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Titans reached an injury settlement with Matias today...ugh. Trade DGB he must be replaced!! Ok now cut a good young lineman.

They signed Jarrod West and Donte Foster to now have 12 WRs because...yeah I have no idea why a team would want 12.
West was with them last spring. TZ outplayed him and got signed. They wanted him to sit around and wait if an opportunity opened up. He went to the Steelers and was on their PS much of last season. 

 
Mariota got asked a Q or two, then about Tre McBride. Complimented him and said he could flat out fly.

Mularkey up next.

He was asked if Hunter has same not clicking issue with staff, he said No, needs to be consistent string some good days together.

Discussed Dodd

Discussed how he was very impressed with Kelly only having 18 hours with the playbook and able to practice so well today

Discussed getting ready for Panthers

Check out Titans twitter timeline and Jim Wyatt's based on what I typed here. What's missing? Hunter

https://twitter.com/jwyattsports

 
cstu said:
He wasn't traded for being raw, it's that he wasn't giving effort.  DHB was far more raw but the Raiders gave him a long leash because he had tremendous work ethic and wasn't a locker room cancer.
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I don't know how much of this is true or applicable. First you're comparing Al Davis-era Raiders to anything else in the NFL. Al Davis defined DHB's leash. There's few other situations where someone with a 22% catch rate would continue to start. Second the Raiders did give up on DHB. They cut him before his contract ended. And this is after he actually seemed like an NFL WR (975 yards in 2011 and 600 in 2012). Why? Because Al died, Hue was fired after 2011, and the staff at the time liked Rod Streater more. They gave him an astronomically long leash until the guys that drafted him were no longer there, which isn't that different of a story. 

 
thriftyrocker said:
I don't know how much of this is true or applicable. First you're comparing Al Davis-era Raiders to anything else in the NFL. Al Davis defined DHB's leash. There's few other situations where someone with a 22% catch rate would continue to start. Second the Raiders did give up on DHB. They cut him before his contract ended. And this is after he actually seemed like an NFL WR (975 yards in 2011 and 600 in 2012). Why? Because Al died, Hue was fired after 2011, and the staff at the time liked Rod Streater more. They gave him an astronomically long leash until the guys that drafted him were no longer there, which isn't that different of a story. 
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They cut him because he was due more than $5M for 2013. 

 
Bri said:
That's not true. Mularkey even said how he stayed late every day. He just wasn't picking it up and Mularkey wanted him to stay even later. Effort and work ethic was definitely there
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This is what he said a week ago:

"It's bad day, good day," Mularkey said when asked to assess Green-Beckham's progress. "Same thing it's been since the very first day."

Green-Beckham is gifted, but unteachable ability can only propel a player so far. Being a successful NFL player requires a certain amount of preparation, which he isn't doing enough of.

"That's spending extra time," Mularkey said when asked how to erase inconsistency. "That's doing things when nobody's watching. That's in the classroom. I think it's just putting the work in without being directed by anybody, doing it yourself. ... He does do it. I'd do it more."
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Bri said:
Mariota got asked a Q or two, then about Tre McBride. Complimented him and said he could flat out fly.

Mularkey up next.

He was asked if Hunter has same not clicking issue with staff, he said No, needs to be consistent string some good days together.

Discussed Dodd

Discussed how he was very impressed with Kelly only having 18 hours with the playbook and able to practice so well today

Discussed getting ready for Panthers

Check out Titans twitter timeline and Jim Wyatt's based on what I typed here. What's missing? Hunter

https://twitter.com/jwyattsports
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Jim Wyatt ‏@jwyattsports  Aug 16

"It sent a message to everybody - you better get your stuff right." -Justin Hunter

With a picture of Hunter catching the ball.  :shrug:

He says in an earlier message that Wright still isn't practicing. He says Wright might be ready to play in the 3rd preseason game.

 
msommer said:
So is it a personal thing with Wyatt or?
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Jim is fantastic. I don't understand why this happens. They all do it. Wyatt was just live tweeting the presser and "forgot" to mention Hunter so the timing was perfect to show what I've been saying all offseason.

Wyatt wrote of him a couple days ago, the first non DGB practice. Glennon and Terry did mention him too that day.

PK will ignore guys that didn't give him a good interview or some flack on twitter or somesuch. We've seen that and he also speaks negatively on periscope then too.

Wyatt is mister perfect. IIRC quite literally a catholic school boy. It doesn't fit for him to ignore a player. When it's everyone, it's "what's going on here" as I've been saying all offseason. 

Like I said before, when the fans were allowed in and they're talking about Hunter and sharing videos that just totally threw me. It's like umm I see the video of the great catch. Not one reporter wrote about it? There's "catch of the day" articles every day. A radio host tweeted "Hunter makes it look so easy" and on his station, there's no mention of Hunter.

My friend suggests that the reporters heard it from the Titans when he was supposedly out with a sore ankle and PK dared him to touch the locker room ceiling. They all posted videos on twitter and it's been relatively quiet since. I've never seen this before. It's so unusual.

Match this up with his tweets http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-4/Coach-Mularkeys-Wednesday-Training-Camp-Transcript/ef19bac2-4651-4700-90b0-8d956e666d64

This is a 20 year reporter that is wonderful at reporting everything. He doesn't just ignore it without being asked. Anyone that's followed the Titans the last decade can surely attest to JIm's credit. Do you see anyone writing that Hunter had a good day today? As I mentioned here, even Mariota called him out during his presser.

 
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cstu said:
This is what he said a week ago:

That's in the classroom. I think it's just putting the work in without being directed by anybody, doing it yourself. ... He does do it. I'd do it more."
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It was during the ... of your quote. He was asked "I thought you said he stays late everyday" or something like that and he said He does. He does do it. I'd do it more. However many reps it takes that's how long he needs to stay.

If a guy is staying hours after practice to learn, you can't insult work ethic or dedication etc. 

That he's a slow learner was a problem, no doubt.

 
Glennon's article-

1. With Dorial Green-Beckham gone, the Titans used Tajae Sharpe, Harry Douglas and Rishard Matthews in their first three-receiver alignment. The second three receivers were Andre Johnson,Justin Hunter and Tre McBride.

2. In the one-on-one competition between receivers and defensive backs, the receivers won — thanks to two victories by Hunter and one by Johnson. Brice McCain did an especially good job locking up Douglas.

Terry McCormick tweet-

Mariota said Justin Hunter has been pretty clean and crisp coming out of breaks on his routes.

Mularkey said Justin Hunter needs to put a series of good days and good games together.

Like I said PK rarely even mentions Hunter

 
Bri, I'm not sure why but you seem far too fixated on there being some conspiracy theory against Hunter (and DGB for that matter).  It seems that recently every other post you make expresses your frustration/outrage on a lack of positive reports about him/them.  In reality isn't it's quite possible that while your average rube attending practice sees and tweets a great catch by Hunter, that your local writers don't pump it up in their reporting because they see a different picture?  One in which the 6'4" specimen drops passes, runs lazy routes, or is just plain not standing out other than said occasional "wow" catch.   Love and appreciate your coverage of the Titans, but it's just a bit odd how much you're pounding the table about this.

 
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Bri, I'm not sure why but you seem far too fixated on there being some conspiracy theory against Hunter (and DGB for that matter).  It seems that recently every other post you make expresses your frustration/outrage on a lack of positive reports about him/them.  In reality isn't it's quite possible that while your average rube attending practice sees and tweets a great catch by Hunter, that your local writers don't pump it up in their reporting because they see a different picture?  One in which the 6'4" specimen drops passes, runs lazy routes, or is just plain not standing out other than said occasional "wow" catch.   Love and appreciate your coverage of the Titans, but it's just a bit odd how much you're pounding the table about this.
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I get that and thank you.

20 years of reading and adoring Jim Wyatt's work. He flat out reports on everything and us fans have been guaranteed he will. He is just a great reporter that way.

Teams have PR department and policies and such. Jim has mentioned on periscope, twitter, and radio interviews that now that he works for the team he can't report on everything he hears in backroom conversations and has to run things through the PR department now. He has been almost apologetic about it. When the Titans traded the first pick, the interview with him where he knew of it and couldn't report it and about made himself sick by not reporting it...that was wonderful.

I am sorry to carry on about it. Yesterday brought the perfect setting though so it stirred me up.

Mariota praised Hunter's route running and Mularkey acknowledged he's been playing well but needs to string together more good days.
It was right there in the presser. Mariota says this, Wyatt tweets it. Mularkey says that, Wyatt tweets it. On and on, almost in a rhythm. Why ignore the Hunter comments?

What I don't understand is what the Titans gain from not mentioning Hunter? A PR department maybe doesn't want to mention a pipe leak because people will dramatically say the Titans don't take care of their facility. Maybe a coach is ill and his health is private info so they don't share that. Every sort of "weeding" by PR departments has a logic to it that isn't so hard to follow. With Hunter, I'm "thrown." 

I will shush about it. I get your point and won't carry on anymore. Sorry you feel that way. There's definitely some truth to what you're saying. I'll shush about it.

 
Bri said:
I get that and thank you.

20 years of reading and adoring Jim Wyatt's work. He flat out reports on everything and us fans have been guaranteed he will. He is just a great reporter that way.

Teams have PR department and policies and such. Jim has mentioned on periscope, twitter, and radio interviews that now that he works for the team he can't report on everything he hears in backroom conversations and has to run things through the PR department now. He has been almost apologetic about it. When the Titans traded the first pick, the interview with him where he knew of it and couldn't report it and about made himself sick by not reporting it...that was wonderful.

I am sorry to carry on about it. Yesterday brought the perfect setting though so it stirred me up.

Mariota praised Hunter's route running and Mularkey acknowledged he's been playing well but needs to string together more good days.
It was right there in the presser. Mariota says this, Wyatt tweets it. Mularkey says that, Wyatt tweets it. On and on, almost in a rhythm. Why ignore the Hunter comments?

What I don't understand is what the Titans gain from not mentioning Hunter? A PR department maybe doesn't want to mention a pipe leak because people will dramatically say the Titans don't take care of their facility. Maybe a coach is ill and his health is private info so they don't share that. Every sort of "weeding" by PR departments has a logic to it that isn't so hard to follow. With Hunter, I'm "thrown." 

I will shush about it. I get your point and won't carry on anymore. Sorry you feel that way. There's definitely some truth to what you're saying. I'll shush about it.
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No need to "shush" about it.  The way you've been speaking about it consistently, you just seem really bothered by it.  As an outside observer, it just seems that maybe he's just truly not standing out amongst his peers and thus, not much is getting reported about him other than the typical "Hunter had a drop, thus the reason he's 7th on the depth chart" report which then frustrates you because you know that he's making those "wow" plays on occasion though the writers aren't reporting that.   

 
Well I am frustrated. It's just time to move on from it and your statement did point it out to me. There's 99 other players

 
I went back and looked. Jarrod West was at rookie minicamp. The Titans didn't offer him a contract. Commonly guys get a tryout before and signed to some lowball deal, but not everyone. Some people show up and practice with the team to earn a contract. West was one of them.

I had written how he and TZ were winning this jump ball drill over the giant DGB. I had written that Wyatt said the team liked him but only so many spots so they didn't make an offer. (Which is interesting because one year later they have 12 WRs on the roster)

He went to the Jets rookie minicamp and didn't "survive" it. Later, he went to Pittsburgh and was there all season. They had Big Ben and a nice WR corps for him to work with. 

I am curious of him but at the same time don't think it's even possible for him to make the team. Possible yes I suppose but oh so unlikely. He may be a target for the practice squad. 

I don't see positives on Donte Foster. He seems to bounce camp to camp with very little press. Living in OK I listen to Cowboys talk in the car all the time and was shocked he was on the Cowboys. Anyway, he sounds like a guy that might be at his last TC and time to move on in life.

 
Kalan Reed is going to push Robinson's "we don't develop players, they should come ready to play" thinking. There's a lot of good reports on him and it seems the same since rookie camp. Mr. Irrelevant is deceptively fast and can close on the ball and intercept passes you'd never expect him to get to. Otherwise though, he's not doing too good or too bad at CB. Any other year, that closing speed would absolutely make him a future project.

Bleeding did bad at safety yesterday. Glennon wrote of him others mentioned him getting burned. He was much improved at CB. The move to S was a temporary assignment to try and help him make the team by being more useful. This seems like it will revert back to "Is he good enough at CB to make the team?"

Stafford has strung together several good practices now. He is running with the ones and Searcy with the twos.(msommer earlier in thread) Searcy has been making plays with the twos. When you combine Searcy's plays with Byard's two INTs yesterday, Cassel had to have an awful awful afternoon. Lebeau has always run his defense in a way that safeties are more prominent than in others and in a way that they can make plays. There might be a caveat here, but the Titans seem to have four excellent safeties right now. 

I'm curious how that affects defensive schemes. How do you adjust when your safeties are your strength and your CBs are somewhat of a weakness? Safeties aren't always the best at covering but more at reacting. If Lebeau was stuck due to injuries (Cox and McCain keep getting hurt) he wouldn't really put Searcy covering a guy like the Jags Robinson or Hopkins. He would have some backup CB blitz and have Searcy run over to cover to try and bait the QB. Last season they played three safeties at CB. One didn't last a game, one was real bad, and the other was up N down and Fish gave him a nice free agent contract. I'm not sure how this affects the D and gameplan and all, but ya gotta figure we're going to be revisiting this this season.

Cox has been out and Mularkey said he could play week four of preseason. In my experience, this never happens as the veterans get rest. It's good to know he'll be healthy for the season though.

Antwon Blake seems like he's going to make it. He is as advertised. His unusually large frame likes to lay huge hits and if the WR is ready for it, one fake and the WR is wide open. If not, he makes an attention grabbing hit. This is not allowed in camp and Andre let him hear it. Defenders are to wrap up and launching themselves at players is not allowed at all.

I had mentioned Spence previously in coverage during the week one game and Avery looking like he was out of position but yet looking over like he expected help. When I could see (TV angle) Spence, he and a DB were on the slot WR. Twice. That left Avery to cover the TE and RB by himself. It seemed clear to me Spence goofed and should have had one with Avery covering the other.

Tavai was excellent the second time I watched too. Wallace should return this week- which is so contrary to the previous report but Mularkey called him a fast healer. Mularkey previously said Spence wrapped up the dime backer job. I gotta think he is at risk to lose that and it's not "set in stone" anymore. That is his hold on making the team since they have nice LB depth. Spence better cover well in week two.

While the safety play has been raised up a notch, Delanie Walker has received more passes. Maybe to test them? He has gone from "not going to be used as much this year" to "he's going to be a stud again" in just about every reporter's eyes. I wasn't "buying it" when they said it previously, so IMO this was bound to happen.

Wyatt, McCormick, and PK have noticed Matthews making plays this week. While it looked like Sharpe was going to be Mariota's goto WR, it seems to have shifted. This could continue all through camp and revert back to Sharpe. I expect whomever it is to be the only FF target to consider regularly. The other might be a bye week sub.

There was significantly less reporting of running this week and more passing and receivers. I was annoyed with just 11 catches to evaluate 11 WRs in week one, but it looks like that's going to iron itself out in week two. The Panthers are a superbowl caliber defense but without Josh Norman, I do figure teams try to pass against them and test his replacement. 

Lebeau doesn't change for running QBs. He may say he does, but you still see a million blitzes a game. The OLBs have a tough test while Newton is in there. 

Conklin allowed more than I saw at first. The DEs got past him pretty regularly on pass protection. He looked stellar in the run game, but only borderline annoying in pass protection. Like a guy in the way, not a guy stopping anyone and protecting the QB. Greg Cossel was on PK's show and reaffirmed this saying that was the knock on him on draft day, his feet in pass protection. Suddenly I'm having Poutasi flashbacks. He has done well against Casey in camp so there is still hope. It was his first game too and he's surely "allowed" to mess up. 

 
Just to  :pokey:  @Bri

Hunter: Everyone is on the chopping block

Make no mistake about it: Tennessee's decision to ship wideout Dorial Green-Beckham to the Eaglesthis week made a lasting impression on the Titans' locker room -- and especially Justin Hunter.

Tennessee's inconsistent wideout knows he could be the next to go if he fails to impress a front office eager to flush out the previous regime's mistakes.

"I feel like it sent a message out to everybody -- you better get your stuff right," Hunter said of the swap, per the Tennessean. "I don't think anyone in the locker room was expecting it.

 
"It is still going to be hard (to make the team) because we have a lot of talented receivers in the group. We are fighting for spots, and you have to keep up and progress at the same time."

Entering his fourth season, Hunter's enormous potential has yet to translate to the field. He caught 22 passes last season, bringing his paltry career total to just 68 catches and eight touchdowns.

In return for Green-Beckham, Robinson netted swing lineman Dennis Kelly. The blocker was far from a star in Philadelphia, but he fits Robinson's philosophy of building a deep front five to bolster a run-heavy offense. As we wrote Wednesday, though, the trade says much more about Robinson's refusal to put up with players who underperform. 

"I feel like everybody is on the chopping block," Hunter said. "We have a new GM, and he didn't draft too many people in here. Anybody could go at this point, and we are all fighting for a spot."

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Hunter has shown sparks -- even in training camp, catching a 45-yard bomb from quarterback Marcus Mariota this week -- but his trademark in the NFL has been the occasional "wow" grab mixed with periods of vanishing off the film.

"Justin just has to put a series of things together, games together," said coach Mike Mularkey, "and that's what we're looking for from all of them."

With Kendall Wright, Rishard Matthews and surging rookie Tajae Sharpe all vying for spots, Hunter needs to convince coaches he's more valuable than veteransHarry Douglas and Andre Johnson and a horde of young players fighting to earn a home.

With Robinson at the helm, Hunter's wiggle room in Tennessee has shriveled up
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;)

 
Any homers know what's going on with the RB situation in Tennessee? Murray and Henry seem locked in and then there is Dexter. What is going on with Cobb, Sankey and Andrews? Can they keep them all? Any news on how they're looking in practice?

 
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Any homers know what's going on with the RB situation in Tennessee? Murray and Henry seem locked in and then there is Dexter. What is going on with Cobb, Sankey and Andrews? Can they keep them all? Any news on how they're looking in practice?
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Each have days, probably keep one of the three.

Sankey was 7th RB, played well week one and got some snaps with the ones this week.

Andrews played well and made some noise with his ST role

Cobb sat for a "minor hammy" whatever that is. He did well in their scrimmage but better get in a game if he hopes to make it

 
Jason McCourty is out with a hip flexor that's called minor. I have never read of a hip flexor being minor so I'm curious of that.

2014 whined of groin all season and allowed a ton of yards to WRs

2015 sat much of the year with hurt groin and had surgery(I think 2nd time too)

Highest paid Titan "must" be a shutdown corner.

This means the Titans are down their top two corners for week two of preseason and #3CB is pushing himself through a hurt ankle.

 
Robinson in booth with play by play guys now

Looked annoyed at Cobb fumble

After Sims fell for fake they tried to stay positive and he said  looking forward to working with them, him and Kevin Byard who fumbled a punt earlier.

He's all about pointing out mistakes 

 
msommer said:
Should the Titans kick the tires of Keenan Lewis?
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Yeah, I think so.

As long as Lebeau is doing his blitzing, the CBs can be really on an island out there. The corners the Titans have aren't always good enough to pull this off. The time is limited with the blitzing but still.

Antwan Blake was awful yesterday. He should be cut today. There's gotta be some standard and whatever it is, he didn't make it. He seemed to allow every single pass. Last season, PFF had him allowing more yards than any other DB. This was a fresh start. I'd be tolerant of a bad play and he regroups for the next, but he never did.

Bleeding played safety, did ya see? He made a heck of a tackle diving under the arms of a lineman to get into the backfield. Later, he stood still and did have the WR behind him in the zone, but right in front of him the TE caught it. He didn't react a bit. In every sport, a zone is about an area not a man. He should have had an INT and been off to the races. Webb had total faith he wouldn't react too to throw that. He isn't going to learn S in two weeks. He's 6-2. If we're keeping a bad corner, I'd rather a tall one than Blake.

Curtis Riley was a CB in last year's camp and brought back to try S this year. He got blocked every run play and has zero shed the blocker skill. He covered great though. I'm not sure if he's supposed to be stride for stride with a guy 25 yards downfield, but it wasn't thrown so who cares. He took his man out of the play. He was all over the TE one play from the LOS through the entire route and another play they doubled one of the Byrd's and he did the same. Again at safety I'm not sure if he's supposed to be stride for stride, but his man didn't get a pass. He's still thin and doesn't make me think "NFL player" or that he's tough enough, but ...I'd totally take him over Blake and Bleeding. At least he clearly understands what's going on and what needs to be done. If he was supposed to be more of an outfielder, so be it. Coach that. At least for now, he's shutting someone down.

 
Tanney was doing the same thing he did last year. He throws it super hard and high when he's nervous. Maybe the best of the best WRs could catch them, but the average WR can't. Fire it in someone's gut if ya have to. 

He had a few passes where if he put touch on them, they'd be golden.

Favre broke fingers and had some success, of course, but it really doesn't work for most.

Hunter did fine. Four or five catches for 50-60 yards.

One he caught and I thought he came down in-bounds but the refs called him out. Another the DB totally was there and then jumped on and...why'd ya throw it Tanney? 2 point back of the end zone was one of the high hard ones I was mentioning. That's a real difficult ball to catch. Hunter looked like an NBAer, jumping with two hands "oh no" let me try and grab it with one. That's some athleticism to adjust, but you're not catching a bullet with one hand. Maybe if those two had a rapport he would have stopped, leaped, and caught it with two hands. All in all though, the guy is cutting across- time it and put some touch on it. 

Mularkey and Robinson both said Hunter made some plays and that after a good week of practice. That's significant as much as one good week can be.

I'm not sure how it is viewed. Hunter should do well against the third string and fourth string. Last week on twitter, everyone was saying about the same about Sankey. 

Tanney didn't look at anyone else except McBride for a play or two.

Very interesting that Roberts was in almost the whole second half and that Hunter and McBride either subbed for each other or both came in for 3WR sets. No one pushed Roberts off the field. I didn't notice a single pass to him though. I was all "look at you getting a few snaps with Douglas and Andre" then "look at you not coming out. Coaches must like ya there" and....no passes.

In 2014 and 2015, they had Hunter run 10,000 decoy routes and I was always whining throw him the ball already. Why is he even in there? Whis would call him out for not running full speed on the 99th deep decoy route as if anyone on earth would do that the 99th time and.... If Roberts, last night, proved that that offensive set still exists then threaten to fire Robiske today. I don't wanna see it ever again. I hate it. For now, I'll just roll with that Tanney was totally focused on Hunter and didn't seem to go through his progressions, but Whis gone and new OC and new OC as WR coach was supposed to guarantee Titans fans that the garbage offense was gone so I'm a bit grrrrr about it.

 
Mularkey presser just ended

Antonio didn't get carries so they could see Cobb. Didn't seem concerned at all with Andrews, said he'd only seen Cobb in the scrimmage. When ya think of it, really at this point they better know what they've got in Cobb Andrews and Sankey. 

Discussing how Hunter fell down at LOS (again) and Mularkey totally looked annoyed. Now I'm curious if he does this a lot in practice. Tall guy problems? 

He made a curious statement like we're counting on him and expect a lot out of him but otherwise mostly negative about Hunter. The sideline route where his feet weren't in- He cut that short and it was a bad decision. He's supposed to beat his man deep and it's designed for a big play.

He acknowledged it was a difficult throw from Tanney for 2 pt conversion, but said he'd like to see him somehow make a play there anyway.

All negative despite that one statement. Definite "not happy with him" vibe. "He made some good plays on tape" said with a total so what tone.

Kendall should be back wednesday

Dodd to begin practicing. He ran one 7 on 7 last week and was winded, so I guess he means a full practice and truly back into it.

Said Kelly picking things up well and seemed real positive. I don't like that. His missed block allowed Tanney to get smacked and another to get Cobb hit so hard he fumbled. Don't be positive there coach. New or not, you don't block well you don't block well.

He like Byard on returns said he makes stuff happen you saw it in his college highlights of INT returns. I was unimpressed. I like McBride better and McCluster is fine. Do ya really need three PR?

Said Conklin much improved on pass protection a few times. He was but I want "all the time" not "a few times." Poutasi messed up "a few times" and Watt had great games. I guess it's part of being a rook OL and it's gotta happen. More improvement next week will settle my nerves.

 
Mularkey just said Andrews is ahead of Sankey and Cobb

In this game Cobb will get (first ever) chance to play ST but he looked like he made his mind up. 

Second time (Saturday) he said how all week they knew it was gonna rain on Saturday and discussed ball security all week. Said Cobb fumbling inside their 5yl is unacceptable...stutter...ya can't do it. That ending, whew he looked mad

 
Reporters must have caught him after the presser...oh hold on let me set this up.

As Glennon and PFF tweeted. Antwuan Blake allowed 6 catches for 113 yards and a TD, every target his way was caught by the WR.

So now Wyatt just quoted Mularkey as saying "Antwuan has a role here"

Standards coach....standards

New Eagles RT makes two terrible blocks and is called impressive. Blake stinks and "has a role." CMON!!!!

 
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The Titans (as of now) have 40% turnover from last year's team. When Mularkey was asked to characterize this team versus last year he said "a little better."

Geeeesh they better be ALOT better than the worst team in football.

I'm gonna guess Robinson greeted him with a thanks alot look on his face too

 
Pats Sankey rumor mill is picking up some steam since Lewis' injury and Mularkey's Andrews statement earlier today. I don't live in Mass but have been told by a few that it's a radio discussion tonight. 

Former first back in draft and the widely supported "Titans didn't use him right" viewpoint probably means the Pats would have to give up a little something and that another team would grab him off waivers. 

To be picked up off waivers, he only has to viewed as better than the new team's last RB on the roster. 

I'm not seeing any rumors on Cobb or Hunter

 
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Bri said:
Craig Stevens retired. The announcement was a surprise. He took a couple days off and then announced. 

Titans have not confirmed yet so they're probably trying to talk him out of it or work out the $ or somesuch.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2016/08/23/titans-tight-end-craig-stevens-retiring/89222494/

Best blocker the Titans have had recently.

IMO Best blocking TE in NFL History. I used to say Kyle Brady and he won me over at some point
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Did not see that coming.  Bummer.

 
Sooo the Titans are going to "go easy" on Kendall Wright til the week one game to make sure he doesn't tweak his hammy injury. He may get a padded practice in before then and may play in week four. He will continue to run some and work on the side. I'm surprised he won a roster spot with only 3 excellent days of practice. 

 
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Sooo the Titans are going to "go easy" on Kendall Wright til the week one game to make sure he doesn't tweak his hammy injury. He may get a padded practice in before then and may play in week four. He will continue to run some and work on the side. I'm surprised he won a roster spot with only 3 excellent days of practice. 
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Likely it just means Hunter is gone and they don't want to be completely dising the old regime

Unfortunately

 
Wright did NOT return today to practice. He wasn't cleared. Really interesting for a hammy

 
Andy Gaillick who is third string center behind Jones and Schwenke I have totally projected to be cut. He has been out with a hurt knee. I thought there's no way he makes the team, just no way if you're 3rd string AND missing a ton of time.

Titans team doctor cleared him to practice. He did not. He used some NFLPA player's rights thing and was excused to go get a second opinion. New doc found a tear and now he's having surgery.

In three years with the Titans I have never seen Mularkey say no comment. He did on this. Mularkey looked downright furious discussing the team doc. Wright not cleared, wrong on Gaillick....this is a new guy hired this offseason too.

Mularkey just said how long he's out is up to him(Gaillick). He looks so uncomfortable.

On the radio, it was suggested that Gaillick was genius here. He should be cut at 75 (not even 53) and would get nothing. Now not only will the team pay for his knee surgery but when they reach an injury settlement, he'll get half his 2016 salary. Lawsuit suggested by caller, host said no because he didn't practice. Can't say Titans risked him getting injured.

 
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Dennis Kelly will be replacing Stevens on some run plays with Walker coming out of the game. Kelly opposite Fasano.

Just when I thought he lost his Mularkey-ness, it rears it's ugly head. Did Whisenhunt somehow make that call? That was painful to hear. The guy that just allowed a DE to go unblocked twice last game is going to sub in for one of the best TEs in football.....oy

 
Bri said:
Dennis Kelly will be replacing Stevens on some run plays with Walker coming out of the game. Kelly opposite Fasano.

Just when I thought he lost his Mularkey-ness, it rears it's ugly head. Did Whisenhunt somehow make that call? That was painful to hear. The guy that just allowed a DE to go unblocked twice last game is going to sub in for one of the best TEs in football.....oy
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I'm afraid it is going to be a long year

 
Pregame

I'm hoping Hunter, Sankey, and Cobb do very well and get a fresh start somewhere because of it.

I'm almost terrified of Mularkey turning Spain into a backup tackle. He almost gave the impression that a backup tackle is more important than a starting left guard this week. I think he saw everyone's heads ready to spin around and cut his speech short. Schwenke and Tretola should both get time at left guard as we go through yet another season ignoring that right guard is the actual problem.

I don't care about Stevens' replacement since no one was signed. I want the switch to more 3 WR sets and more FB usage. They need to evaluate WRs in a huge way and this should be the perfect opportunity this week. Don't waste it to find out what we know- Supernaw is not Stevens.

Lebeau is to use all four safeties in creative ways. How? I'm very curious. It's rrrrreally looking like they should trade one to fill another roster spot. Huff has been a longtime backup that can fill in for a play or two. They don't need four starting caliber safeties. They could trade one, keep Huff, and be totally fine. 

So anxious to see Kevin Dodd

If Henry has an awesome game, it will put him much closer to stealing Murray's job.

I think everyone noticed Romo breaking his back and Tyrod Taylor being pulled after getting hit too much. I expect both coaches here to bench their young studs in a similar fashion if they start absorbing hits. The plan is for each to play a half.

The Raiders have some real good young talent. I hope the Titans can "discover" someone they plan to cut and grab him up

 
First time ever? Maybe? I heard David Fluellen's name on the radio. It was as a rumor the Pats are interested in both he and Sankey.

It makes some sense since he has been ahead of Sankey on the depth chart so it only takes a glance at it to make a team curious. Fluellen has the prototypical hard working hustler UDFA type background and certainly BB would like that. He's still Fluellen though and not an elite talent and...well I'm kind of blown away right now.

 
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