Sunday, January 06, 2008

Titans lose to the Chargers, 17-6, in a game where the Titans play a lights-out first half and a terrible second half.

It's pretty remarkable, in a way, that the Titans made the playoffs at all when you consider:

1) They scored only 4 more points during the regular season than they gave up
2) They threw a grand total of NINE TOUCHDOWN PASSES ALL YEAR

Yes. That's *9* touchdown passes. Averaging about .5 a game, over a 16 game season.

And they still made the playoffs.

Now don't get me wrong - I think Vince Young is going to be a tremendous player for the Titans (if he hasn't fit that bill already). He will continue to improve and will be the player the Titans drafted to lead us to a Super Bowl. I strongly believe that.

It's great that VY and the young Titans got some much-needed playoff experience heading into next year. Now the Titans need to take inventory of the talent on their roster and prepare for a critical draft.

Clearly, we need a playmaking receiver, which should be our first-round draft pick focus. But what we do with our other picks is up in the air. And obviously, the Titans will need to decide what they're doing with Pac Man Jones as well as some of their restricted (and unrestricted) free agents, such as Jacob Bell (who will probably be let go) and Albert Haynesworth (who will probably get the franchise tag).

Overall, great season for the Titans and one in which they probably outperformed their own talent, which is a great compliment to Jeff Fisher and the coaching staff. Looking forward to seeing where we go from here.