Jerry Gray Wants His Defense to be More Aggressive

by Jimmy on Dec 8, 2011 4:18 PM CST in Tennessee Titans News

Jerry Gray wants people to be afraid of his defense.

"The biggest thing I think in this league is you have to start putting fear in guys from throwing the ball in the middle of the field,’’ Gray said Wednesday. "And if that means getting a letter from the commissioner on Monday, that means getting a letter from the commissioner.
"A lot of times you have to be able to let these guys know: You are not going to be able to throw the ball in the middle of the football field. This is not a basketball game; it is a football game. So the ball doesn’t go down the middle of our field. And that is what safeties should do in this league."

(via Wyatt)

I like that he went on record and said that. There isn't a nasty guy on this defense, and they are going to need a few of those guys if they are going to get back to the level they were when they were a top defense in the league.

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I don't know, Michael Griffin seems to have a real mean streak

by trevor2013 on Dec 8, 2011 4:26 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

bwahahahaha.

Jimmy is right though, there’s no guy on the defense who is just plain nasty. Nobody to really fear.

by NoMoreMustache on Dec 8, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions

back when we had Big Al he made people fear him on the field...

and also fear him off the field driving home on the interstate …. and also while he orders appetizers at dine-in chain restaurants … that’s well rounded intimidation.

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:27 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

Nicely played. ☺

by Cld12pk2go on Dec 8, 2011 8:02 PM CST up reply actions

I hope you're being sarcastic

Cause it looks at times like he is the one with fear in his heart.

Locker has a receiver either side;
Locker fumbles the snap;
Picks it up, sprints out to the right;
Looking;
Fires deep downfield
MAN IS WIDE OPEN!!
TOUCHDOWWWWWN TITANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by SoMissTitansFan on Dec 8, 2011 4:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

haha, yeah it was sarcasm

by trevor2013 on Dec 8, 2011 4:45 PM CST up reply actions

Sarcasm text doesn't work on mobile, does it?

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 9, 2011 12:45 AM CST up reply actions

I've discovered Jimmy"s last name!!!111

The first guy to comment on the Wyatt article was Jimmy Wong Liong. Coincidence?

by Jason Jones on Dec 8, 2011 5:06 PM CST reply actions

it's been revealed several times I believe ...

and it’s definitely not Liong

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:08 PM CST up reply actions

what about Liong Wong?

by Jason Jones on Dec 8, 2011 5:10 PM CST up reply actions

that's it..

actually Jimmy is his last name. Liong Wong Jommy Jimmy is his full name.

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:23 PM CST up reply actions

i knew it!!!111

by Jason Jones on Dec 8, 2011 5:39 PM CST up reply actions

WAIT

what about Colin McCARNAGE?
Did you see the hit on Fitz that caused the fumble last week?
I think if he is not nasty, yet, he sure wants to be.. and will be.

by Daniel Knick on Dec 8, 2011 5:07 PM CST reply actions

Currently I think the nastiest player on our defense is...

Jason Jones. But he’s inconsistently nasty at best

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:07 PM CST reply actions

This is why I have a man crush on Gray!!!

Give this man another offseason or two to assemble his Defense and I beleive we will have one hell of a D

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by bullrider73 on Dec 8, 2011 5:09 PM CST reply actions

i totally a gree

althought I fear after another one or two seasons he might be hired away as a head coach

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:24 PM CST up reply actions

-t

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:24 PM CST up reply actions

also no space in my agree ...

picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 8, 2011 5:27 PM CST up reply actions

I have that fear also....so just bite you tounge

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by bullrider73 on Dec 8, 2011 5:41 PM CST up reply actions

Shaun Smith is the nastiest dude on our defense... too bad he rarely plays.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 8, 2011 5:27 PM CST reply actions 4 recs

Rec'd

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by bullrider73 on Dec 8, 2011 5:40 PM CST up reply actions

I hope it isn't Chuck Cecil's type of aggresive.

Because that didn’t work out so well

by DustyPaynts on Dec 8, 2011 6:06 PM CST reply actions

I love that, but I hope they're also smart about it.

A PF or PI at a critical time could be costly.

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by J3G77 on Dec 8, 2011 6:31 PM CST reply actions

both hope and griffin will be gone next year

Watching griffin play this year has not been fun. I’ve never seen either of them hit anyone like mccarthy hit fitz last week.

by CJ2K shrine on Dec 8, 2011 6:36 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I bet Gray liked it when Suggs was on NFL Network a few weeks back

The night before the Ravens – Steelers game in Pittsburgh, Suggs was on NFL Network looking at the camera as if he was talking to Heinz Ward, pleading for him to play in that game. Ward had sat out the game before that with an injury. Suggs said something like “Heinz, please play this week, we want you to be out there for this one, c’mon man, please be out there.”

So what happens? Heinz goes OVER THE MIDDLE to catch a pass and BLAMMO, Ray Lewis puts his junky ass out of the game with a concussion! LOL! Ya, that was a setup from the start, Suggs begging Ward to play and then Lewis knocking him out, that’s the kind of hitting Gray is talkin’ about! Only he wants to see ‘you know who’ hitting those receivers over the middle. That’s right, I mean Colin Fookin’ McCarthy!

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by SiriusTitansFan on Dec 8, 2011 6:45 PM CST reply actions

that's a better comparison

both played at the U, both are smart LBs from what I can see from watching McCarthy play, and they both wear 52… Colin’s gonna be a BEAST!!! (think we only used a 4th rounder on him)

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by Grimerz757 on Dec 8, 2011 8:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs

It's nice to see a defensive coordinator

Who will have his players’ backs and encourage hard hits, not dirty play, but defensive players to want it more.

"You play to win the game!"

by TitanNDCClothing on Dec 8, 2011 8:49 PM CST reply actions

I'd say Finnegan qualifies as a nasty defensive guy

Certainly not off the field, but we all know how he plays with a chip on his shoulder on the field. It’s part of his game to get into the heads of opposing receivers.

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by madhjsp on Dec 9, 2011 1:52 AM CST reply actions