'll chase you. But if you stand still, it'll still chase you" ice0ne
by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Nov 9, 2010 12:52 PM CST up reply actions
Actually...
They can swing one of our games into primetime on Sunday if the primetime game is a bust.
oh ok i didnt know that sounds great
"Its like a bear, if you run it'll chase you. But if you stand still, it'll still chase you" ice0ne
We have a Thursday Night game against Indy left
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Nov 9, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
I an NOT looking forward to that one :-(
by titansfan4ever on Nov 9, 2010 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
Titans game + primetime + banged up divisional rival +
STRAIGHT CASH HOMIE!!!11 = what is there NOT to look forward too?
I didn't really think I was gonna have to spell this one out for you.
Manning has a history of (especially in Primetime) picking the Titans’ secondary apart faster than a buzzard picks apart road kill.
by titansfan4ever on Nov 9, 2010 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
We can only hope & pray...
that it happens again in 2010.
by titansfan4ever on Nov 9, 2010 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
We can beat Indy.
Why do I write this? To tell all of you new inexperienced bloggers that you can also live this dream that I call my life. Just always strive to overreact to player’s Tweets, rumor monger with impunity (because you are NOT a journalist and are not bound by their stupid rules), write poorly constructed arguments, ignore many rules of punctuation and syntax, and above all else ban anyone who dares challenge your authority.
Sincerely,
Radley Bells
by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Nov 9, 2010 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
If we do that then we're probably the top seed in the AFC
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I don't think we'll sweep the division
But I do think we can knock the Colts off their perch atop the AFC South.
Why do I write this? To tell all of you new inexperienced bloggers that you can also live this dream that I call my life. Just always strive to overreact to player’s Tweets, rumor monger with impunity (because you are NOT a journalist and are not bound by their stupid rules), write poorly constructed arguments, ignore many rules of punctuation and syntax, and above all else ban anyone who dares challenge your authority.
Sincerely,
Radley Bells
by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Nov 9, 2010 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
That's what I thought about Pitt & SD, too.
Trust me, I hope you guys are right…and I would LOVE to be proven wrong here, but…..yeahhhh…..I don’t see it.
by titansfan4ever on Nov 9, 2010 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
I thought we'd beat Pit
never gave us a chance in San Diego
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yes
i am always fully confident the staff will read MCM the week before the game, so they know what they are doing wrong, and then dominate in the game ;) Doesn’t always seem to work out that way though
Announcers
Beuerline and Gannon might not be perfect, but they are light years better than Phil Simms and anybody. That guy provokes a violent response. Combine equal parts idiocy and ignorance, mix with general douchebaggery. Serve tepid. Only Joe Buck is even in the same stratosphere of incompetence as Simms.
by JWhyte on Nov 9, 2010 11:26 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
Worst announcer
Cris Collinsworth. I sometimes want to trade my copy of madden back to gamestop because I hate how he talks.
by Dagger22 on Nov 9, 2010 12:18 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
its all about Chris Berman
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum.
by SouthTexasTitan on Nov 9, 2010 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
Berman's not an announcer.
He’s annoying on a whole other level, but one can ignore Sports Center or ESPN pre-game and never encounter him. ‘Mute’ is the only way to free oneself from Simm’s inanity.
WHAT BLASPHAMEY!
he’s announced before btw
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by SouthTexasTitan on Nov 9, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
I have no real gripe with Berman
He overuses cliche’s and he facilitates the content-free dribble that serves for analysis on ESPN’s pregame show, but I don’t find myself ‘stuck’ listening to him like I wind up ‘stuck’ listening to Simms or Buck because I live out-of-market and can’t just mute the TV and listen to the radio.
Gotta admit I kinda like Chris Berman
He’s a CFL fan so that may have also helped his cause, but I like listening to him on the pre game show as well.
Why do I write this? To tell all of you new inexperienced bloggers that you can also live this dream that I call my life. Just always strive to overreact to player’s Tweets, rumor monger with impunity (because you are NOT a journalist and are not bound by their stupid rules), write poorly constructed arguments, ignore many rules of punctuation and syntax, and above all else ban anyone who dares challenge your authority.
Sincerely,
Radley Bells
by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Nov 9, 2010 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
i like berman too
like when he syas the Rayiders.
he’e better than fouts and eagle (haven’t even heard of eagle before to be honest)
Ilike Gus johnson’s energy in his announcements.
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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Nov 9, 2010 12:54 PM CST up reply actions
rec'd
Especially for the use of the “word”…….“douchebaggery”
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by pragmaticjack on Nov 9, 2010 12:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Kevin Harlan
Is slowly getting my vote as the bestand Gus Johnson a close second.
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by MexicanTitanFreak on Nov 9, 2010 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
The booth of Tirico (through no fault of his0
Wilson and Theisman that used to do the ESPN Sunday night games was the worst broadcasting booth in history.
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No...no...
Howard Cosell & Don Merideth
by titansfan4ever on Nov 9, 2010 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
Why can't
Hawk Harrelson just commentate for all sports?
by Ch1c1tyT1t@n on Nov 9, 2010 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
Why can't they give us Mike Keith's play-by-play call on the TV broadcast?
He’s better than anyone CBS, Fox, NBC, or ESPN have.
true dat true dat
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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Nov 10, 2010 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
Boomer
That was a surprising comment by Boomer. He is usually better informed. I would have expected and accepted that Shannon. He’s more of the “I’ve got to see it” guy.
Did anyone count how many times Gruden
lets us know that Farrior is called Father Time by the Steelers organization last night?
about 1 or 2 or sideways 8 (infinity)
"Its like a bear, if you run it'll chase you. But if you stand still, it'll still chase you" ice0ne
by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Nov 9, 2010 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
No but I heard Gruden say
“great way to end a drive” after a steelers touchdown ;-). Well duh!
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It's not their offense that I'm worried about.
It’s their defense. Damn, they look unstoppable!! And….you know we’re going to have to play them again, too. Good luck with that one.
by titansfan4ever on Nov 9, 2010 1:28 PM CST up reply actions
RE: Time of possession
Whether or not TOP is the all important stat that some think it is, getting the D off the field on 3rd downs is ultimately going to wind up helping you in the TOP game. 3rd down > TOP. One thing that I think gets overlooked when saying TOP isn’t that important, is the fact that other-team’s-TOP = time-your-defense-needs-to-play. So, while scoring in 1min every time you touch the ball is cool on the stat sheet, if it puts the defense in a position where they are getting gassed, it may be better to try and eat the clock.
Anyone know the latest on Britt's injury
I can’t wait to see him on the field with Moss! The offense will be SO dynamic!! And VY will def get his recognition then!!
It'll be at least a month...
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Have you guys noticed
The Titans haven’t appeared once on the splash page for ESPN’s Power Rankings?
One of my favorite lines from August....
“full of reporters who couldn’t have found Baptist Sports Park without a GPS a week ago”….I LOVE IT!!!!! The headlines should read…“Small market Titans hit the Big Time with the arrival of Moss”.

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