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Jeff Fisher quit on the team against the Pats

zackmann — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:40:22 -0000

I don't care about the Jersey Joke. In of itself, I'm not mad. But on top of being a crappy coach who makes bad personnel decision and bad game decisions and really doesn't even appear to want to win and quitting on the team last Sunday, it pisses me off. Greatly. This season is one big ball of pissed off. Jeff Fisher, you quit on the team, made piss poor decisions, and most of all ruined an entire football season for me.

Jeff, and know this. You are dead in the water. Done. Toast. After 14-some years, you can't keep out-running bad decisions. And you can't keep winning without being willing to change and sometimes significantly.

I respect Bud Adams position to not fire you mid-season, but I think it is the wrong decision. And I'm sure he will at the end of the season.

No Owner in his right mind can keep a coach after giving no effort in a game. After quitting on the team in route to a 59-0 embarrassment on national TV. Below the fold I'm going to lay into Jeff Fisher. He and only him, is to blame for this mess. Rant on

Here's to you Jeff. It's time to go.

I want to start with TMQ this week:

Jeff Fisher is the longest-serving active NFL coach; 16 years at the helm, he has run the Oilers/Titans since before Bill Clinton met Monica Lewinsky. When 2009 began, Fisher was coming off a season in which he led Tennessee to a 13-3 record and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. His seemed the most secure coaching position in football, except perhaps for Urban Meyer at the University of Florida and John Gagliardi at Saint John's of Minnesota. Now Fisher is likely to conclude 2009 fired -- if, that is, he makes it to the end of 2009 in a coach's cap.

Godfrey Daniel, the Titans are awful. Their 59-0 defeat at New England -- the worst shutout defeat in professional football since the Rams beat the Falcons by the same margin in 1976 -- wasn't as close as the score indicated. In slush, snow and wind, New England fumbled once; Tennessee fumbled six times. The Flying Elvii threw 45 passes without an interception; the Flaming Thumbtacks threw 14 passes with two interceptions. New England showed four-wide formations and ran everything in its playbook; Tennessee mostly used a conventional "pro set" and only basic plays. Patriots receivers made difficult catches; Titans receivers dropped well-thrown balls. The Patriots ran blitzes and complex defensive stunts; the Titans were in a conventional defensive front all day. New England's touchdown passes went to Randy Moss and Wes Welker on downs in which they were not covered by anyone -- they simply ran up the field, ignored by all Tennessee defenders. On numerous snaps, Tennessee Pro Bowl safety Chris Hope and first-round-pick safety Michael Griffin barley bothered to jog in the general direction of the action. New England executed a perfect flea-flicker; Tennessee had trouble handing off. The Patriots gained 436 yards in the first half -- not in the game, in the first half.

And don't talk to me about injuries -- all NFL teams deal with injuries. Seventh in overall defense last season, Tennessee is 31st now, and the Titans' minus-114 net points is just one better than league-worst St. Louis. Starting with that home-field playoff game on Jan. 10, Tennessee has lost seven straight games, and looked progressively worse each outing.

Sports franchises sometimes go through meltdowns -- the City of Tampa Bucs are in the middle of a meltdown, while the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs haven't been able to get their reactor cooling systems functioning since 2006. But the collapse of the Fisher-coached Titans -- built around power running and power defense, a purist's formula -- is a shock. The front office, the marketing department -- everything about the Titans has hummed efficiently for more than a decade. Suddenly the Titans rival the Rams and Bucs for the title of the league's worst team. Practically all NFL predictors had the Titans in the playoffs, if not in the Super Bowl. "Titans' Strength Lies in Stability of Coaching Staff" was a TMQ column headline a mere year ago. Godfrey Daniel, the Titans are awful.

And that part in bold speaks to my statement that Fisher quit on the Titans against the Pats.

There is no way....none....that we should be as vanilla as possible, running only base defenses and basic pro offensive sets when we are so obviously outmatched. And so obviously losing. Badly.

Yes, I like the strong-defense-running-offense approach. For the most part. But the game is changing. Teams that spread it out. Let it fly on offense. Teams that confuse on defense. And aggressively blitz. These are the teams that are winning.

And Chuck, I don't care if the Pats scored on 4 of your 5 blitz calls. Be aggressive. Jeff, you need to make him be aggressive. We stayed in our base, vanilla defense all game against the Colts and got our butts handed to us on National TV. It was embarrasing. You don't think the Pats so that, and started licking their chops? Do you even try to predict what the other team is going to do? You do not win, if you don't try!!! And staying in the base offense and defense is not trying.

I'll quote TMQ again. "New England showed four-wide formations and ran everything in its playbook; Tennessee mostly used a conventional "pro set" and only basic plays". The Pats ended their playbook. Because they wanted to win. Their coach gives a rat's ass if they win or not. He cares. He wants to win. He tries to win.

You, Jeff "soon to be former coach of the Titans", do not care. Sitting at 5-0, and losing badly the last 2 games, you did not try. You went up against a team that was better than the Titans and you gave it about 25%. You didn't gameplan. You didn't use any tatics. You played the most vanilla gameplan you could get by with. You never got mad. You didn't show emotion. You didn't even look stunned. You can't be stunned when you know you didn't try. If you don't try, you can't win. And if you don't try to win, you quit.

Yes, some of the players quit too. And yes, some of the players aren't very good. And some are old and lost one or four steps. But that didn't matter, because without a game plan made with the intent to win, they wouldn't.

What happened to the Jeff Fisher that onsided against Indy in the middle of the game because they were that much better than the Titans you had to try whatever you could to win? Where is that emotion at?

If you don't know, this team sucks. Old. Young. Not good.

And your coaches aren't very good. And you picked them. Dinger wasn't a good hire. But he was better than Chow, who you also hired. That was a bad decision. Cecil was a terrible decision. You need to take responsibility for it. And also the decision to not care about the return game. That directly cost us the Jets game. Your poor decision making in what to do with the return game. And you need to accept your dumb decision to back up our corners with crappy rookies wasn't a good idea. And trading what is now going to be the 31st pick for Jared Cook wasn't smart either.

And lets get to Vince. Your personal vendetta against him is hurting our team. If you have no intention of playing him, even if the team is 0-6 and got beat 59-0, then why not freaking cut him in training camp? huh? Why? It is obvious he will be cut in the offseason (if you are still the coach, probably either way, actually). And it is now obvious you have no inention of playing him, even if Collins is terrible. Then why keep him around at all?

Keeping Collins this year is all you, Jeff. And it was a mistake that is largely responsible for our 0-6 disaster.

And sooner or later the true story about Jeff and Vince is going to come out. Jeff is really upset at Vince. Must be. He's trying to make some point to Vince by treating him like this.

If Collins does indeed start against the Jags, then it is a clear sign that Jeff has lost it, he does indeed of have no intention of starting Vince, and has no intention at trying to win now or later. And that is independent of if Vince sucks or not.

Jeff, you are completely responsible for this out of whack roster. You are responsible for over-valueing the roster. You misread it. You were wrong. The backups suck. The D-Line sucks. Amano isn't good. Either are the rookies you drafted. Or the many draft picks in the last few years that didn't pan an. The return game isn't OK. Your coordinators aren't good. They make horrible play calls. But they are making those bad calls within your crappy system.

If you think playing the Pats as vanilla as possible, you are on drugs. If you think an over-matched team can beat a team by playing its base offense and defense nearly every play, you are drunk.

Your display against the Pats put this over the top for me. You quit. It doesn't matter what the players did. You quit.

I called this back in week 2 when we lost to the Texans. I know the Texans suck and when I saw they were better (both players and coaches) than the Titans this year, I knew things were bad. I caught a lot of flack on here for saying so. Many thought I was chicken little. Not only was a sorta right, I was wrong in gauging the level of suck for our players and coaches. They are even worse than I thought.

This is all your fault Jeff. Since you don't seem to understand what is going on. You will probably be blindsided when you get fired at the end of the season. Rant off.

What happens if we are 1-5 going into the bye week?

zackmann — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:30:40 -0000

Being the eternal skeptic I am.....I am not feeling good about our current record and season outlook. Gone are the days of being the best team in the NFL.

And the schedule ahead looks brutal.

What happens if we are 1-5 going into the bye week? With our only win coming against the division-bottom-feeding Jags? Time to panic? Switch QB's? Fire someone?

The loss the Steelers hurt....alot....we controlled most of the game, and looked like the better team until we started playing prevent defense and prevented a win.

And if not for a few horrible penalties on David Steward that haven't been called in the NFL in the last decade on a single other offensive lineman, I still think we win.....but we did give up about 4000 yards passing to Big Ben in the 2nd half and our pass rush looked weak (especially considering that a small town Kansas 8-man team could get pressure on Big Ben).

But then came the Texans game and it pretty much cemented in my head how not-good this team is this year.....

Nevermind the fact that we are now on an 4 losing streak.....and lost our best defensive player....and one of the best DC's in the game.

WE LOST TO THE TEXANS AT HOME!!!!!!!!!!

Just let that sink in for a moment.

Going into the season, I didn't really know how good the Titans would be.....but living in Houston, I know how not-good the Texans are.........they suck big Ron Jeremy balls. But against our alleged top 5 defense, Cotton Schaub looked like Joe Montana. The pass rush decided to take the game off. Kerry Collins was the opposite of clutch. The coaching staff watched re-runs of Seinfeld during the game, and especially at halftime, instead of coaching. A secondary with 3 pro-bowlers must have been high on Valium and horse tranquilizers.

And all of this was during the HOME OPENER!!! Probably the most pumped up game of the regular season.

And now we have the Jets, Colts and Pats all before the bye week. How does this turnout good? Maybe on Madden or in completely irrational homer dreams. But not in real life. The Jets are just like the Ravens. We know how that will turn out. About 10 points, 3 turnovers, and a completion percentage around 50%. I can't imagine the offense scoring in the 20's, so without a huge defensive improvement (not to mention a special teams improvement.....Leon Washington, anyone?), this game could get ugly, fast.

After the "Nick Harper can't cover Andre Johnson and the Titans will refuse to switch him off or give him help" display last week, who doesn't expect Peyton Manning to have 3 TD's in the first 3 quarters throwing right at Nick "who am I suppose to cover" Harper when we play them shortly? Peyton probably jizzed himself watching tape of Cotton Schaub doing his best Dan Marino impression.

And then the Pats. Just to remind you, Big Ben and Cotton Schaub were inducted to the hall of fame after playing the Titans this year. Tom Brady might be elected president after he gets to play against a prevent defense, with no pass rush, a confused secondary, and a DC that doesn't know what the word adjustment means. That's sort of like telling your little cousin to guard LeBron James. If you have Wes Welker, Randy Moss or Tom Brady in fantasy football, enjoy.

Seriously, how can any Titan fan look at this team currently and the upcoming schedule and feel good? What a let down start to the season, following a vomit-inducing playoff game. 10-0 seems so far away.

I'm going to find a sports bar on Sunday and root for the Titans to remember they are the team that went 10-0 last season and not the freaking Detroit Lions. But if my skepticism comes true and we actually are 1-5 at the bye week, I'm going into full blown, "might as well let Vince Young start because this season is shot" mode. And probably "Fire Cecil" mode too.

Open Letter to Vince Young

zackmann — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:33:19 -0000

Vince....

Unless you are completely clueless, never watch TV, never read the paper, never read the internet, and only talk to your Mom, I have some bad news for you.

Everybody hates you and think you are not a good NFL quarterback. They do. Seriously. Not only does everyone now believe you are 90% down the road to bust-ville, everybody thinks you will be unemployed by next February (at the latest). In fact, many think you won't even be the backup QB this year. There isn't a single NFL fan outside of Tennessee or Texas that thinks you are any good at football and likes you. Probably 75%, maybe more, of Titan fans hate you and think you suck. Luckily, you have a small contingent of fans left in Texas that still like you. But you need to forget about them as soon as possible. Never talk to them again. That is your first piece of advice. More to follow below the fold.

I know this comes as a surprise to you. You think you will be in the Hall of Fame and win Super Bowls. I'm sorry I'm the one to break the news to you that you are now the laughing stock of the entire football nation. There isn't a football writer or blogger in the nation that can go a day without using you as a punch line. I can only guess you won't take this news well. But alas, not all is lost. You can turn this around. I'm sure of it.

But to pick yourself out of the football gutter you have got to redefine yourself.

No more of this "everybody wants me to go out there and be perfect" crap.

That couldn't be further from the truth. Hell, most Titan fans just want you to be average, let alone perfect. All NFL fans outside of Titan-land want nothing more than for you to fail even bigger than you already have. Everybody hates you, which is the exact opposite of wanting you to be perfect. You have very few fans left.

We all know how you work now. You want to be loved. You want to make everyone happy with your football talents. You want everyday to be just like those glorious moments after the Rose Bowl. You remember, don't you? Standing in the end zone, soaking up the praise and admiration of a nation. Being on the cover of SI. You should be proud of what you did at Texas, and what you did in your first year in Nashville. But you've had more than enough time to drink Tequila and reflect in your great moments.

Those times are long gone. In fact, that is step 1 of a 3 step plan.

Step 1. Forget about all of the good things you have ever done in the past on the football field.

Step 2. Forget about all the bad things you have done on (and off the field) lately.

And here is the crux of this advice on how to become relevant again.

Step 3. Became the Villain.

This is going to be hard for you to do. You have wanted to be the good guy your whole life. Giving Madison High fans state championships. Giving the state of Texas national championships. Trying to get your old hometown NFL team a Super Bowl trophy. But no more. Quit fucking trying to please people. Quit trying to please you teammates. Quit trying to please the press. Quit trying to please the fans. Just quit. They all hate you, so why the hell are you trying to do something for them?

You have always been the "face" on the football field. Now it is time for you to be the "heel".

I've thought alot about this and I truly believe this is the best way for you to regain your edge.

Instead of getting your feelings hurt that the fans boo you, you need to want the fans to boo you. That may be hard to understand, so I'll repeat.

Don't get mad when people boo you and pout. Try to get people to boo you. Want people to boo you. Thrive off of people booing you.

Be the bad guy. Be the villain. Get pissed.

Go out there every day to prove the doubters wrong. Come to grips that the whole country hates you and thinks you suck. Every yard you gain. Every pass you complete. Every TD you make, needs to be to rub it in everyone's face. And when you do something good on the field, you need to look at the press and the fans and tell them to F-off. Tell them it isn't for them. Tell them you hate them too.

You need to regain your edge on the field. You need to find something that lets you unleash your skills. Something needs to help you run faster and hit harder, because whatever has been going on in your head the last year isn't working. You are hesitant to throw. You are not relying on instincts. You are thinking too much and are too afraid to play bad.

You need to play mad. You need to be the villain. You need to look to take out frustration on every defender lining up against you. I see the "happy-go-lucky" look in your eyes and it is killing your play. Quit smiling. Quit laughing. Surely you aren't having a good time when everyone is laughing at you, are you?

Do you watch UFC? You should go watch the last Brock Lesnar match. Watch how he fights pissed. Watch his aggression. Watch how he treats the crowd after the fight. Find that sort of intensity and anger in your soul and unleash it.

You are not going to succeed by trying to prove the Titans right for picking you #3. You need to try to prove people wrong for saying you are a bust. And then if you happen to turn this around and start to play good, you need look at the fans and at the press and tell them to shove it. Make people hate you for playing good and not being gracious about it. You should hope they say you are a good player and a bad sport. Right now they say you are bad player and a bad sport.

When you drop back to pass and see an open WR, try to break their knuckles with a rocket pass. When the pocket breaks down, run as if every defender on the field just punched your Mom in the face. Seriously, get fucking angry!!!! Quit freaking trying to please people and prove you are not the wimp everybody now thinks you are.

So, lets recap.

--Everybody hates you

--Everybody thinks you suck

--You are on the verge of being unemployed

--You need to forget about the past and focus on being NFL's version of Brock Lesnar. Be the villain.

Try to punish people when they try to tackle you. Play angry. Play pissed. Accept that everybody hates you and embrace the role. Be mean to the press. Be mean to the fans. Be mean to the defense. The only way your teammates are going to follow you is if they believe you are going to do whatever it takes to win and will stomp on any defender that gets in your way. Don't help any defender off the ground. Don't pat a defender on the butt when they tackle you. Don't smile. Play so fucking mad that even Cortland Finnegan thinks you need to keep your cool. Don't worry about personal fouls. Don't worry about what people think about you. Make it your goal to be the strongest, hardest QB to tackle. One that punishes defenders.

Get freaking angry and embrace your new role as America's newest hated football player. Be the villain, Vince. Be the villain. It might be the only way you can regain your old edge on the field. All this pouting only makes you physically and mentally weak. Make it your mission to be the angriest football player in the NFL.

Roos = NFL MVP

zackmann — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:17:12 -0000

I'll make this short and sweet.

Roos is the best Tackle in football. He is the most valuable player on the best team in football.

He has stonewalled every great pass rushing team from the Vikes to the Clots to the Texans to the Ravens to the Steelers. The Titans lead the league in fewest sacks allowed thanks to Roos. No way we are 13-2 if Collins hits his backside more often.

Plain and simple. Roos should be the MVP of the NFL this year.

Steelers Terrible Towel = American Flag???????

zackmann — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:38:02 -0000

I'm reading steeler blogs and message boards....and I'm amazed at the amount of uproar over White and others stomping on the yellow kitchen towel.

I'm watching ESPN and Tom Jackson and Trent Dilfer is flipping out about it.

I'm reading SI and Don Banks is beside himself that the Titans would do that.

I can understand some Steeler fans being pissed at that....understandable....

But I think the reaction to this is way overblown....it isn't like the yellow kitchen towel is the American flag or anything.....

The steeler fans were not even in their own stadium......do they not think waving that yellow kitchen towel wasn't disrespectful. I went to Reliant stadium last week and although I yelled and cheered for the titans, I can understand the texan fans being mad at me....

I just don't get why so called impartial pundits are thinking this was such a big deal.....

And for a really good laugh, you need to go to certain steeler message boards.....I litterally read people saying stomping on the towell was worse than pissing on the picture of the pope...

hahahahahahahahahahahaaha

it's just a freaking yellow kitchen or bar towel.....get over it....

Predicting the Future...The Start of One of the Biggest Collapses of a 12-1 Team Ever

zackmann — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:02:32 -0000

I went to the Titans-Texans game and I think I saw the start of one of the biggest late season collapses ever of a 12-1 team.

Losing to the Texans....Losing Haynesworth....

And I now think we lose to the Steelers, then lose to the Colts and limp our way into the 2nd round of the playoffs, where we lose to either the Colts, Steelers or Ravens.

It will be one of the biggest collapes ever....from 12-1 to losing 4 in a row...

I have no confidence in Collins...teams are stacking the box and our pathetic group of WR's can't beat single coverage. Against the Texans we were mostly throwing deep in order to get a flag thrown, not actually trying to make a completion.

The coaching staff is making bonehead decisions....plays are predictable and bland....run plays are taking too long to develop....pass plays might be the most low percentage pass plays in the league...

our defense is playing decent, but without AH and KVB, we are nothing...without AH we have no chance to stop the run....

Finnegan is playing his heart out, but his personal foul penalties are killing us.....

And teams can pick on Harper if they want....I thought the Texans were stupid for not continuing to throw at Harper....

We are all going to complain about going for it on 4th and 3 and not QB sneaking it on 4th and inches against the Texans...and with good measure....

those 2 calls are the start of what might be one of the biggest collapses by a 12-1 team ever....

if one good thing will come out of losing our next 3, it will be that maybe Schwartz doesn't get a head coaching job...

I'll Be In Reliant Stadium Sunday

zackmann — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:56:43 -0000

Hey guys....

just wanted to tell everyone i'll be there sunday in reliant stadium cheering on the titans.

i'm sitting in section 132, row U, just above the tunnel the titans will use.

i'm super excited.....looking forwarded to cheering on the titans and jawing with the texan fans...

i'll have my iphone with me and will try to post in the game thread....if someone that will be posting in the game thread gives me an email address, i'll email photos I take during the game for you to post in the game thread....

go titans.....screw the colts......and the texans too!!!

Kerry Collins has been no better than Vince Young

zackmann — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:49:41 -0000

56.6% Completion Percentage.

2 Passing TD's in 4 games.

Only 6.95 yards per attempt.

Thank god we got Vince Young out of there.

Every media outlet, local and national, repeat the same theme.

Kerry Collins is showing how much better he is than Vince Young right now.

And it isn't true.

If Vince Young had the same completion percentage as Kerry Collins right now, he'd be getting killed. In fact, last year Vince was over 62% and got killed for it. Collins is at 56% and is getting praised for it.

If, no when, Vince Young was over throwing WR's on deep passes last year, he got killed for it. This year, Kerry Collins is over throwing virtually every long pass he has thrown. And he is getting praised for it.

If the Titans had only 2 passing TD's in 4 games under Vince Young, he'd be getting killed for it. In fact, last year that was all we averaged and Vince got killed for it. This year, Collins is getting praised for only 2 TD's in 4 games.

Listen, we can't have an unstable, emotional QB. And if that was what Vince would be this year, he shouldn't be in there and I support that decision to keep him on the bench.

But let's not confuse the stats and the production. The defense is carrying this team. The running game is carrying this offense. The offense is bad in the 2nd half this year.

Praising Collins is ridiculous. The passing game has been just as bad as before. The only difference is that the INT's are down slightly. The completion percentage is horrible and is worse than Vince last year. How can Vince's completion percentage last year be such a red flag but a completion percentage lower than that be great?

Tension in the Air over Titans QB Position

zackmann — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:33:14 -0000

Is everyone ready for a constant soap opera regarding the Titans QB position?

The tension started last year as Vince had some unsightful moments at QB. The tension surrounding Vince was alive despite the Titans making the playoffs.

The tension was muddied with the fact that the WR is pathetic. Even the most adamant Vince haters admit the WR's are pathetic.

The tension surrounding Vince is also accelerated due to not looking like a typical QB. He isn't white. He is athletic. He isn't afraid to run and in the past has excelled at running. He reportedly did poorly on the Combine Intelligence test, which stoked the flames for thos saying he was stupid. Most NFL observers expected him to suck his rookie year and refused to acknowledge he played well. This is perfectly seen in Meril Hoge.

And now the opening game WIN has served to throw a gallon of gasoline on the Vince-Media-Fans-Titans-QB tensions.

Reports are that Vince is out 2-4 weeks with a torn MCL.

But what will be talked about even more will be the series of events that led to the injury.

After Finnegan made a great INT on a crucial 3rd down, Vince immediately threw an INT on a flare pass to the RB. The throw was too low. And the DE made a great play.

Coming off the field, it was apparent, Vince was beating himself up.

The cameras showed him on the bench with his head in his hands and Dinger next to him. After a quick 3 and out, Vince was late getting on the field and Collins was warming up.

Fisher says it was because of Vince's hammy being tight.

The media says it was because Vince quit.

I've heard this story from those at the game.

On the sideline, Dinger was mad at Vince and told him he "would be Collins in". Vince yelled back "go ahead" and then took off his helmet. Fisher then intervened and got Vince back on the field, which 4 plays later saw him hurt his knee.

Some of the quotes from the players were interesting. For instance, Bullock said something like "no one will quit on this side of the ball." Hall also said he doesn't know what is going on with Vince. Scaife said Vince would never quit.

Either way, the tension surrounding Vince just went up 100 fold.

Clearly, the local and national media WANT there to be tension around Vince. Just wait and see how much media attention this story will get.

The fans want there to be tension, as they booed Vince after the 2nd INT and will no doubt flood messageboards, blogs and sports talk radio with criticism of him. And it will clash with those that defend him, thus raising the tension.

The players probably don't want tension, but will be hard pressed not to stoke it when pressed with multiple questions a day from the media about it (Fisher was asked 5 times in a row about the sideline incident).

Vince does not do enough to curb the tension. He gets defensive when the media grills him. He sulks on the sidelines. Most of all, he isn't improving his play at a fast enough rate.

I have and will keep defending Vince. He's a product of the atmosphere that is created around him. 2 years of dealing with Chow (who tried to force a square peg through a round hole). 2 years of throwing to inadequate WR's that couldn't start for half of the D1 college football teams. 2 years of listening to a media that wants to see him fail and prove their opinions right.

However, I just can't see this thing having a good ending right now.

And if this Vince-related tension derails a season where we might have the #1 defense in the NFL at a time when the Chargers, Colts and Pats look beatable, me and every other fan is going to go crazy.

In the next few weeks, I'm guessing that the calls for Collins to be the full time starter will be muted by Collins playing terrible. Doesn't anyone remember why Vince played his rookie season anyway? It was b/c Collins was 0-4 and had the offense playing bad, really really really bad. This year will be no different with Collins.

But just b/c Collins plays bad doesn't mean the chorus of negative comments about Vince will cease. In fact they will likely go up even further this season even if Collins plays bad.

This year, a great defense and run game are going to be overshadowed by tension surrounding Vince. The media and fans alike will make sure of it.

Finnegan - soon to be best Titan/Oiler CB ever - Gets Contract Extension

zackmann — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:23:34 -0000

Today, the Titans were smart.

The extended Cortland Finnegan through 2011.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/SPORTS01/80815037/1027

This was a must do move, IMO. I'm glad we used our cap space on extending our current group of core players. Finnegan is clearly one of them.

He is going to become, IMO, the best CB ever to wear Ttian/Oiler jersey. Teams will not want to throw his way this year.

The deal is "worth roughly $17 million over the next four seasons, and it includes roughly $8.5 million in guaranteed money. He’ll receive a $6 million signing bonus, and a $500,000 base salary for 2008." (via Tennessean)

The 7th round pick was set to make ~445K this year.

Last year, Finnegan played so well, that he led the team in money given to players that play better than their conrtracts.

Great Job Titans!

Now just go find a CB to play next to him that isn't named Reynaldo Hill or has multiple concussions.

Oh ya, next up (IMO).....extending Fuller.