Three Up From the Tennessee Titans Second Preseason Game

by Jimmy on Aug 21, 2011 2:38 PM CDT in Tennessee Titans Recaps

Here are three players who really stood out in last night's loss to the Rams:

Jamie Harper- Harper was in the three down section last week after tip-toeing in the hole all night long. Last night he looked like a completely different player. He was running with authority, and he even punished a defensive back at the end of one of his runs. Harper really upped his stock last night and looks like a lock to make the roster.
Cortland Finnegan- Finnegan was all over the field last night. He tipped the ball that Alterraun Verner picked off, and I am pretty sure that Sam Bradford had nightmares about him last night because he was in Bradford's face all night long. The idea of Jerry Gray to put Finny in the nickel and let him blitz looks like a very good one.
The interior offensive line- The biggest question mark this offseason, outside of who was going to play quarterback, was the interior offensive line. They were terrible last ~~night~~ year, but they were blowing holes wide open for the running backs last night. I have had faith that Mike Munchak and Bruce Matthews could fix them. They sure look like they are on the way to doing just that early on.

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what do u mean

They played terrible but opened huge holes for the RBs? I would equate that to average play… personally, I think the OL had a good nite even w/ Stewart out of the line up

by ibleedtitansblue on Aug 21, 2011 2:48 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

maybe last night is supposed to be last year?

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by rothbard on Aug 21, 2011 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I think

he meant to say “terrible last year”

by trevor2013 on Aug 21, 2011 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes....last year...sorry about that

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by Jimmy on Aug 21, 2011 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions

ps

Our DBs will be really good this year. Defense is lookin stout overall

by ibleedtitansblue on Aug 21, 2011 2:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

ohhhh

I see….

by ibleedtitansblue on Aug 21, 2011 2:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

I am stoked about our D

And can’t believe how deep we seem.

Even when Jones went down, I was like “well, at least we got that out of the way”. We have Ball Ford Hayes and Morgan to back him up!

by oysterhead43 on Aug 21, 2011 3:00 PM CDT reply actions

I hope JJ can somehow figure out how to stay healthy. Didn’t get to see the game, was it bad? Heard it was on the first play..got to be tough on his confidence.

Fish+Nameless+Heimerdinger+Cecil= Epic Fail
But we have a new equation F+Y+H+C= GONE!!!

by DuelDukes on Aug 21, 2011 3:56 PM CDT reply actions

It didn't seem that bad

but there hasn’t been any news on it that I know of yet.

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by numbertenox on Aug 21, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I think that Tennessee can win the division. They are surprising me in a whole new way. Under Jeff Fisher I could tell you what they were going to do. The Titans seem like a brand new team.

by Patriots12 on Aug 21, 2011 4:18 PM CDT reply actions

I hope they come to terms with Finnegan

soon. I think he my flourish under the new defensive scheme, and it’d be better if that proves to be the case to lock him up for a few years now. Probably a deal for Finny this year is dependent on whether CJ deal gets done and at what cost.

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by numbertenox on Aug 21, 2011 4:24 PM CDT reply actions