Thoughts From Tennessee Titan Alterraun Verner -Week 2 - NFL Debut
by Alterraun Verner on Aug 15, 2010 5:09 PM CDT
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Hello MCM fans and Titans fans. What an exciting week that just took place. I will give you the rundown on practices and my first impression on the team's performances and mine from Saturday.
First of all, week 2 of camp was starting to take its toll on many players on the team. We suffered some injuries including my ankle. But I have bounced back through rehab to still contribute even though it has been pretty tough. Cortland and Vinnie are unfortunately down, which is a shame when you are learning so much from those guys. So at corner it has been particularly rough on us this week with us taking so many reps in practice. But we all can use the extra reps. I think the offense has been looking good and Nate Washington has still be giving me a run for my money. His speed is pretty impressive. We have definitely been trying to be physical against each other. We started to welcome the return of Tye Hill and I can't wait to see him go out there and ball soon also!
Defensively I have been liking our aggression in practice and I can just see the hunger in almost everyone's eyes. We are going to do something special on that side of the ball. I definitely feel that way! We still have some learning, especially from me, but we are excited about the process.
Now on to the preseason game, which was just extremely exciting. Finally able to put on the official gear of the Titans!!!! Seeing the #20 jersey and the slick blue pants got me so fired up in the locker room. Seeing the equipment and everything was almost overwhelming. From the national anthem, which is the first time I have heard it before a game in a long time, till the end I was just having fun playing a game I love. I felt my performance was decent, but I still have a lot to build on from this game and I am looking forward to that challenge.
I felt that our offense put up a great effort and they will be a force this year, mainly because of CJ. But Vince Young looked impressive to me as well. So I am definitely excited to see them more and more and when they start opening up their playbook as well.
Defensively I thought we played well too, just had little assignment miscues that can be coached. but people were making plays. Mouton nice interception, J-Mac making plays all over the field, Tulloch was flying around. Everyone was contributing and we were flying around like in practice.
Overall, a successful preseason opener despite the loss. You never want to go home with an L, but I think we showed "growth" (Mike Griff voice). That is all you can ask for. I am excited to play against the Cardinals next, but in the meantime, I got to go against our receivers a little bit more in an attempt to get both of our groups better! Hope everyone has a blessed weekend!
Sincerely,
Alterraun Verner #20
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Great first pick
Hopefully the first of many.
L'enfer, c'est les autres.
by Strangely Enough on Aug 15, 2010 2:04 PM CDT reply actions
Thanks for the contribution to MCM !!
I thought overall the game went as expected for the most part. I was disappointed by the wiff from Mouton on the TD pass thrown by Whitehurst. VY played about the same as he has in past seasons, a good drive followed by a poor decision which resulted in a pick. I don’t understand why he was involved in a scuffle with the Seahawks bench that followed the INT.
Stafon Johnson was impressive until he got hurt. I cannot wait for the real season to begin to see who is going to emerge as the starters.
How can you say that VY played the same a previous seasons
He clearly looked more comfortable, his passes were on the money and the offense moved great in that first drive. The INT is a by product of the pre season, sometimes players take more chances knowing it doesn’t really hurt the team and it helps to fix things during training camp.
I'm not a VY fanboy, I'm a VY supporter
She can say it
‘cause she’s like the crazy aunt of our family. You don’t argue with the crazy aunt in front of company. Just let it slide and give her a magazine to read or something.
That said, VY looked great, except for the poor decision on that throw, and that kind of mental hiccup was an Achilles heal for him in the past. He had a real puzzler throw from back up in our end zone last pre-season too, but had far fewer of those kind of lapses during the regular season than he did in previous ones.
by numbertenox on Aug 15, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I remember that crazy aunt...
she was always like “why can’t you be more like your brother, why do you have to always be screwing up all the time”? We all love Jk…but her hatred for VY has been well documented….give ’em hell aunt Jk!!
by titansfan4ever on Aug 15, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know about the "love" part
she turns a Verner article into another VY hate rant.
She’s an annoying pop up ad.
Re: VY
I may be biased (see sig name) but I though that was more of a VY taking things easy. In a game that counts for playoffs, he pulls the ball down and runs it or doesn’t put it up at all there.
What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?
Not the crazy aunt, just the Titan fan who says what she feels about a play.
I thought he had matured some last year and I greatly lightened my feelings for the guy. With his offseason fight and now the mix up with the Seahawk bench I question if he has matured as much as he needs to.
How can you say that on the pick he tucks the ball and runs? There is no guarantee that he does that. He has made similar errors in the past just as countless other QB’s have, so to assume he does that different in a game that matters just doesn’t add up.
You can tell
in that play especially but through the entirety of his game that he wasn’t going at full speed. He was playing 2 drives in a game that doesn’t matter making sure he doesn’t injure himself or a teammate unnecessarily. That’s why.
No way of knowing with 100% totality, but I’d say it’s more of a possibility then you give it credit.
What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?
Yeah, but..
Now you are including two things that doesn’t anything to do with the play. It seems that you have a bigger net to collect things to evaluate VY. A bad things has three times the weight than the good things he does. The scuffle at the strip club was dumb I confident that he won’t do such a dumb mistake again. And the thing with in the Seahawks bench was him sticking for Gage besides nobody has given it any importance. The pick was a dumb decision but is pre-season, the perfect time to work on those things. I don’t remember that in any of the games in last year preseason games the team having a first drive as the one in the Seattle game, VY looked very sharp. I bet that in film room they spent two seconds on the pick and the rest of the time studying the first drive.
I'm not a VY fanboy, I'm a VY supporter
Thanks!
Great game. I was pumped when you were drafted, now im excited to see the Titans D return to from.
I wish they made them
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
"What if I was Peyton Manning?"- CJ to the ref after they picked up a personal foul flag for a late hit on him.
Good game last night, AV!!
Loved your pic…very athletic move jumping over the receiver like that. Hey, do me a favor…ask Mouton if he wants some jelly with that TOAST….lol…I guess everybody’s gonna get burned sooner or later. I just hope he gets it out of his system during pre-season, and not when it really counts. McRath got burned too, but hey, who am I to judge? You looked great…Marks looked good…Mariani looked good…and of course CJ & VY looked very crisp on their 1st drive, and that’s a good sign, so…yeah, all in all, I liked what I saw. Thanks for coming in here and here’s hoping you nothing but the very best this year…and remember…MCM KARMA, BABY!!!!!!
Thanks for the write up
I enjoyed the game, prayers to Stafon Johnson… fantastic int btw
by SouthTexasTitan on Aug 15, 2010 3:20 PM CDT reply actions
Good game Alterraun, and thanks for taking the time to talk with us.
It was great to see everyone back on the field again. I seen a lot of great plays from you and many others on the team. That’s very exciting, and I can’t wait to see more from you guys. Some miscues, but hopefully nothing that can’t be worked out. I hate to speak for everyone here at MCM, but I feel safe saying, if you get a chance, pass along our well wishes to Stafon. Hope to see him running the ball again soon.
Yes absolutely
let SJ know that we all wish him a speedy recovery.
Looking forward to seeing more of what you can do. I loves me some defense!
Good Write up
The int was impressive and your showed that you can help this team. Keep the hard work.
GO TITANS
I'm not a VY fanboy, I'm a VY supporter
Great report
Thanks for the insiders viewpoint. Give our best to Stafon.
BTW, some commenters are referring to you as “ATV” now.
I think ATV was his nickname at UCLA
So it will carry over I am sure.
Unless we just want to call him “awesome”
Or “Not Nick Harper”
Official MCM Hater!
"If anyone asks you, you fixed my television. Now go!"
Thanks for doing this for us!
I love the inside voice you give us. This personal aspect will definitely win over more fans. :)
Awesome
Alterraun, you had a great night last night, congrats!
And thanks for this write-up. So nice and refreshing to read
Great pick, Alterraun.
From the angle on TV, you could see Coach Fisher excited as all hell… lol
by fanoftheunderdogs on Aug 15, 2010 6:53 PM CDT reply actions
VY's pick
to me was better than him running it for the freak chance of SJ like injury. Besides since it’s a preseason game go ahead and take a shot and see what happens. Rusty had several risky throws to Britt that could of ended the same way but Britt fought for positionand made the catch. Gage was overpowered and lost position. I’m positive VY won’t make that decision in the regular season and the play call wiould more than likely been to the right since VY doesn’t throw well from the left. Of course Joy Kat hates VY no matter what he does but it gets kinda old especially with all the improvements he’s made….it’s borderlining….well I’ll keep that comment to myself. All in all good job Titans!!!!!
Alterraun Verner!!!!
You’re a beast man, much respect.
I told you. Didn't I tell you? Who told you, me! Mouton sucks!!!
by RareColoradoTitanFan on Aug 16, 2010 12:41 AM CDT reply actions
Alterraun V as a
Alterran V as UCLA Bruin I had to hate you last year for the interception against my beloved VOLS. Now that you are on my favorite NFL team I am ecstatic that you will be making interceptions in two tone blue. Welcome to Tennessee and a million thank you’s for sharing your rookie experience with us hardcore Titans fans on this blog.
Thanks Alt
Thanks for taking time out to give the fans a taste of what’s going on, very unusual and much appreciated.
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