Confirming what we've been thinking, the Titans are expected to give Jake Locker some time to get ready before throwing him into the NFL fire. The experience with our last QB should drive home for everyone just how important it is that the team stick with this plan, even if that means next season is a dumpster fire from jump. We didn't draft Locker to win a few games next year, we drafted him to win Super Bowls over the next decade plus. Congrats to Mike Heimerdinger for winning the 2010 Halas Award from the PFWA. The annual award commemorates an NFL individual who overcomes adversity, and I can't think of anyone who struggled through more, and showed more pure grit, than 'Dinger did last year. Jim Wyatt tabs three Titans who are on the hot seat after the draft, including Javon Ringer, Will Witherspoon and any DT not named Jason Jones.
Jurrell Casey and I must have one thing in common: we love some g.d. cheddar biscuits at the Red Lobster. NFP gives the Titans' draft a B-. Joe Theismann will be in Nashville on Thursday to promote screenings for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Chris Simms was in court over his pot charge, and what a shocker: his buddy is trying to take the hit for him. Former Titan CB Reynaldo Hill is taking his talents to the UFL after being the league's second overall draft pick yesterday. TMQB columnist Gregg Easterbrook says the Titans had the best overall draft. Paul K takes a look at the remaining work left for the Titans.
EDSBS has a hilarious parody of Jon Gruden's QB Camp shows on ESPN, this time featuring Gruden grilling the star of the 1924 draft, Orville "Cinders" Hartwell. Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall revealed himself via Twitter as part of the 25% of the US population who are functionally retarded.
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