2010 Tennessee Titans Training Camp Battles: Defensive Line
by Jimmy on Jul 8, 2010 1:53 PM CDT
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I'll be honest up front here; I have no idea what type of defensive line the Titans have. At defensive tackle Tony Brown has been a productive player in this league. That is about where it ends. Jason Jones has been great when healthy, but he hasn't really ever been healthy. Sen'Derrick Marks has a lot of "potential." Jovan Haye was a non-factor in his first year with the Titans, and you haven't heard of any of the other DTs on the roster.
Brown will start at one tackle, and I assume Jones will be the other starter. This could be a strong unit if Jones stays healthy and Marks lives up to his potential, or it could be a gaping hole in the middle of the defense.
Defensive end isn't any more predictable. William Hayes played pretty well by all accounts last season, but he still ended the year with just 4 sacks. Jacob Ford has 12.5 sacks in his first two years, but he hasn't proven yet that he is an every down defensive end. Derrick Morgan was considered by most to be the most complete defensive end in the 2010 draft, but he hasn't been able to get on the field yet with the Titans. Jason Babin is another guy the Titans have brought in praying that Jim Washburn can work his magic. Dave Ball is still on the team.
This will be a wide open battle in training camp. Hayes does return as a starter, but he could easily be unseated by someone who has a good camp. One thing is for sure, if this defense is going to be anything that resembles good in 2010, the defensive line is going to have to be a lot better than it was in 2009.
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Im worried about our DL
Many analysts have our D Line as bottom 10 in the league (I saw one that had us in the bottom 4).
I think the D Line is the most important group on the D. Name a team that has had a good 4-3 defense that didn’t have at least one blue chip player up front. Unless Morgan is a rookie of the year candidate, we could be in Barney (……..i.e. Barney Rubble…….i.e. Trouble).
Is it strange that I wish we still had Ben Hartsock?
David Howard should make the roster. Look at this man! Warren Sapp!
Media - "How does it feel to be that fast?"
CJ - "It feels real good."
by nathangouge on Jul 8, 2010 2:27 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
The starting line to me would be...
right now, i would say:
DE T T DE
ford jones brown hayes/morgan
ball haye/howard marks babin
moore joseph k.brown m.howard/ bakhtiari
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This has to be our biggest of all the question marks we have on D
Hayes – shows a bit of potential, but as said could be easily replaced.
Ford – is more of a situational player, not bad to have but we need every down players at this point.
Jones – Could be a beast, I just hope he has a healthy year.
Marks – Again, flashed late in the season, I just hope he can continue to build on this.
Brown – The only non-qestion mark IMO.
Morgan – Yet to prove anything, I believe he can be great, but at this point in time it is wait and see.
I would agree with that
And add that if our secondary, especially Griff plays well our d-line will do ok. If they are required to play and dominate things early on, it’ll be tough.
If they get some help in the secondary and build some confidence, they could come into their own
Over/under on Jason Jones to the IR
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Make or Break
Remember most players jump from year 2 to year 3.. so this line could be amazing or it could be a flop.. I’m leaning toward amazing simply because our guys have shown improvement year to year.
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