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Manning has infected bursa sac removed from left knee

titans — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:08:15 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3487657

Ahh i love seeing peyton manning get hurt i hate him more than any other player in the league period.

hes down for 6 weeks too bad its not during the regular season that would almost guarantee us the afc south since i think jacksonville is gonna be garbage this year.

Hope all you titan fans out there love reading this story as i did.

2008-09 Tennessee Titans final stat projections

titans — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:23:03 -0000

Record- 10 - 6

Season result- Wildcard birth with one playoff win yea callin it just watch.

Week 1- Jacksonville Result Loss 27-10 ( yea not liking that one either deal with it)

Week 2- Cincinnati Result Win 24-17

Week 3- Houston Result Win 35-27

Week 4- Minnesota Result Win 21-17

Week 5- Baltimore Result Win 32-28

Week 6- Bye

Week 7- Kansas City Result Win 17-14

Week 8- Indianapolis Result Loss 21-17

Week 9- Green Bay Result Win 24-21

Week 10- Chicago Result Win 35-10

Week 11- Jacksonville Result Loss 35-31

Week 12- N.Y. Jets Result Win 17-3

Week 13- Detroit Result Win 24-14

Week 14- Cleveland Result Loss 31-17

Week 15- Houston Result Win 24-7

Week 16- Pittsburgh Result Loss 28-27

Week 17- Indianapolis Result Loss 31-21

I love the titans ha but i dont have a good feeling about this upcoming division schedule possible change week 17 as indy could be resting starters as was the case last season. We play a pretty weak rest of the schedule no really tough teams from the NFC a quater of our schedule is from the NFC north or i like to call it the worst division in football. also easy games against the jets, chiefs and ravens overall pretty good schedule in our terms besides our tough divisional opponents.Hopefully my predictions about getting swept by the jags and colts will be wrong the indy titans games are always close and we sometimes play good and sometimes play bad against jacksonville so its tought to predict.

Vince Young- 275 of 450 61% completion 2,900 yards 15 touchdowns 12 interceptions

120 attempts for 550 yards 7 touchdowns 4.5 ypc

I look for young to have his best career year ever getting his completion percentage up the most important getting back his rushing yards and producing more pass td's under heimerdinger.

Lendale White- 325 attempts 1300 yards 4 ypc 11 touchdowns

lendale will get more carries as the premier back hes healthy as he wasnt all last season with his meniscus more td's better yards per carry and more yards as he will get the bulk of the carries more than last season.

Chris Johnson- 95 carries 350 yards 2 touchdowns 3.6 ypc

30 receptions 250 yards 3 touchdowns 8.3 ypc

He will get the majority of the rest of the carries lendale or vince doesnt take i look for less carries with the backs as vince will use his legs more this season to open up his passing game vince will gain confidence early on by using johnson with screens to get his pass game going as this will boost his completion percent and give johnson a good amount of recieving yards and a few touchdowns

Justin Gage- 50 receptions 700 yards 4 tochdowns 14 ypc

Gage will be the number 1 going into the season he will probably see about the same stats as last season. with an increase in ypc and when they get into the redzone he is a big target i look for him to get more touchdowns as he really wasnt discovered til midway through the season

Lavelle Hawkins- 50 Receptions 650 yards 3 touchdowns 13 ypc

Lavelle is showing good stuff in ota's and had a good day in his first training camp i look for him to secure a spot early and see the field a lot and be an explosive deep threat for vince possible rookie of the year canidate people might see this as a long shot but he has all the potential lets just see if he follows through i say he does!

Roydell Williams- 45 receptions 500 yards 2 touchdowns 11 ypc

Roydell will have a lesser roll this year who knows how he will respond from his broken ankle he is fighting for a spot in training camp and preseason even though he led the team in receptions and touchdowns last season if thats not a blow to your confidence then you tell me whats worse.

Alge Crumpler- 45 receptions 400 yards 2 touchdowns 8.8 ypc

Alge will become a solid target for vince be good for them in the redzone along with Bo scaife and Justin Gage also he will be good on mid range third down conversions. He wont have a pro bowl year as we dont have the passing ability to take him there but he will be good for us.

Rest of Team Recieving- 55 receptions 400 yards 1 touchdown

With a team full of different guys like brandon jones biren ealy justin mcCareins a lot of yards will go to there not main recievers not many touchdowns though.

All in all i expect nothing more than another good season the titans are without a doubt the most exciting team to watch whether they are scoring 24 points in 10 minutes to beat the giants kicking 60 yard field goals to beat the colts having 3 defenseive touchdowns to beat the jags watching hometown hero vince young run for 38 yards in overtime to beat the Texans beating the colts backups to make it to the playoffs or just watching them in their sexy light blues the titans are on the rise in the national football league look for them to be in the super bowl in a few years adding the players to improve our already solid foundation.

True 2008 Tennessee Titans depth chart predictions

titans — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:45:23 -0000

QB- 1.)Vince Young 2.) Kerry Collins

no contest

RB- 1.) Lendale White 2.) Chris Johnson 3.) Chris Henry

carries will be split id imagine around 70-30 lendale however CJ was brought in to be a back out of the slot also to keep the defense guessing when you put a dual back set out on the field with speed in cj and power with lendale. Chris henry most likely will be a returner and will spell lendale or johnson to fatigue or injury.

FB- 1.)Ahmard Hall 2.)Casey Cramer

Hall is solid will remain starter

WR- 1.) Justin Gage 2.) Roydell Williams 3.) Lavelle Hawkins 4.) Justin McCareins 5.) Brandon Jones 6.) Biren Ealy 7.) Mike Williams

Justin Gage will probably get the nod at #1 because roydell is coming off the broken ankle and isnt 100% yet but close to it. Depending on how training camp goes likely this will be the set of reciever. 3 i put Hawkins because he has shown a lot of talent above average route running ability 4.40 speed and the ability for the big play during the O.T.A's (organized team activities). Justin McCareins will see time in the game as most recievers on the team will however hes number 4 because his career is on the downturn he needs to prove himself again. Brandon Jones slips to 5 hes under achieved his whole career thus far and doesnt show much in terms of improving he will probably make the team this year but will see a reduced roll as he did last year and most likely will be gone next year. Biren ealy is showing good stuff in ota's and will make the team probably see some time during the early regular season and possibly later if he proves himself. Mike williams will get cut yea all you believers out there the dream is up hes still overweight and slow for his position terrible route runner and average hands if that probably will make the practice squad with his drive and work ethic.

TE- 1.)Alge Crumpler 2.) Bo Scaife 3.) Craig Stevens 4.) Dwayne Blakely

Crumpler and young are showing good chemistry he will be a big part of the passing game hes a pro bowler a veteran and will easily take number 1 bo scaife will be number 2 will see lots of playing time another good target for vince stevens will play special teams and Blakely will get cut no need to have 4 tight ends on a roster

RT- 1.) David Stewart 2.) Daniel Loper

Stewart is the number 1 there is a battle here though however daniel loper will see time as he can play almost any position on the line asside from center

RG- 1.)Jake Scott 2.) Daniel Loper

no challenge what so ever

C- Kevin Mawae, Leroy Harris

mawae skilled veteran leader easily takes it he doesnt even have to show up to training camp and come weed 1 he would still start

LG- 1.) Eugene Amano 2.) Leroy Harris

Amano finally developed enough into a left guard with the retirement of benji olson and loss of bell there is a battle here though leroy harris could take the job with a good showing in preseason and training camp or a bad one buy amano

LT- 1.) Michael Roos 2.) Daniel Loper 3.) Mike Otto

Michael Roos is becoming a solid player and will be an asset to this line.

DT- 1.) Albert Haynesworth 2.) Tony Brown 3.) Kevin Vickerson 4.) Antonio Johnson

Haynseworth will get a big deal done and will be the starter on the right Brown will be the starter on the left johnson and vickersen will spell the starters and see a decent amount of time

Left DE- 1.) Jevon Kearse 2.) Bryce Fisher

no real battle here both will see time Kearse is trying to revive his career back to his 10 plus sack days in his earlier stint with the titans however his dui will not help his position on the team so believe it or not a battle is here bryce fisher could easily take this from kearse with hard work and solid play.

Right DE- 1.)Kyle Vanden Bosch 2.) Sean Conover 3.) Jason Jones

no battle here KVB is the hardest working most intense DE in the league period conover and jones will battle for number 2 i have conover at two becasue jones is a rookie however its up in the air

MLB- 1.) Ryan Fowler 2.) Stephen Tulloch

Up in the air closest battle on the Defense Fowler is the returning starter i give him the edge but tulloch is just as good also the whole steroids connection to fowler could land him in suspension which would give tulloch the job

LOLB- 1.) David Thornton 2.) Josh Stamer

Thornton gets it no contest honestly i have no idea who stamer is

ROLB- 1. Keith Bulluck 2.) Jorge Cordova

Bulluck gets it no contest Cordova is another new comer and will see special teams play not much more.

CB right- 1.) Cortland Finnegan 2.) Eric King 3.) Cary Williams

Finnegan is a diamond in the rough a player with tremendous talent and a huge upside will turn into a top corner in the league. Eric king will battle with Cary williams for the nickel and dime corner spots

CB Left- 1.) Nick Harper 2.) Reynaldo Hill 3.) Chris Carr

Harper gets the job easily he will split with Hill however also hill will come in the nickel and dime situations chriss carr will tryout in the return game.

SS- 1.) Chris Hope 2.) Calvin Lowry 3.) Donnie Nickey

Hope will start but who knows how he will recover from his near career ending back injury last season

FS- 1.)Michael Griffin 2.) Vincent Fuller

Could be a battle here most likely i give it to Griffin as he will become a complete hard hitting safety in the league later on in his career fuller played well last season and probably will see a good amount of time this season

K- 1.) Rob Bironas

we only got one to choose from and hes a good one

P- 2.) Craig Hentrich

still our punter and still solid

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