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Kenny Britt: Year-two expectations

Written by Drexel Perry on .

In 2009, for the first time in over ten years, the Tennessee Titans decided to once again dip their hands into the NFL Draft's first-round wide receiver cookie jar by selecting Kenny Britt.

The former Rutgers star failed to disappoint, stepping up with a more-than-solid first-year campaign in the form of 42 catches for 701 and three touchdowns. He was a physical presence at WR, contributing as a blocker in the run game in addition to emerging as perhaps the team's most formidable downfield threat in the passing game.

Despite slipping into Jeff Fisher's doghouse due to failing to stay in shape during the offseason, I'm still pretty optimistic about the continued development of Kenny Britt in 2010.

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Why Eddie George won't make the Hall of Fame

Written by Andrew Strickert on .

While compiling stats for comparing Chris Johnson to some of the all-time NFL greats, I came across Eddie George's name quite a few times. Eddie ranks tenth in league history for the most rushing yards in his first two seasons, the most favorable stat for him.
 
Eddie's worst stat is one that Titans fans are far too familiar with, his yards per carry average. That average was a respectable 4.1 ypc in his rookie season and still a fairly decent 3.94 for his first four years. Eddie's next year, when he had career highs with 1,509 yards rushing on 403 attempts, also marked the downturn of his career. Eddie's average in subsequent years dropped to 3.0, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.3 ypc. His career average fell to a very mediocre (at best) 3.64 yards per attempt.

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Say it ain't so, Vince

Written by Drexel Perry on .

As we continue to wade through the seemingly endless waters of the NFL offseason, some unfortunate news pertaining to the Tennessee Titans emerged yesterday evening. Quarterback Vince Young was involved in an altercation at a Dallas-based club and was issued an assault citation for his actions.

With OTAs resuming over the course of the next few days, this incident can certainly be viewed as an unnecessary distraction for a Titans' team that is preparing itself for training camp.

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Regression Analysis of Chris Johnson

Written by Guest article by Adam Tabaka on .

Note: For those of you unfamiliar with regression analysis or if it's been a while, it's explained as follows by this website:
 
"Regression analysis is most often used for prediction. The goal in regression analysis is to create a mathematical model that can be used to predict the values of a dependent variable based upon the values of an independent variable. In other words, we use the model to predict the value of Y when we know the value of X."
 

A couple of weeks ago Andrew began a series of articles about expectations for Chris Johnson going forward.  The articles got me thinking, so I decided to run a regression using the data he posted regarding the NFL rushing title winners dating back to 1978. 

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Expectations for Chris Johnson, Part Four

Written by Andrew Strickert on .

In Part Three of this series we compared Chris Johnson's first two seasons with those of other top backs and looked for the first time at yards from scrimmage.
 
CJ has gained 3,997 yards from scrimmage in his first two seasons, third best in NFL history. In this segment of the series, we'll examine the careers of the 30 players with the most yards from scrimmage in their first two seasons.
 
The overall stats show that after peaking in year two, the average yards from scrimmage of the 30 players decreases every year. That does not mean, however, that CJ's production is expected to decline. 

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Will the real Michael Griffin please stand up?

Written by Drexel Perry on .

There were several disappointments for a Tennessee Titans' defense that struggled for the most part in 2009. However, the poor performance that stood out the most was the baffling fall from grace experienced by former Pro Bowl safety Michael Griffin.

Coming off a trip to the Pro Bowl and a superb second season in the league, Griffin was often the target of opposing quarterbacks last year due to constantly falling for play-action fakes. "Griff" went from being perhaps the team's best defensive playmaker to being on the receiving end of several big plays made by opposing offenses.

Will Griffin return to his previous Pro Bowl-caliber form in 2010?

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Expectations for Chris Johnson, Part Three

Written by Andrew Strickert on .

In Parts One and Two of this series, we focused on Chris Johnson's rushing yards, how they compared to the yards of other league-leading rushers, and how those backs fared in the following five years.
 
Yards from scrimmage will now be added to this exercise and we'll see how CJ's numbers compare to other top backs and their production in their first two years in the league. You'd expect CJ's numbers to look pretty good due to his yards from scrimmage record last year and they do. 

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