Music City Miracles: FanPosts

Signing...

gotitans27 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:21:17 -0000

The Titans signed Jason Jones today and released Bryce Fisher. Here is the story:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-titans-jones&prov=ap&type=lgns

1 to go! I think they will get Johnson signed without many problems and have a full roster when camp starts. I'm very excited about Johnson, I think he is going to open up a lot options for the offense they has not been there. I'm ready for the season to get going! Let's hope LenDale arrives in shape and everyone has a healthy training camp!

He hates our owner because he's old, bald.

hartley — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:29 -0000

No really, in his Owner's Power Rankings, Michael Silver ranks Bud Adams 19th.

He starts with:

The Titans are generally regarded as a well-run franchise that milks the most out of the Nashville market, and Fisher’s presence makes it an attractive place to play. To Adams’s credit, he has retained Fisher for more than 13 seasons, making the former Bears safety the league’s longest-tenured head coach, and provided him with a smart, personable general manager in Mike Reinfeldt.

Then finishes:

This is the point at which I usually make fun of Adams’s hair, but I think he may be too old for that now.

*sigh*

Just 2 more to go!

Hook em Titans — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:48:01 -0000

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080722/SPORTS01/80722144/1027

"The Titans have agreed to terms with five of their seven 2008 draft picks. Running back Chris Johnson (first round) and defensive lineman Jason Jones (second) remain unsigned."

Almost here boys and girls! 2 days and a wake up! I'm glad the Titans are getting most everybody signed. Hopefully Reiny will have Johnson and Jones wrapped up by Friday. Johnson really, really needs to be in camp on time.

Go Titans!

Jason Taylor traded to Redskins

SuperHorn — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:15:51 -0000

As many of you may have already heard, Jason Taylor was traded to the Redskins. Jason Taylor was dealt to the Redskins for their 2nd draft pick in 2009 and 6th draft pick in 2010. Even with the addition of Kearse, I would have loved for our front office to have made this move.

Imagine gameplanning against Haynesworth and a blend of Taylor, Vandenbosh, and Kearse on the ends. We'd immediately have the best D-line in the NFL...hands down. The play of Haynesworth last year as well as the New York Giants d-line convinced me that a strong defensive line is the most important thing in professional football.

Now, things in the NFL never happen in a vacuum. Jason Taylor wanted out of Miami for a championship ring. We don't know if he thought the Titans were a contender. But, if he did, and Reinfelt didn't make a run at him, I'd be very disappointed.

OT- Jimmy in New York

gotitans27 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:32:44 -0000

I posted this in a reply to a different thread, but feel we need to talk about how Jimmy got All Star Game Tickets and Home Run Derby Tickets. I have 10 theories, please add to the list....

1. Our hard earned blog money paid for his trip (ok, it’s a free site…but you get my point)
2. Dannoe (I think he works in NYC), pulled some strings and got Jimmy there
3. He used to supply Josh Hamilton???
4. He was the old guy throwing to Josh Hamilton in the derby.
5. He is Josh Hamilton
6. Since there was a ridiculous amount of Cubs in the game, they let some of their sorry-a__ fans go too (Go Cardinals)
7. The NL needed someone to pitch the 16th…..Jimmy was ready
8. The Titans paid for his trip so he wouldn’t be around when we fail to re-sign Haynesworth.
9. Belmont University has better perks than anyone knew
10. Stubhub?

I am back !

Joy Kat — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:00:37 -0000

To the dismay of jimmy I am back and am ready to talk Titan football. It has been a super busy summer, I have checked in from time to time to see what was happening with the franchise but never commented. A lot of changes have taken place, in particular the hiring of Hermindinger. IT will be fascinating to see how he handles the VY personality. He is a no nonsense kind of guy and will either get Young to the next level or Young will flame out. The season is about to get started and I can't wait !!

Hey to Danno and company !

Training Camp

jmac1383 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:45:54 -0000

Hey guys. I was wondering if anybody heard about training camp. I was going to try to go sometime this year but I don't really know anything about it. Like where to go and when and if cost anything. If someone could give me some more info. I would really appreciate it.

So if fill to 75 words. So I heard it is at Baptist St. Park (wherever what is?), but I don't think it's far from the stadium. And I think it's free, but I didn't know. And basically you come...starting around 10? Maybe, and later someome comes by and signs autographs. And I heard it was the 25? Anyone hear different. I guess they'll but info on the website before hand.

Not to beat a dead horse (more Fowler/PED related intrigue)...

August West — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:10:10 -0000

but this story from The Dallas Morning News about the guy who claimed to have sold Ryan Fowler steroids is a helluva read. It only mentions Fowler indirectly and focuses primarily on the triangular relationship between Jacobs (the dealer) Earhart-Savell (the victim in Jacobs' murder-suicide) and Saints lineman Matt Lehr (the only other player named by Jacobs)...

Though it doesn't address Forwler's situation, it's a compelling glimpse at an insecure and desperate man who may well have lied to hurt people he thought had wronged him:

"Why he had so much hate towards people, I don't know."

We signed him....

SoCalTitan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:49:22 -0000

Lavelle Hawkins that is. Paul Kuharsky announced it on the ESPN blog Hashmarks and compares him to Derrick Mason. Well at least we know now why they didn't get fat albert signed they were too busy getting rookie contracts taken care of. I believe Hawkins has a great future with this team and maybe more notably that we got him because of the pacman trade.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/hashmarks/0-8-204/Titans-agree-with-WR-Hawkins.html

Manning has infected bursa sac removed from left knee

titans — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:11:14 -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.

PFT: Haynesworth turns down same deal Tommy Harris got...

August West — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:45:05 -0000

Is he mental? The deadline for his franchise tag is today, so it's sign a deal now or wait until next year before he can even talk about a new contract.

From PFT:

The ballpark of the discussions is unclear. We previously heard, however, that the Titans would be willing to give Haynesworth the same deal Tommie Harris recently got from the Bears. The fact that a deal hasn’t been done along those lines suggests that Haynesworth is aiming much higher than that.

The other ominous sign here: Somebody has to have talked about the internal negotiations, and usually a GM will leak that info when it makes the team look more reasonable for not signing a guy.

Ugghhh.

Titans Tickets

TrenchantTitan — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:19:07 -0000

I really hate that the way the Titans tickets are sold through ticket master. I ended up getting 4 tickets to the see the Minnesota Viking. Best available seat my ass.....they ended up putting me in section 321. What a freaking joke. There wasn't even a way for my wife, on a different computer, to score tickets to the Steelers game, or the MNF game with Indy. Today sucks, so I'm gonna start drinkin...

Coach Fisher in HI School & Rissi Palmer sings opening day!!!

redrosegal — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:37:32 -0000

Hey y'all..

Titan Fans are in for a treat at the opening game on August 9, the girl that will sing the National Anthem is an amazing country artist - her name is RISSI PALMER and she will ROCK YOUR WORLD! She has an a new album out (buy it at Amazon) with a single called Country Girl that I LOVE and did an amazing remake of Jordin Sparks NO AIR (only available at iTunes - its not on the album).

Rissi Palmer "No Air" (via rissipalmer)

Although I live in the south, I went to junior high and high school with Jeff Fisher. I hadn't been paying much attention to the Titans since about 2003 when Jeff was the hometown hero and we all know why! But now that I'm in the south I became a big fan.

Here's a shout out to Coach Jeff - Let's see some superbowl action this year huh?

Travis Henry screws up again...

kpocyclo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:53:12 -0000

According to an NFL source, Travis Henry has again tested positive for marijuana. He apparently failed the test late last night, and I doubt he'll be able to successfully appeal this one like he did his other. This guy's a disgrace to the league, and letting him go may be the best highly-scrutinized move this organization has ever made. In my opinion, he should never be allowed to play in this league again. When you're trying to clean up the image of an entire league, does it really make sense to keep a guy who goes against everything for which it stands?

Poll: Best home game to attend

SuperHorn — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:12:32 -0000

I want to get ya'lls opinion here. Individual tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10 am CST.

The options below are really the only ones that work because of scheduling conflicts. If I had it my way, I'd be going to the Colts MNF game. While we can only make an educated guess, I'd think that the Cleveland game will have the biggest impact. I could very easily see that game deciding a Wild Card spot, so that's where I'm leaning. I appreciate the input...

Note: I've removed the Houston game as I will already be watching the Titans in Houston this year...

Poll

What is the best home game to attend?

McNair VS George

Air McNair 9 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:56:46 -0000

Well it is probably the slowest time of the NFL year with training camp and preseason right around the corner I thought I would pose a question everyone.

With all of the talk going on about Favre coming back and more than likely being released and every Packers fan saying "I can't picture Favre in a different uniform". It got me curious to see what hurt you guys more:

Seeing Eddie George play for the Cowboys or

Seeing Steve McNair play for the Ravens?

I know the circumstances surrounding each but it was still a shock to see them and one had to hurt more than the other to everyone.

SIGN HAYNESWORTH YESTERDAY!!!

OT:New Move

Hook em Titans — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:35:12 -0000

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't been around much, but I just transfered to Montana and have been dealing with that for the past couple of months. It's been several years since I moved last and I had forgotten how horrible a big move is. Of course, we've added another kid and dog since the last move and all the crap that goes with it, so that added to the mess.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and let everyone know why I had disappeared. I've noticed a disturbing lack of posts by Beans. Did you guys run him off?

Hope all is well with everyone.

Bill

Late afternoon dump... of links.

August West — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:24:49 -0000

• Anthony Bright better stay away from Lavelle Hawkins... via PFW :

"In a recent interview with PFW, Titans WR coach Fred Graves said that rookie Lavelle Hawkins’ competitiveness and approach to the game reminded him somewhat of Panthers star Steve Smith’s. Graves was Smith’s position coach at the University of Utah."

• As pointed out in SoCal's earlier post Kevin Mawae and Cortland Finnegan are being called dirty-ish by coaches and players who probably have soft teams that don't make the playoffs anymore...

• The most generic Titans season preview ever... included here more so for comedic effect.

• A quick interview with VY talking about his college days.

• Is Keith Bulluck the luckiest caddy ever? I submit that he is...

• Courtand Finnegan learns the value of free advertising.

• The Greatest Hits of Bean's new favorite WR: Brandon Marshall

(just kidding ya Beans!)

NFL's Dirtiest Player

SoCalTitan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:53:54 -0000

ESPN had a poll based on NFL coaches votes and Rodney Harrison was voted the Dirtiest. Kevin Mawae got 1 vote which I thought was funny. Courtland Finnegan got an honorable mention from WR Brandon Stokley of Denver:

Stokley also singled out Tennessee Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan as a player with bad intentions. Finnegan, a former small-school prospect and seventh-round draft choice, has become popular in Tennessee for playing with an edge. But his name hasn't shown up among those with the most personal fouls.

"It really doesn't bother me," Stokley said. "It's a part of it and it's a violent, aggressive game. As long as guys don't take it too far. I really don't think it's a big problem in the league."

Your my boy Finn!

Caught me off guard

Vincanity — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:55:47 -0000

Thought that you guys might find this interesting. I know over the last two seasons everyone has kind of freaked out about Vince and his TD passing numbers.

I was watching a video of the Miracle last night and at the beginning of the game it stated that McNair had thrown 12 Tds that year and 8 Ints. That is not far off of what VY has done. As a matter of fact, his rookie campaign he threw 12 TD's. Vince has higher INT #'s cause his decision making is not as good as Mac's was. Remember at this stage in Mac's Career he was a 5 year vet. (only throwing 12 Td's)

What I am getting at is this. Our offense is never going to put up 30 passing TD's. It is not how we are made. We are a run first team. However I do think that VY will take a LEAP forward this year and throw for about 19 TD's

Tell me what you think? How many passing TD's will VY have, and how do you feel with the comparrison to Mac?