Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Juxtaposition Edition

shows what the Lion’s media know…

that link pic says “KVB is seen here… chasing Daunte Culpepper”.

That is the damn slow as molasses DAVE FREAKIN’ BALL!

from that article. Leroy in, Kevin out. That’s the only card he seemed to show in that interview, though.

I’ve loved him over the past few years- he’s “had a motor” and all that sports cliché whatsis.

I just can’t help but think, however, that he probably (a) really benefited from the presence of Albert Haynesworth up front and (b) has lost a step in his old age.

Now, if the Redskins are looking to gobble him up in FA and have also invested some of that monopoly money in a time machine, I think he’ll do just dandy. But I can’t help but think KVB’s time in the NFL is rounding down to a finish.

On the other hand, if we can keep him on the cheap, that’d be great for the Titans. I think if attitudes could rub off on guys, his would be at the top of the list for one that you’d want.

this titans team is looking to be horrible this year. we are resigning the players we dont really need and letting the players we do need go. it will be hard to be a titans fan this year. there aren’t too many players on the team i really care for as it is. i mean chris johnson is a beast but i anticipate a holdout that would make me not very happy with him as a fan. im still not sold on vy. although he looked decent this year, that was all it was, decent. our defense is in shambles and only gonna get worse. its like i said earlier this year after we were 0 and 6, i like jeff fisher, but its about time for some change. new scheme, new perspective, new look, new everything. 8-8 isn’t bad, but coming off a 13-3 season with the number one seed, we should be better. lets face it guys, we had our chance when we were 13-3 and we blew it against the ravens. now it will likely be some years before we are back on top, especially as long as we face peyton twice a year.

There are definitly some big questions about our defense, but our offense should be electric.

Also, if it’s one thing I’ve learned is that I never know how a season is going to turn out.

Sure, things are moving slowly with the big names, but I actually think they are moving in the right direction with all the contract negotiations.

They have to get all the smaller contracts finished before they ever try and negotiate with Mawae, KVB, or KB. Sure we could have signed these guys first, but we would lose some depth(not that we have a whole lot).

Id rather solidify the roster and see whats left over to sign these three guys, rather than do the opposite. And face it, we arent going to get all three back anyway, maybe one…or two if we are REALLY lucky.

Signing Bulluck and getting him to take a 1.5 or 2 million cut is more likely to happen than cutting 2 million out of four or five smaller contracts. 400-500K is a lot to a guy making 2M, escpecially looking at a lockout in the future. But 1.5M off KVB or KBs contract doesnt seem to unlikely since they are already gonna make 6M+.

Or maybe Im completely wrong.

I haven’t paid as much attention as you guys have but since he is on the open market, what’s the current scouting report on Mawae? Obviously, he has been a great offensive lineman for a long time, but is he pretty much done, in your opinion? If he isn’t done, how much time do you think he has left? 1 or 2 more years? More than that?

Thanks in advance.