Titans Grab Bag

Some Titans' news to catch up on:

• Both LT Michael Roos and RT David Stewart have been locked up to long term deals. Both starters are 25 years old, and obviously entering their primes. Great move by the Titans, to solidify what should be a solid offensive line for years to come.


• The Titans changed their "home" jersey, now a light blue top with light blue pants (2nd picture). The old navy home uniform is pictured above, although typically with white pants. The light blue formerly was the Titans "alternate" uniform, of which the NFL allows each team to have 1. Now that this light blue is the official home attire, the navy colored jerseys will be the alternate, likely used once or twice per year.


• Jevon Kearse (the Freak) got a DUI near Vanderbilt; WR Brandon Jones got arrested for carrying a hand gun through airport security. If things like this don't occasionally happen to your sports team, then the team is probably not very good. I don't condone the behavior, but I'm just not surprised with this stuff in pro sports anymore. These guys will essentially be on probation, and I don't expect anymore trouble from them .


• Workouts appear to be going well, as the team gears up for training camp. Interesting piece in the Tennessean about "kettlebell" workouts, which look to be a lot of fun and very easy . . . Vandenbosch is ridiculous.


• Titans Wide Receivers are looking to make a big splash this season. As I've blogged about before, Jeff Fisher never signs or drafts high profile WRs. He wants a balanced core of WRs able to do damage, but focuses on defense and running game before wideouts. This is a good ESPN article about the WRs, one that has me pretty optimistic.


• The Titans did not get Albert Haynesworth signed to a long term deal. As a "franchised" player, he will make $7.5M next season, and we won't be able to sign him until after next season.

Obviously the Haynesworth news is huge. Our defense last year was great with him, average in the two games without. Haynesworth is easily one of the top 2 DTs in the league, and wants to get paid for it with a long term deal. It appears that the Titans have some concern about his sustainability, as well as work ethic. We need him, but we don't need a lazy guy that deteriorates after he gets signed to a long term deal. I like the fact that we are buying as much time as we can before we lock up a guy that has a spotty past with a lucrative long term deal. My gut tells me he will be great for 2 more years, max, before injuries and a lack of hard work catch up to him permanently. Given that, I like the move to "franchise tag" Haynesworth and wait.

Training camp starts in about 10 days. Will be interesting to see how the offense develops under Mike Heimerdinger. Vince Young needs to step up and be the quarterback I know he can be.