ESPN's preview of the Titans

The national news media have never watched the Titans and never will.

 

Any time I read or hear ESPN's take on the Titans, it's a bunch of "filler" to fill the allotted time given. They don't know this program for anything. John Gruden said plenty of good things about the Titans team, he knows us better than 90% of the media. So unless it's coming from a source close to the Titans, it's always going to be "filler". Any time Jeff Fisher is spoken of, it's the same thing every time. Very few people outside of Tennessee care about Tennessee. If the Titans were a New York/California team, ESPN would recognize they're a contender, and not a 7-9 AFC West type team. Also, playing in the Colts shadow hasn't helped us get any national attention. Besides, anytime this team does get praised for their efforts, they go 0-4. We're better off flying under the radar. Most teams are, notice the perennial fallout by the Super Bowl teams....

 

I would take ESPN's analysis with a grain of salt and be more inclined to pay attention to football guys and their analysis (SiriusNFL, NFL Network, etc)

 

7-9 Wins sounds about right too me.

 

here's the NFL.com speculation and it's more optimistic than ESPN

http://www.nfl.com/kickoff/story/09...to-johnson-to-carry-titans-momentum-into-2010

 

Hmm.. There was a study done before last season and it ranked the Tennessee Titans as the #9 team in the NFL in regards to popularity. That is better than average. Incase you were wondering, yes, the Jacksonville Jaguars have had last place locked up in this study in regards to popularity.

 

I see us 7-9 or 8-8 we are a young team that will be better with more experience a year or 2.

 

I must be smoking the good stuff, but I see no reason we can't start the season 5-1. After that, its a crap shoot. Sure, that's optimistic, but the pieces are falling into place. Some of our opponents have key injuries and suspensions that work in our favor.