2010 Tennessee Titans Training Camp Battles: Wide Receiver
by Jimmy on Jun 22, 2010 8:02 AM CDT
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Up until this year receiver has been the biggest question mark on the Titans roster for nearly a decade. They have had some players with potential, but they never panned out. Last year most of us feared that would be the case with Kenny Britt, but it wasn't. He actually had a very solid year even when Jeff Fisher refused to put him on the field because he was a rookie. (Hopefully he will get his head on straight before camp.)
Then there was the free agent acquisition of gramsey's boy Hands Washington. He proved that he could stretch the field just like the Titans had hoped he would, but there was one problem- he couldn't catch. Hands was incredibly frustrating at times, but he seems to have the perfect skills to be a really good slot receiver if he can just hang on to the ball.
Justin Gage has shown flashes of being a very solid possession guy, and rookie Damian Williams has all of the physical tools to be a good receiver.
And let us not forget Lavelle Hawkins. Some people ripped me for making The Hawk the subject of a game changing player post a while back, but I still believe he can be a difference maker.
So you have those 5 guys plus Dominique Edison and Marc Mariani competing for 4-6 spots. Should be an interesting one to watch in training camp.
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Jeff Fisher didn't refuse to put him on the field because he was a rookie
It was because Pluto is no longer a planet, and because E=Mc2, so therefor Fisher had to equale out the (his) universe.
"It's making my head spin from all the activities we can do!"
by jaketitan427 on Jun 22, 2010 8:38 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Sadly
That actually makes more sense.
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"What if I was Peyton Manning?"- CJ to the ref after they picked up a personal foul flag for a late hit on him.
If Hands could catch, then we might have made the playoffs
And CJ could get his new contract! So it’s all Hands’ fault!
Official MCM Hater!
"If anyone asks you, you fixed my television. Now go!"
That drop in the indy game still haunts me
A professional reciever needs to make that catch.
by vancouverTITAN on Jun 22, 2010 9:31 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If "I'm the worst Man-2-Man CB" Harper could have covered Derrick Mason;
we would have beat BAL & played PIT for the NFC Title 2 years ago. BUT CB & WR are not positional issues for us!
That play haunts me more than the 99’ game.
Past is past.
by titanwarrior1 on Jun 22, 2010 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Two things:
1) That play was Chris Hope’s fault. He was supposed to be there and he admitted it.
2) If the Ratbirds had not intentionally hurt CJ, or if fat Alge or pothead White could carry a football that play would not have mattered.
It’s funny how something can haunt you so bad and you don’t even remember it right.
WARNING: Do not watch this video unless you are titanwarrior1 and need edumacation. It’s disgusting.
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"If anyone asks you, you fixed my television. Now go!"
Perhaps, though I still like blaming Harper
D. Revis & Finnegan don’t need a Safety to babysit their side of the field all day. They can COVER…
& Gramsey; I’m not watching your lil youtubie videos.
by titanwarrior1 on Jun 22, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
youtubie?
what are you six?
REAL SOVIET DAMAGE!!!!!
by SouthTexasTitan on Jun 22, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm excited about our receivers this year
I think going into this season, this is the most talented group of receivers at that position that we’ve had for a while. The same can be said for the running backs as well.
Considering that and the fact that we return 4 out of 5 starters on one of the best O-lines in the league last season, I could easily see us having a top-10 offense as long as VY doesn’t regress.
Go Titans! Go Magic!
"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, and wear Reebok." - Shaq
"They was instinuating that I was gay" - Charles Barkley
IF CJ doesn't get paid...
we will not have top 10 offense. Maybe not even top 20.
by titanwarrior1 on Jun 22, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Best thing would be...
Vince Young actually had time to work with his recievers, so they all should be on the same page as far as timing and routes go. I’m excited to see our offense this year and I hope that Jared Cook stays healthy so I can see what he can do also, I know he will be a big threat with his size and speed versus a LB or saftey!
We have a great group of weapons that we should be able to run some custom spread formations to cause a lot of mismatches. I would do something like Britt, Washington, Cook, Gage, and have Johnson as a wideout also. This way you can run reverses or motion guys around, confuse the hell out of defenses.
I swear to god if one more white WR is touted as the next Wes Welker....
Ain't no time for hesitatin'
All you got to do is groove
by BonzosMontreaux on Jun 22, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
haha
maybe one day; it will be “He is the next Marc Mariani”
by titanwarrior1 on Jun 22, 2010 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
WR Is Still A Question Mark
Having WRs better than in years’ past is not enough. Don’t fall for that. Instead, the Titans’ need WRs that are first good enough to start and make plays in the NFL, and second as good as those on other playoff teams. The only way that you are going to win in the NFL, especially in the playoffs, is having better players than the other teams do. That is something that every team in the NFL seems to understand EXCEPT the Titans under Jeff Fisher (and oh yeah the perennial losers like the Bengals, Cardinals, Lions, Falcons, etc.) where “we have better players this year than we had last year” seems to be good enough.
Do the Titans have WRs that can get open and make plays on multiple routes and in multiple down and distance situations? Do the Titans have WRs that can make plays against good defenses i.e. good DBs and/or pass rushes? Do the Titans have WRs who can draw double teams, let alone can make plays against them? Do the Titans have WRs for whom big plays off either a deep ball or a run-after-the-catch after a short or slant pass is a routine threat and not a bonus or pleasant surprise? Do the Titans have WRs with great hands who run great routes and can catch passes in traffic even if they aren’t open?
Well sorry, but that is what the Patriots, Bengals, Steelers, Ravens, Colts, Texans, Broncos and Chargers all have, and that’s just the AFC. On those teams, Nate Washington is a 3rd or 4th option and Justin Gage has trouble making a 53 man roster. Most playoff teams start at least two guys who can make plays all over the field and one guy who can attract a double team. One dimensional and limited guys like Gage and Washington for those teams are role players.
Now maybe the Titans have gotten rid of the guys who weren’t good enough to play in the NFL like Roydell Williams, Chris Davis and Brandon Jones, and have replaced them with guys good enough for the NFL, but aren’t good enough to start for most teams and certainly aren’t weapons, stars or Pro Bowl type players. That’s an improvement, but it still isn’t good enough. Imagine what a Larry Fitzgerald or Andre Johnson would have done last season with teams’ putting everything they had in the box to defend Chris Johnson and Vince Young running the football. They would have gone nuts. Yet the Titans’ didn’t have a single WR reach 50 catches or 45 yards per game. Chris Johnson had more yards after the catch than all the WRs combined, and BO SCAIFE was #2 in YAC after Johnson.
Still think that WR isn’t a question mark?
I don't disagree
I said it wasn’t the biggest question mark.
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"What if I was Peyton Manning?"- CJ to the ref after they picked up a personal foul flag for a late hit on him.
Dude the only difference in those teams is that...
They all play to the STRENGTHS of their players. That is what makes a good team good, when you play to your players STRENGTHS. Perfect example "Vince Young has been our quarterback, but this is the only year that we played to his STRENGTHS! If the offensive coordinater using our wideouts to do what they are good at then we won’t have a problem having a Pro Bowl Wideout.
- If you watch the games you would see that the Patriots use Moss for Deep routes, Welker ONLY for slot, and sub between the other wideouts and have them only do stuff that they are good at.
-The Chargers have all TALL wideouts so they only throw the ball high.
-The Broncos had Brandon Marshall and he caught like 12 passes a game, besides their possesion wideouts. And for Eddie Royal once they moved him from slot his progression went down.
I could sit here and analyze all those teams you just listed, but it doesn’t change the fact that they have success due to their ability to play to the strengths of their recievers. All of our guys now have potiental we just have to use it!
by datboybevans on Jun 22, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Run first pass second
We are a run first team. Normally a WR having 45 per game and 50 catches is a dream on a run first team, I think we found it though in Britt, Damion Williams will be fun to watch, Gage is our possession reciever. Im not worried bout our WR corps. Im more worried bout who’s starting across Cort at CB
Young receivers are developing
I think they need to give Edison a shot. He was a big performer in last preseason when he got an opportunity to play. I would like to see him get more opportunities to show what he has.
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