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Titans fans face the unthinkable: How low can this team go? by Terry McCormick of the Nashville Scene
Nothing Else To Say by Mike Keith of Titans Radio
I guess kids being inspiration for sports columns is a big thing in Nashville this year.
Titans fans face the unthinkable: How low can this team go? by Terry McCormick of the Nashville Scene
McCormick goes on to assess what's wrong with the Titans' offense, defense, special teams, and compares the 2009 team to the 1994 Oilers team - that went 2-14 after going 12-4 the previous season.The other day, my 5-year-old son Connor told me he and his kindergarten buddy Landon had been discussing football—in particular, the Tennessee Titans. That's how bad it's gotten. Even 5-year-olds know the Titans are off to a terrible start.So what were they saying? "The Titans gotta start playing tougher and scoring more points."
There you have it. Connor and Landon just might have a future in coaching. Too bad that assessment was before Tennessee's drubbing Sunday night at the hands (or hooves) of the Colts. Let's look at the grim record so far and see how the Titans dug this hole—and if there's a way out.
Nothing Else To Say by Mike Keith of Titans Radio
Truth is, the Titans are 0-5 for a lot of reasons, not just one or two. But it took my ten year old son, just coming off of a successful fifth-grade football season, to crystallize what is really wrong with the 2009 Tennessee Titans.
When the team for whom you work is having a rough year, you cannot help but bring it home. Everyone at Baptist Sports Park is part of the team and, while most don't have long-term contracts with lots of zeroes, their heart is into everything that Jeff Fisher and the Titans do. When the Titans win, Titans employees soar. When the Titans lose, they struggle.
My son has grown up watching his dad go through the ups and downs of seasons good and bad. He's learned to read the cues. And to his credit, he always seems to know the perfect thing to say. Plus, like his mother, he is no puller of his punches. Thus, I am getting truth tempered only with consideration for me.
His comment this past Monday was completely on target.
It began as it always does after a loss: "Dad, sorry about the game." It was his continuation that was the laser beam: "You know, we're just not very good this year."
Right now, he's correct. Several players who performed well in 2008 just aren't playing to that level in '09. The early schedule is tougher and the injuries have been more position-specific (losing several defensive backs), but the fact remains that the Titans haven't played well in one ballgame. Certain guys, yes. Certain periods of time, yes. But not for a whole game.
That's the big reason this team is 0-5. Plain and simple.
I guess kids being inspiration for sports columns is a big thing in Nashville this year.