Titans On 2 With Jeff Fisher
OK, just to clear up any confusion Titans On 2 With Jeff Fisher returns to its NORMAL time tonight at 7:00 PM on News 2. The program will air in this slot for the remainder of the NFL season.
Tonight’s player-guest is First Round Pick Kenny Britt. Once again we are live from Opry Mills Mall. Hope you enjoy the show!
Time To Panic For Titans?
3 games, 3 losses for the Titans and 3 games they led in the 4th quarter. Jeff Fisher and company are insisting it is NOT time to panic. Well, if now is not the time when is?
For a team that made a living on finding a way to live, they’ve found a new way to lose each of the first three. They had the Jets beat today! Hang on to the ball or put one more touchdown on the board and it was over, because after the 1st quarter they were in complete control.
Each week I watch and I wonder, what the heck is going on? I wish I had the answer or got one from the lockerroom that made sense.
Titans On 2 With Jeff Fisher
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on programming tonight. We are taping Titans on 2 With Jeff Fisher live at its normal time, 7 to 8 PM tonight (Tuesday) at Opry Mills, but the show will not air until Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
We apologize for any inconvenience, just a programming move that had to be made. Next week the Coach’s Show returns to its normal time.
Thanks!!!
Titans Newest Problem, Finger Pointing
It’s easy to be a winner. I always tell people you find a person’s true character when “it” hits the fan. Two games into the NFL season the Tennessee Titans are failing that test.
0-2 is certainly not a place any of the Titans expected to be, but Sunday we started to see the first signs of fractioning in the lockerroom and discontent among the players. The Titans gave up 350 yards passing and 4 TD’s during the game, but Chuck Cecil wasn’t done getting torced, after it was over one his own players took a shot. Nick Harper told me “We didn’t make any corrections on the sideline. There wer some plays where I got it on my side, they flip-flopped to the exact same play on the other side and we still didn’t get it stopped! Like I said, we didn’t make any corrections on the sideline. They made corrections and they hurt us!”
That’s as straight forward as a player is. “Sideline” means coaches in case there was any confusion. Harper and the entire secondary are obviously angry, confused and probably embarassed at this point. Lou Holtz use to have a great saying, “Car’s in the ditch, who’s going to get out and push?”. That’s what Harper missed out on. The car’s in the ditch, blaming someone for it doesn’t work, it’s time to get out and push and push as one.
Everyone's An Expert
It’s true. We’ve all sat on the sofa and second guessed the coaching staff. It doesn’t matter who… Lombardi, Ditka, Parcells… For some reason we all think WE KNOW BETTER! Here’s the shocker, we don’t.
There was plenty of second guessing after the Titans loss to the Steelers last week. Chris Johnson only ran the ball 15 times, special teams struggled and the pass rush fizzled in the second half. For the last 4 days I’ve heard everyone bemoaning a lack of aggressiveness from Defensive Coordinator Chuck Cecil. “He should have blitzed, brought the corner, brought Bulluck…”, take your pick I’ve heard it all.
Just a hunch here, Chuck Cecil has forgotten more about defense than any of us will ever, ever know. I’m not here to protect him, I’m sure there are calls he’d like to have back, but the man knows what he’s doing. After the game he was explaining than in the chess game of football the blitz is just one move, a move offenses have an answer too, the question is can you handle their answer?
On 3rd and 12 with 5 minutes to play the Titans rushed only 3, got no pressure and Big Ben completed a 15 yard strike to Santonio Holmes for a critical first down. Go ahead and blame the pass rush, but they had 8 men in coverage who also could have made a play and made Cecil look like a genius.
I guess that’s the point I’m here to make, blitz or no blitz, it’s about making plays. Every defense is designed to work, it’s up to the players to make it happen. Oh, and as everyone in the NFL likes to point out, the other side gets paid to make plays too and last I saw the Steelers are the defending Super Bowl champs.
It’s just one game, bring on the Texans.
Go Ahead And Vent
As last night went on I kept thinking the same thing to myself, “Cory, you’ve seen this game before.” I had and it ended exactly the same way. Just like the Titans dominated their playoff game with Baltimore last season they watched every opportunity slide by in Pittsburgh and they suffered another heartbreaking defeat.
The Titans are a Super Bowl caliber team, but to get there this nonsense has to end and they know it. They have to finish drives offensively and defensively and finish teams off. They let Big Ben hang around and he made them pay.
Don’t get me wrong, the Steelers are a great team, the Super Bowl champs, but no one can convince me they’re the better team. Not after last year and not after last night. What they are though is a team that knows how to finish and they’ve got a 1-0 record to prove it.
Play It Smart... Washington Has to Sit
He was the Titans big move in free agency and I know what you’re thinking “Nate Washington has to play!” Games like this one against the Steelers are exactly the reason they signed him right? Wrong. They signed him to win the Super Bowl!
The schedule is a 16 game marathon and this is just 1 of 16. It may have all the hype, but it’s worth no more and no less than any of the others. Remember last year? They played without Albert Haynesworth, yet somehow that worked out.
Hamstring’s are tricky injuries and can linger for an entire season if not dealt with. Playing this game on a Thursday plays a huge part in this decision. It gives him 3 fewer days to heal and by sitting him they give him 10 extra days to heal for the Texans and the other 15 games on the schedule.
This is “A” big game, but “THE” big game is in February and it’s more important that Nate Washington be on the field in Miami than Pittsburgh.
Tick...Tick...Tick...
Yep, we keep creeping closer and closer to kicking off the 2009 NFL season and I have to say I have never, ever, ever been more excited about a regular season game than I am about the Titans and Steelers Thursday night. Having said that, this game means nothing to either team!
That’s right, it’s a 16 game season and these are 2 great teams. A loss won’t end either of their seasons and a win doesn’t make either of them Super Bowl champs. Well, the Steelers already are…
Every game in Pittsburgh is a “big deal”, football is what they do there! The key for the Titans is how they handle it. They can’t get caught up in the “towell hype”, sticking it to the fans, or focus on anything that isn’t the man in front of them. They’re better than a year ago, if they focus they still can have every expectation to beat the Steelers again.
That’s right. I think they’ll win. Jeff Fisher doesn’t own this team, but he is 12-7 against Pittsburgh and I can’t imagine there are a lot of coaches who can top that. This has always been one of his favorite match ups and he always has his team ready for the black and gold.
Turnovers doomed the Steelers last year at LP Field and they will likely decide the outcome Thursday. That’s just life in the NFL.
Week 2 High School Football Games
Kings Academy 27 , Franklin Classical, TN 16
MUS 21 , South Panola High School, MS 19
Zion Christian 41 , Riverside Christian 0
East
Alcoa 21 , Loudon 0
Anderson County 46 , Campbell County 13
Austin-East 20 , Knoxville Fulton 14
Baylor 34 , BGA 14
Bearden 24 , William Blount 10
Boyd Buchanan 54 , Silverdale 7
Bradley Central 27 , Cleveland 26
Brainerd 48 , East Hamilton 3
Chattanooga Central 29 , Howard 28
Claiborne County 29 , Chuckey-Doak 14
Clinton 49 , Karns 16
Cloudland 40 , North Greene 0
Coalfield 33 , Sunbright 12
Cumberland Gap 56 , South Greene 55
Dobyns Bennett 41 , Sullivan Central 7
Farragut 20 , Knoxville Catholic 12
Gibbs 46 , Pigeon Forge 0
Grainger 13 , West Greene 7
Hampton 42 , Cosby 14
Harriman 21 , Midway 14
Heritage 31 , Lenoir City 3
Johnson County 26 , Unicoi County 12
Kingston 34 , Scott County 27
Knoxville Carter 33 , Union County 0
Knoxville Grace 24 , Tellico Plains 7
Knoxville Webb 47 , Ezell-Harding 0
Maryville 38 , Knoxville West 17
McCallie 28 , Pope John Paul 10
Meigs County 7 , Sequoyah 0
Morristown East 42 , South Doyle 7
Morristown West 45 , Cherokee 14
Notre Dame 33 , Chattanooga Christian 20
Oak Ridge 34 , Knoxville Central 0
Oliver Springs 48 , Oakdale 14
Oneida 29 , Wartburg Central 0
Ooltewah 21 , Soddy-Daisy 14
Polk County 49 , McMinn Central 12
Powell 23 , Knoxville Halls 20
Red Bank 38 , East Ridge 7
Rockwood 32 , Greenback 0
Science Hill 42 , Volunteer 6
Sequatchie County 23 , Grundy County 0
Sevier County 32 , Jefferson County 21
Seymour 51 , Cocke County 0
Signal Mountain 49 , Lookout Valley 38
South Pittsburg 20 , Marion County 8
Sullivan North 42 , Sullivan East 21
Sullivan South 35 , Daniel Boone 28
Tennessee High 51 , David Crockett 7
Tyner 47 , Hixson 35
Unaka 34 , Hancock County 8
Walker Valley 28 , Rhea County 20
Whitwell 34 , Taft Youth Center, TN 18
Middle
Beech 28 , Wilson Central 24
Blackman 10 , Smyrna 2
Brentwood 24 , Independence 21
Cannon County 35 , DeKalb County 26
Cascade 38 , Forrest 7
Clarksville Northwest 14 , Clarksville 7
Clay County 13 , Monterey 10
Coffee County 20 , Warren County 13
Collinwood 20 , Mt. Pleasant 13
Columbia 49 , Tullahoma 20
Cookeville 49 , White County 6
Cornersville 21 , Columbia Academy 14
Creek Wood 47 , Waverly 6
DCA 21 , Davidson Academy 19
Dickson County 28 , Rossview 14
East Literature 35 , CPA 34
Ensworth 50 , MBA 21
Fairview 49 , East Hickman 13
Father Ryan 35 , Brentwood Academy 34
FRA 32 , St. Benedict 14
Franklin 21 , Centennial 0
Friendship Christian 42 , Gordonsville 6
Giles County 42 , Spring Hill 21
Goodpasture 63 , Macon County 27
Greenbrier 19 , Sycamore 7
Hickman County 33 , Marshall County 26
Hillsboro 13 , Ravenwood 12
Hunters Lane 29 , Antioch 0
Jo Byrns 14 , White House Heritage 0
Lawrence County 45 , Lincoln County 6
Maplewood 23 , David Lipscomb 13
McGavock 32 , Cane Ridge 0
Mt. Juliet 42 , Gallatin 35
Oakland 20 , Siegel 0
Page 38 , Lewis County 13
Perry County 33 , Loretto 6
Red Boiling Springs 23 , Pickett County 22
Riverdale 42 , LaVergne 7
SAS 16 , Mt. Juliet Christian 13
Shelbyville 16 , Franklin County 13
Smith County 10 , Livingston Academy 3
Station Camp 34 , Portland 7
Stewart County 41 , Cheatham County 0
Trousdale County 59 , Jackson County 21
Wayne County 42 , Richland 12
West Creek 19 , Montgomery Central 5
Whites Creek 39 , Stratford 0
York Institute 42 , Upperman 0
West
Adamsville 26 , Riverside 7
Arlington 50 , Raleigh Egypt 23
Booker T. Washington 27 , Carver 26
Briarcrest 65 , Kingsbury 42
Camden 36 , Harpeth 7
Chester County 39 , Fayette Ware 6
Cordova 34 , Brighton 32
Craigmont 25 , Bolton 14
Crockett County 34 , Obion County 21
Douglass 14 , Westwood 12
Dyersburg 42 , Covington 7
East Robertson 58 , McEwen 0
ECS 52 , SBEC 24
FACS 63 , Bishop Byrne 25
Hardin County 21 , Munford 12
Harding Academy 50 , Memphis Catholic 0
Henry County 46 , Kenwood 6
Hillcrest 18 , Oakhaven 14
Houston 26 , Ridgeway 10
Humboldt 35 , Lake County 27
Huntingdon 55 , Hollow Rock-Bruceton 0
Jackson Christian 38 , Rossville 0
Jackson Northside 19 , Dyer County 13
Jackson South Side 36 , Lexington 13
Liberty Magnet 41 , Jackson Central-Merry 0
Manassas 40 , Trinity Christian 21
McKenzie 53 , Dresden 26
McNairy Central 37 , Bolivar Central 20
Memphis East 53 , Hamilton 6
Milan 24 , Westview 7
Millington 42 , Bartlett 7
Mitchell 40 , Memphis Central 0
Ripley 42 , Gibson County 0
Scotts Hill 35 , Middleton 12
Sheffield 32 , Fairley 0
South Fulton 12 , Greenfield 6
Southwind 30 , Memphis Overton 7
St. George’s 41 , Rosemark 8
Union City 48 , Peabody 0
USJ 35 , Fayette Academy 0
West Carroll 24 , Gleason 22
Wooddale 28 , Kirby 6
Are The Redskins Nuts?
A good friend of mine sent me an article in today’s Washington Post that absolutely defies all sanity? It seems the Washington Redskins are suing some of their fans! That’s right, in these economically challenged times some fans can’t meet their obligation to the team so they’re being sued.
OK, let me cut you off. I get it, a contract’s a contract but, really? Is suing your fan base really the best course of action? As I recall the Redskins have a fairly rabid fan base with a waiting list for tickets 5 years long.
I know we don’t always know the whole story, but the mere sight of this one made my skin crawl. Roger Goodell has done a great job of policing his players, maybe it’s time for a word with ownership?
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