Visiting Saints/Titans Fan Here

Hello Titans Fans:

I just joined your board and look forward to visiting with you through a great season for the Titans. I'll be upfront with you - I am first a Saints fan. That said, I am also a Vince Young fan, as is practically everyone here in Texas. In following him, I developed a soft spot for the Titans, and thus the Titans became the only AFC team I have ever pulled for. Boy, it was great to see the Titans come from behind and make a run for the playoffs with Vince in the captain's seat.

I don't have to tell you that many of the analysts aren't expecting much from the Titans this year, and that just dumbfounds me. Sure, the Titans lost some key players, but they have added talent too. Harper is a fine example. Smooth move there too BTW - a little old fashioned industrial espionage - American style (coaxing your opponent's key player over). I think the analyst have seriously underestimated the Titans, and I look forward to watching the team prove them wrong. In the meantime, enjoy flying under the radar, even if only for a few more days.

I think these Titans have the potential to shake up the AFC, and it's time to shake up that conference. Some of the AFC elite are looking a bit complacent to me, and it sure would be nice to see them get caught resting on their laurels. Now that Vince has his rookie season behind him, he'll be even more dangerous. I'm also anxious to see what Ealy, White and Henry do this year.

Anyway, I will enjoy another year of the Texans kicking themselves for not taking Vince, and I look forward to the Saints' division opponents having to face the Titans. I'm sure the Saints' will leave their mark on the Titans' division rivals as well. Clearly, these two teams have aligned interests through much of the season, except of course on Sept 24 - but that's for another thread.

This should be an interesting season. I look forward to visiting with you guys and following the Titans through to the playoffs.

 

Welcome! you'll be seeing me a lot on these boards. I post a lot. Others can attest to that. You'll meet people like overalls, but don't take it to heart. He's a Texans fan. [We Titan fans use that there logic sometimes. ] Anyway, i'm glad we have some more diversity on the board. If you have any other team's fans looking for another team's forum to go on, this is the one. Few have problems and everyone is pretty cordial. [otherwise TJ would have our heads. Shh. i'm kidding.] There's always SOMEONE on so the conversation is pretty active. I'm glad we've got another fan on the board.


Here's to Mario Williams getting beat by Reggie and Vince again this year.
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Thanks for the welcome Bababooey. It was actually through Saintsreport.com that I found this board. They're a pretty friendly lot over there and welcome other teams' fans. There seems to be a lot a Colts fans there these days. I guess everybody is getting anxious about Thursday's season opener. I sure would like to see the Saints take the Colts, but that's going to be hard to do especially on the Colts own turf. I suspect a few Titans fans will also be pulling for the Saints in that game.

And yes, here's to another year of Mario getting smoked by Reggie and Vince.

 

Yeah, funny how that works. But the two have an interest in supporting each other (outside of week 3). Saints take on Colts week 1, Jax week 9, and Texans week 11. Titans are going to take Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and the Panthers in Weeks 5, 6 and 9, respectively - or at least I hope the Titans take them. Atlanta and TB shouldn't be any problem. Carolina is tough though. They swept the Saints last year.

 

"Played quite well"... that's an understatement. The one the Titans lost was only lost by a point. I have no doubt Payton and the rest of the Saints are studying the Titans/Colts films in depth. I'll add, I think the general consensus is that the best way to take the Colts is to keep Manning off the field, eat up the clock with the saints running game. I expect to see a lot of Deuce McAllister pounding the Colts defense 2, 3, 4 yards at a time. There are a lot of unanswered questions about the Saints secondary. Who knows how they'll fare against Manning's arm and WR's. I'm not concerned about Adai though. I think the home field and all the energy it produces will be one of the biggest obstacles the Saints will have to overcome, though they did have good record last year for road games.

I've noticed that the Titans fans seem less than enthusiastic about this season. What gives? Is all the negative "analysis" dampening spirits? Do you guys remember what those same "experts" had to say about how poorly the Saints would do in 2006? Surely you guys are jazzed about Vince and LenDale's rhythm, right? And, about the difficulty in deciding who starts, White or Brown. That's a great problem to have.