A house divided: The 2010 Tennessee Titans

Written by Drexel Perry on .

Abraham Lincoln, during a famous speech, once uttered that a house divided cannot stand. In 1858, the phrase was used towards the fractured state of affairs of our nation.

In 2010, the words can be applied to the Tennessee Titans.

Bo Scaife's recent quotes suggest that a "schism" exists in the Titans locker room, thanks to the ugly episode that took place after the Titans' loss to the Redskins involving a verbal confrontation between QB Vince Young and head coach Jeff Fisher.

Titans-Texans question and answer exchange

Written by Tom Gower on .

It's the wonderful compressed part of the Titans' schedule, and that means a fourth straight game against a divisional opponent, a rematch against the same Houston Texans team the Titans fell to a mere 16 days ago.  Our Q&A this week will probably be an briefer one, but if you have any questions about the Texans, post them here and I'll include them.

Titans fans could use a misery index

Written by Andrew Strickert on .

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Bud Adams isn't a happy camper anymore.
Titans owner Bud Adams, on evaluating Jeff Fisher's job performance:
"I am not too happy right now... We'll go up to the end of the season and then I'll make my decision. I am not very pleased with what has happened here."
I'm not pleased, either, to put it mildly. I don't believe any Titans fans are pleased. Another six-game losing streak. The wheels have fallen off and we're looking at rebuilding, waiting for next year.
 
We see crappy performances on the field and our eyes have not deceived us. The stats back it up, as does the 5-8 record, which is on course for 5-11.

Here are some stats that really hurt, after the jump. 

Cam Newton: Future Tennessee Titan?

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Due to the team's six-game slide, for all intent and purposes, the 2010 season is over for the Tennessee Titans.

Instead of analyzing potential playoff scenarios and matchups, we've been relegated to focusing on what went wrong and how the franchise is going to pick up the pieces in order to avoid the same fate next season.

Naturally, we'll get started a little earlier than usual in preparation for what the Titans will/should be looking for come next April's NFL Draft.

Andrew already got the ball rolling a bit with his take on the Titans' possibly finishing 5-11 and landing a top-ten pick in the 2011, so I'll continue down the same path with my first foray into the discussion of potential fits for the team with their first-round selection.

Next up....I'll take a look at the possibility of Heisman Trophy winning QB Cam Newton ending up with the Tennessee Titans.

It's time for the younger Titans to get more experience

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Damian Williams is one of several young Titans who needs to get more playing time.
In his press conference Friday afternoon, when asked about giving more inexperienced players more playing time during the last three games of the season, Jeff Fisher replied, "there is a chance we may play some younger players."
 
I hope we see that. The season is going down the toilet and we might as well let the backups get some experience.
 
If Fisher follows through with his hint of change, here are some players I'd like to see get more playing time.
 
Damian Williams -- Justin Gage and Nate Washington have been getting too much work, with not enough results, at Williams' expense. Williams, the Titans' second overall pick in the 2010 draft, missed most of training camp and the associated playing time in preseason games. I'd like to see him progress into an expanded role next year and wouldn't it be helpful to give him some experience now? One thing that might hinder more playing time for Williams is Fisher's claim, also in Friday's presser, that the Titans may utilize Randy Moss with Kenny Britt on the field at the same time.

Titans fall to the Colts 30-28

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Unfortunately for the Tennessee Titans, their spirited rally was too little, too late.

Facing an early 21-0 deficit, the Titans' comeback bid fell short as they suffered their sixth consecutive defeat in last night's 30-28 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Additional thoughts on yet another Titans' loss...after the jump.

Titans-Colts inactives, gameday thread

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The list of inactives is out for tonight's game between the Colts and the Titans, and includes the following names:

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
RB Joseph Addai, WR Austin Collie, RB Mike Hart, CB Kelvin Hayden, DT Ricardo Mathews, G Jacques McClendon, LB Clint Session, G Jaimie Thomas

TENNESSEE TITANS
DE Dave Ball, WR Lavelle Hawkins, S Robert Johnson, T/G Troy Kropog, DT Sen'Derrick Marks, CB Ryan Mouton, QB Rusty Smith (#3 QB), LB David Thornton

A couple starting changes for the Colts.  With Session out, Kavell Conner starts at weakside linebacker.  Hayden is out, as is Jerraud Powers, so Jacob Lacey and Justin Tryon are your starting corners.  Donald Brown also starts at running back, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some of newly familiar face Dominic Rhodes, re-signed this week.  The only change at starters for the Titans is Jacob Ford in for Dave Ball at defensive end.  Thankfully the Colts have struggled to run the ball this year, so Ford's weakness there shouldn't be a big issue.

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