2010 NFL Draft: Tennessee Titans Head Coach Jeff Fisher on DE Derrick Morgan

by Jimmy on Apr 22, 2010 9:11 PM CDT in NFL Draft

''He's a very productive player...he is very technically sound,'' Titans head coach Jeff Fisher said. ''I think he is going to love our scheme. We put our ends outside and go and that's one thing he can do. We were somewhat nervious that we weren't going to get him.''

''What we like his his work ethic, he works very hard. You can never match a Vanden Bosch motor, but he'll come close.''

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he will be better than vanden bosch imho.

by tnfan1987 on Apr 22, 2010 9:20 PM CDT reply actions

Our DL coach must suck,

if we have to invest so many high picks in DL as we always seem to do.

Imagine how bad he’d look if he got the projects Munchak gets……sheesh.

Oh, I'm sorry; did I poke a hole in the echo chamber?

by The Jade Scorpion on Apr 22, 2010 9:21 PM CDT reply actions

What?!?!

Do u actually follow the Titans? Washburn builds scrubs into starters. Then the team doesnt resign them, so they have to reload. So far, they have been right in not signing those players too. See Laboy, Odom, BigAl, etc…

Jim Washburn is best position coach in the NFL

by oHIo1 on Apr 22, 2010 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks for that.

I was all like, what? also.

"And with the 16th pick, the Tennessee Titans select..."

by Drubaru on Apr 22, 2010 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I think Munchak is better...

…..but Washburn sure gets a lot of 1st round picks, former first round picks, and early pick players, and former early pick players.

Bosch = 2nd round
Haynesworth = 1st round
Kearse = 1st round
Marks = 2nd round
Jones = 2nd round
Odom = 2nd round
LaBoy = 2nd Round

Not exactly “scrubs” most of the time. I think it’s reasonable to expect success from any DL coach with that many early picks worth of talent.

Still, my point was more to the DL obsession with this team and early picks. No other coach on our team gets this much talent to work with.

Oh, I'm sorry; did I poke a hole in the echo chamber?

by The Jade Scorpion on Apr 22, 2010 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh come on

First off “Vanden” Bosch was a free agent castaway, we never drafted him. The other guys, yes we drafted them high but you’re also looking at the past ten years of drafting. Jevon Kearse was a great pick. Haynesworth was a solid choice. I don’t think you can argue with either of those picks.

We used the picks on the other guys because we needed to fill holes, because other teams like to pluck our DEs away from us. (Thats usually a good sign of talent).

Washburn takes these guys to new levels. He gets the most out of them no matter where they have been selected, and thats what makes him good.

"I don't care if I have to run 100 times or pass it 100 times, ... Whatever it takes to win is all that matters to me." - VY

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Apr 22, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions

.....

These are first and second round picks.

He gets a LOT of talent to work with, more than any other position coach I am aware of here.

Oh, I'm sorry; did I poke a hole in the echo chamber?

by The Jade Scorpion on Apr 22, 2010 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Really?

Now, take into account that DL consists of 4 starting spots, and so naturally it will take more picks to fill them rather than say you only need one QB for example.

Back to your argument. LenDale White (2nd), Chris Henry (2nd), Chris Johnson (1st) in the span of just a few years. Seems like our RB coach got a lot of high picks considering you only start one RB.

"I don't care if I have to run 100 times or pass it 100 times, ... Whatever it takes to win is all that matters to me." - VY

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Apr 22, 2010 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Tell that to my fantasy team.....

…..who always get screwed with the split carries. LOL

Oh, I'm sorry; did I poke a hole in the echo chamber?

by The Jade Scorpion on Apr 22, 2010 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

and that's why our D-line is usually one of the best

because sacks aren’t the whole story.

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by August West on Apr 22, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions

You do realize that all those guys you mentioned were successful in Titans uniforms

but sucked before they were on the team(Vanden Bosch) or were garbage after they left the team right? How many DL are as successful and consistent on other teams as they were for the Titans?

The reason the team has to spend high draft picks on DL is because they consistently have to replace them because they perform so well in Titans uniforms that they get overpaid drastically by other teams. Its also fairly obvious that they do this because they feel that Washburn can turn just about any dl into a competent player, like he also did with Robaire Smtih, Tony Brown, and Jacob Ford guys who weren’t high picks but are/were productive.

Yeah all those guys have talent but known are/were as good in another uni as they were in Titans unis so it really doesn’t matter how much you complain.

We got the best defensive lineman in the draft at 16 and he fit a position that had the largest hole on the team, seems like a damn good pick to anyone with sense. Don’t know about anyon else I would much rather have the best DL then the second or third best corner, especially when the DL is a top 10 talent.

I know that you want to whine about needing a #2 corner but if our secondary coach can’t find a starter amongest Tye Hill, Rod Hood, Ryan Mouton, and Jason McCourty then he should be fired. Not to mention that they can still draft a corner in the third round.

I’m also pretty sure finding a return guy will be easy you can always find explosive return men in the later rounds.

by Magoo12218 on Apr 23, 2010 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions

lol

Dumber then dirt.

by RhiNo6705 on Apr 22, 2010 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Pot, meet kettle.

I believe the word you were looking for is “than”.

If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

by jasonkylebates on Apr 22, 2010 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

OR

he’s just stating that he’ll get more dumb and then die… eventually rotting to dirt. You know what happens when you assume, right?

by oilertitan on Apr 22, 2010 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Eh...

I’m playing the averages on that one.

If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

by jasonkylebates on Apr 22, 2010 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

This is the first #1 they've used on a DE since Kearse

It was time. I wanted them to get Wilson, but they did address an obvious need and they seem to have gotten a good value pick.

L'enfer, c'est les autres.

by Strangely Enough on Apr 22, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Washburn is going to turn this dude into a mega-star.

by slo-verado on Apr 22, 2010 10:08 PM CDT reply actions

jade scorpion is soooooooo negative.

i like the pick, love it actually. God was looking out for me on this one, cuz i was thinking he wouldn’t fall to us, and then my prayer was really answered when the giants took JPP right before us, that way we had no chance of taking him.

by tnfan1987 on Apr 22, 2010 10:13 PM CDT reply actions

There is that positive.....

….JPP was taken off the board before we could jump all over that.

Oh, I'm sorry; did I poke a hole in the echo chamber?

by The Jade Scorpion on Apr 22, 2010 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions

When the Gmen took JPP, I was screaming with glee

Hey, if he turns out to be a stud, then thats fine. With Morgan he might turn out to be a Pro Bowler, but if he doesn’t, I think he can still be very productive in our system.

"I don't care if I have to run 100 times or pass it 100 times, ... Whatever it takes to win is all that matters to me." - VY

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Apr 22, 2010 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions