Tennessee Titans 2009 All-Opponent team

Written by Andrew Strickert on .

A lot of players had big games against the Titans in 2009 so I thought I'd select an All-Opponent team. These are not necessarily the best players but they are the players who had the best games, in my opinion, against the Titans in the 2009 season. For example, Peyton Manning was the league's best quarterback but Tom Brady played better against Tennessee than Manning did. Brady therefore makes the team and Manning does not. QB Tom Brady, Patriots, Week 6 -- 29/34, 380 yards, 6 TDs, 152.8 passer rating. RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars, Week 8 -- 177 yards rushing, 2 TDs RB Darren Sproles, Chargers, Week 16 -- 152 total yards, 3 TDs FB Mike Tolbert, Chargers It's seldom that you see five-WR sets but the following five receivers all had huge games versus the Titans. WR Andre Johnson, Texans, Week 2 -- 10 receptions, 149 yards, 2 TDs WR Mike Sims-Walker, Jaguars, Week 4 -- 7/91/2 WR Austin Collie, Colts, Week 5 -- 8/97/2 WR Randy Moss, Patriots, Week 6 -- 8/129/3 WR Wes Welker, Patriots, Week 6 -- 10/150/2 TE Owen Daniels, Texans, Week 2 -- 6 receptions, 72 yards, 1 TD TE Antonio Gates, Chargers, Week 16 -- 3/74/1 The o-line was the most difficult group for selecting players since few of them really stood out. I was tempted to use the entire Patriots o-line but went with this group instead. Your starting line could easily consist of five different players. LT Sebastian Vollmer, Patriots LG Ryan Lilja, Colts C Jeff Saturday, Colts RG Uche Nwaneri, Jaguars RT Brandyn Dombrowski, Chargers The Titans played nine games against 3-4 defenses and seven games against 4-3s. Since comparing the front sevens of 3-4s with 4-3s is like apples and oranges, I've made two All-Opponent front sevens. 3-4 Defense: LDE Darnell Dockett, Cardinals NT Aubrayo Franklin, 49ers RDE Brett Keisel, Steelers LOLB Jason Taylor, Dolphins ILB Daryl Smith, Jaguars ILB Patrick Willis, 49ers ROLB James Harrison, Steelers 4-3 Defense: LDE Chris Kelsay, Bills LDT Marcus Stroud, Bills RDT Clifton Ryan, Rams RDE Dwight Freeney, Colts SLB Brian Cushing, Texans MLB DeMeco Ryans, Texans WLB Clint Session, Colts Selecting the defensive backs was simple. Since the Patriots held the Titans to negative 7 passing yards, their entire starting secondary makes the 2009 Titans All-Opponent team. CB Jonathan Wilhite, Patriots CB Darius Butler, Patriots S Brandon McGowan, Patriots S Brandon Meriweather, Patriots Special teams: K Josh Scobee, Jaguars P Ben Graham, Cardinals KR LaRod Stephens-Howling, Cardinals PR Jim Leonhard, Jets OK, those are the guys I thought had the best games against Tennessee. They'd make a pretty strong fantasy team too. What are your thoughts? Who else should be on that team?

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