8-0 just isn't good enough for some folks: and I'm not talking about the haters.
In related news: You want to know how you become the quietest 8-0 team in history? Bring in football players, not clowns:
"We don't have a Terrell Owens," he said. "We don't have a Chad Johnson. We don't have Tony Romo dating superstars. We just have a bunch of guys that play hard and work hard."
Boom King and Bulluck aren't sure things to take the field in Chicago on Sunday. Should that happen, my reaction would almost certainly be very, very un-Dude. We can add the Packers to the quickly growing Crazy Legs man-crush list. After a pretty cushy schedule so far which featured all of our tough games at home, the Titans are embarking on a much tougher stretch of road games in the second half. Thanks to studious commenter hartley for passing along this link: The NFL is saying we've been bumped up in the new 'flex scheduling', but I like to describe it as the league 'bowing down' because, well... that's how I roll. Analysts continue to underestimate our offensive line, but the opposition knows just how good these guys are at every discipline there is in the trenches. Some cat named (no giggling) Luke DeCock at the News & Observer in North Carolina makes the best point about the Titans that nobody has really stopped to consider yet:5. They’re only going to get better as the weather gets worse. The Titans are a classic run-and-defend operation. They don’t have any high-flying aerial fireworks to be disrupted by winter snow and wind — not with Kerry Collins throwing the ball.
Gary Estwick gets into the election day spirit by polling internet cowboys (and cowgirls) about various categories of Titans players. University of Kentucky stand-out Rafael Little is coming off of the non-football injury reserve list for a 3 week evaluation, but I don't really see a scenario where he gets a roster spot since we have 4 pretty well entrenched RBs already. Prolific commenter Rustmeister passes along his thoughts on last Sunday's win.
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