Last Week

Going into week 13, the Tennessee Titans squared off against their division rivals the Jacksonville Jaguars. These two teams hate each other and I definitely am not a fan of them.  They last time the two teams faced each other, the Titans destroyed them 30-3 on Monday Night Football. Based on that fact I thought the Titans had a shot since back up quarterback Kerry Collins was back. However, I was wrong once again.

Let’s just say the Titans lost 6-17. It was terrible. The Jags ran it down their throats and the defense couldn’t stop anything. On the flip side, the Titans offense was terrible. How can a team only score 6 points in a game?

To make the matters worse, Kerry Collins had three turnovers and didn’t move the ball. He missed many open targets. The receivers had a few drops, but it wouldn’t have made a difference. The Titans at the moment SUCK!

How can you let a 5-2 start slip to a 5-7 record? Easy answer, the coaches are not doing their job, the players aren’t doing anything to help, and the ownership is not putting the foot on the pedal. This team needs lots of change and in my opinion it has to start with the coach.

When I was watching the game, an amazing stat flashed up. Vince Young as a starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans has a record of 30-17. Since 2008, anyone that has started besides Vince is 1-14! Yes 1-14! They need to get their shit straight get rid of Coach and let Vince comeback next year to prove all the doubters wrong. That can happen, Vince has seen many highs and many lows. If anyone knows how to comeback with a bang, it’s Vince.

The Titans have four remaining games and it would be nice to see a glimpse of hope for next year, but I think they will be lucky to even win one more game. It’s embarrassing and the team needs to do something to give fans hope. It was nice talking crap to other football fans after the 5-2 start, but now I can’t say a word!

Got to give props to the Chicago Bears, but got I hate the Bears! Every time the team is doing well everyone in this area goes nuts. They think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I have no room to talk. The only thing I got left to cheer for is for management to fire Fish’s ass and to hope that the Bears get kicked in the teeth!

Go Titans! And as a Cubs fan I guess I can say there is always next year! But that’s getting old!

Everything comes back to feeling like a Cubs fan!

Week 12 …. No Vince

Finnigan and Johnson fighting!

So for week seven, the Tennessee Titans headed to their old home, Houston, to take on the struggling Houston Texans team. Going into it, I knew that this would be one terrible week and I didn’t know how I was going to sit through the game knowing how bad things would be.

Of course, rookie sixth round pick, Rusty Smith, started the game. That sentence right there pretty much explains how bad things were.

Rusty just started tossing up the rock and it seemed like he didn’t even look when he was throwing. His passes were so far off from his targets, and he almost completed more passes to the opposing team. It’s been almost two years since a Titans quarterback threw three interceptions, until Rusty stamped his name into the slot for the most recent time.

The Titans offense stalled all day and their all-pro running back Chris Johnson had only SEVEN carries! This is one of the best players in the NFL, how can a team possible win a game when he only gets the ball seven times? I have a feeling Coach Jeff Fisher is just trying to find his way out of time, because that’s just dumb.

The Titans defense once again stepped up like it always has to because of the offensive struggles. However, in the end, the Titans lost 20-0.

I was looking at the stats and I was so surprised. Somehow Rusty Smith got to throw the ball 31 times! How does he get to throw over 30 times and CJ only get seven carries? That makes a hell of a lot of sense to me, NOT!

The only exciting thing I got out of the game (I had to turn that off right after half time, otherwise they might make me hang myself) was the fight between the feisty cornerback Cortland Finnigan and Houston receiver Andre Johnson. Basically, these two guys have a history of bad blood and with the Titans getting pushed around, Cortland got a little fired up. The two guys pulled each others helmets off and started sluggin’! That’s the only entertainment from the game.

So the Titans extended their losing streak to four games and were at a 5-6 position. The Titans are not out of it by any stretch, but realistically, they aren’t going to win sh*t with what they have going on. It’s disappointing to see a team one game out of the playoff hunt show up and put a big goose egg on the scoreboard. However, it happened and it probably will happen again after seeing how they played against the Texans.

Music City Madness!

Coach Jeff Fisher acting like the toolbag he is.

So as the previous post points out that Vince Young got screwed, it certainly seems that way. After the Titans disappointing loss to the Washington Redskins in overtime, things started to heat up between Coach Jeff Fisher, and quarterback Vince Young.

Apparently after Vince went out with the thumb injury, he tried everything he could to prove to the coach that he was good to go and he was desperate to get back into the game and help out his teammates. However, the coach never put him in, and instead left rookie quarterback Rusty Smith hung out to dry. Smith was so terrible and it seemed like if the Titans were going to win, they needed to get Rusty out of the game.

 The story goes that after the game Vince Young threw his shoulder pads in the stands along with his jersey. This didn’t help but piss Coach Fisher off even more. Minutes later at a press conference Fish (Coach Fisher) said that Vince has lost his starting job. I was so pissed. How the hell does he think they can win with a third string quarterback?

That’s just a start. Supposedly after the game the team met in the locker room and Fish talked to the team. When this happened him and Vince had a heated exchange and players had to separate the two. Vince then walked out the door and coach said, “You can’t walk out on your team like that.” Vince responded, “I’m not walking out on them, I’m walking out on you.”

This makes perfect since because the past four years, coach Fish has shown Vince no love, and showed that he has no confidence in his quarterback that has saved his a** his job 3 times!

Some players ran out trying to “cool” Vince down but Vince couldn’t take it anymore and left the stadium.

So Coach Jeff Fisher blew his chance with Vince and put him on injured reserve meaning he was done for the year. As a fan, I said sh*t seasons is over, and hopefully that means Fish will be gone too. Then the owner Bud Adams, who is a huge fan of Vince, said that the two would have to work things out and get along.

This means that Vince will be back next year! As far as Fish, I can care less what they do with that prick, he’s blew his chance and he f*cked up the season. I would love to see Vince work with another coach who cares and supports him. The numbers don’t lie, Vince is the fourth most winning quarterback (out of active players) in which games he started.  You simply cannot sit the man, he brings the only thing that counts, W’s. I do not see any way in which Rusty Smith can succeed.

To make things worse Vince later shot Fish a text apologizing but Fish said that’s not good enough for him, who cares. Cannot wait to watch Rusty Smith suck it up so Fish looks like a scumbag, and hopefully loses his job!

Go Titans! Too bad a 5-2 start went down the drain.

The Randy Moss Saga Begins, Vince’s Ends?

 

Rusty Smith looking like a 12 year old ready to throw an interception against the ‘Skins.

So a 5-3 mark is a great way to start off the season and nice to go into the bye week tied for first place in the division. Usually, bye weeks are pretty boring and the players get a week off then the team resumes practice. However, as a Titan’s fan this was one hell of a bye week. The Minnesota Vikings put, future Hall Of Fame wide receiver, Randy Moss on waivers. This means that starting with the worst record team in the NFL, teams can put in a claim to get Moss, but would have to hope that he would drop to their pick.

Going into that week, the Titans had the 22^nd position and put in a claim for Moss. Somehow he slipped all the way down and the Titans got Randy Moss! I was excited! The Titans had Kenny Britt and Moss on their receiving group, which could arguably be one of the best in the NFL. Somehow, things didn’t work out so smooth.

Week 9 came and the Titans were off to face the Miami Dolphins. Let’s just say nothing went good. Of course Kerry Collins had to start the game because Vince Young was “hurt,” I say bull sh*t. Kerry played horrible in the

 

first half and went out when an injury so that mean the “hurt” Vince had to come in. Vince came and looked fresh, he was scrambling all over and making great throws. However, the Titans lost to the Miami Dolphins, 29-17.

Randy Moss didn’t do much to help the effort, only catching one ball and had no scores. However, since he is such a high caliber player, the defense has to double team him and that opens up lanes for running back Chris Johnson to run all over the defense. CJ did exactly that having over 100 rushing yards on less than 20 carries and had a touchdown. I don’t get why Coach Fisher gives him the ball more, I actually don’t understand many things Fish does, but he’s the coach, I’m not.

So the Titans were now 5-4 and headed home to face off with the 4-5 Washington Redskins that just got destroyed by Michael Vick and the Eagles the previous week, giving up a whopping 59 points. There’s no way in hell the Titans would lose. However, things got as bad as they have gotten in 5 years.

The Titans ended up losing 19-16 in overtime, but that was the least of their worries. Quarterback Vince Young once again got banged up and benched when he hurt his thumb in the third quarter. The worst part is that their backup Kerry Collins was hurt so the Titans had to go to rookie third string qb Rusty Smith! How the hell do you think it’s possible to win a game with Rusty Smith. He came in and played like garbage, throwing deep every time and he turned the ball over on his second throw. The worst part was that Vince looked like he was ready to get back in the game, but Fish didn’t let him.

Things got so bad……. The next post will be an update on the drama in the Music City. Go Titans! Rusty Smith and Coach Fish can get the hell out of town!

Catch Up on Weeks 5-8

Note: This site is so difficult with picures so it’s only possible to put one in without messing up all the text and things.

Kenny Britt going high up for his third touchdown catch against the Eagles.

So it’s been awhile so I figured it would be a good idea to play a little catch up on what’s been happening on the Titan’s sidelines.

Currently going into the bye week the Tennessee Titans are 5-3! Week five, six, and seven were just repeat efforts of the titans kickin’ some a$$ around the league, and week eight, not so much. Week five in Big D, the Titans came out hot and won 34-27, the following week the Titans traveled to Jacksonville to take on their rivals on Monday Night Football.

As a rival, I hate the guts out of the Jags. They don’t sell out their stadium, there team always sucks but are good (I know, it makes no sense to me either) and they have the worst colors in sports. There wasn’t much to say about the game, however the Titans won 30-3.

Week seven was good and not good when the Titans squared off with the Philadelphia Eagles. Unfortunately Vince Young got hurt in the game against the Jags and the Titans had to start the old man, Kerry Collins. Collins is TERRIBLE! He had three turnovers in the first half and the game was not going good at all. Then second year receiver Kenny Britt came off the bench and so many things went right. Kenny Britt ended up catching seven balls for 225 yards and 3 touchdowns! That is nuts for a receiver! I swear Vince was ready to go but coach Jeff Fisher in my opinion is a racist bastard, and like old white man Collins. Whatever though, the titans scored a franchise high 27 points in the fourth quarter and won the game, ending week seven with a 5-2 record, not bad eh?

Week eight was similar to week seven, lots of good and lots of bad. Vince was back on the field and the Titans hoped to improve to 6-2 going into the bye week. Things started off great, the Titans blocked the first punt for the San Diego Chargers and got a safety to take a 2-0 lead. However, the next drive Vince chucked a ball deep and Kenny Britt went up for it and heard a pop. Shit! He pulled his hamstright and was going to be out 6-8 weeks. That is terrible news after seeing what he was capable of last week, and having 7 touchdowns in six weeks.

Things didn’t go much smoother after that, the Titans gave up the lead and in the fourth quarter the Titans were down eight. Of course more would go wrong, Vince Young dropped back to pass and ended up taking a few minutes to get up. He hurt his knee so that meant Collins had to come in. What a great thing! Collins gets to come in to try to tie the game up on the last drive, but that never happened and the Titans lost to the Chargers 33-25.

Now going into the bye week the Titans are 5-3 and looking for a week off to get healthy and to prepare themselves for a road battle with the Miami Dolphins. Screw Fish and Collins, get Vince healthy and let’s get to the playoffs! Go Titans!

 

Week Three and Four

 

Week three was one hell of a week for the Tennessee Titans. The Titans went into the New Meadowlands Stadium to face the 1-1 New York Giants. As a fan I felt like they needed to win this came, the Titans just came off one of their biggest a$$ kickin’s in the past few years and it’s very important to start off hot and carry the momentum over.

Apparently they did not get the memo and scored a lousy three points in the first quarter. On a good note the “G-Men” also didn’t do much and put up a fat goose egg in the first quarter. I was sitting there and I swearwatching paint dry was on the same level of entertainment this game was providing.  

Then CJ rushed it in the end zone  to take a ten nothing lead. However, that did not last long. The defense forgot to tackle and the Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw was tearing up defends on his way to a score and at half time the game was all squared up. It was ten to ten.

The second half was a blast. The Titans head coach Jeff Fisher had to have said something to get the team to make them come out hot. The Titans forced three turnovers and the Giants were making all sorts of mistakes on the field. The Titans ended up pulling off the win 29-10. Now they were sitting at 2-1 and had all sorts of things working.

Week Four the Tennessee Titans had their hands full with the former Bears quarterback Kyle Orton. I just had confidence knowing that Orton was in the Music city and I guarantee he just wanted to get out of the game and go enjoy a few cold ones on the side line and go see what the city of Nashville had to offer tourists

Kyle Orton back in his college days

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I said this because I recently realized how much of a laid back guy Orton is and how much he enjoys getting F*c*ed up. I checked out pictures on the internet and saw dozens of pictures of Orton just obliterated and almost to the point of blacking out and he seemed to always have the chicks and a bottle of Jack in one hand. However these were from the college days so of course he was a hot shot because he was the quarterback. I was just hoping he had a big night in the Music City to help make the Titan’s day at work just that much easier.

On other terms, Orton just tore up the secondary. Kyle Orton ended up having almost 400 passing yards and the Broncos improved to 2-2 after a close 26-20 defeat of the Titans. Nothing went right for the Titans, the offense was pretty much shut down and there were countless mistakes all over the field.  There was not much to say but the Titans had to put that a$$ beatin’ on the back of their minds and focus on a tough Dallas Cowgirls coming up in a week.

A 2-2 start is not bad, compared to starting 0-6 last year, but it would be nice to start the year on a good note so the Titan’s could just coast and not have the last few weeks of the season as the most important.

We’ll see next week in big D. Go Titans!

First Two Weeks

 

Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young watches from the sideline after being replaced by Kerry Collins.

Well the season has kicked off with a bang! There is not much to say about week one for the Titans. Tennessee kicked Oakland’s a$$ plain and simple, 38-13. It’s a great way to start the season and its way better than waiting until week 8 to get their first victory (like last year).

Vince looked smooth as hell throwing for two touchdowns and no interceptions, and CJ ran for over one hundred yards and picked up two scores to help seal a victory. I mean, it’s Oakland, but you got to beat the easy teams and the Titans didn’t just beat them, they took them to the woodshed for a good old fashioned butt kickin’. The Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell looked like a deer in the headlights getting hit numerous times and getting sacked four times. There’s not much we learned about the Titan’s but for one thing, their defense looked very sharp, so let’s hope they keep it up because there are so many new faces on that defense.

 

Week two on the other hand was just the exact opposite. The Pittsburg Steelers came into LP field and made the Titan’s day a living hell. Right off the bat the Titans gave up a kick return for a touchdown to Antonio Brown, so I knew this was not going to be good. Next play the rookie kick returner turned the ball over and everything was terrible after that. The Titan’s lost 19-11. It might have looked like a close game by the score, but it was never close to begin with.

The Titan’s had five turnovers through the first two and a half quarters and Vince Young was just getting knocked around by the Steelers defense. You cannot win when you turn the ball over like that! That’s when the Titan’s head coach Jeff Fisher made a change that would make some people really angry. He decided to bench quarterback Vince Young in the third quarter when the Titans were only down 16-3! I mean Vince has saved Fisher’s job twice in the past three years!  It’s only a two possession game at that point so why in the hell would you take out the quarterback with the fifth highest winning percentage in the NFL?

 Then of course Kerry Collins comes in and stinks up the joint. First possession he turned the ball over and never even handed the ball off to Chris Johnson. What makes you think you can win a game without giving the ball to the best guy on the field and having a quarterback in who is so old he was almost alive to witness the civil war? It is not going to happen and it did not. The only good thing that came out is that the defense shined again and only gave up twelve points off five lousy turnovers. The only thing to do is try to forget about the loss, watch some film and just show up next week in New York and just kick the living sh*t out of the New York Giants to help forget about the week two loss. Give the ball to CJ and keep Vince in it’s the winning formula! Go Titans!