Play 2009 Titans GM......what would you do?

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615 Vol

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Now that the Titans are on vacation, what would you do to make changes for 2009? Do you keep Collins or go back to VY, do you sign Haynesworth, go after any free agents, what do you look for in the draft?


I think they need to let VY go and let Collins get another season with Chris Simms as his backup. I might draft a QB in the mid to late rounds as a #3 to see if they can become a #2 or a starter in a few years.

I would set a price on Haynesworth that is reasonable but let him walk if someone wants to break their bank to sign him.


I prefer to build a team through the draft rather than FA but it's time for them to find a receiver even if they have to do it through FA. That would be the only position I would pay top dollar in FA for.

If Schwartz gets the Lions job I would promote Dave McGinnis, the LB's coach to DC.
 
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615 Vol said:
Now that the Titans are on vacation, what would you do to make changes for 2009? Do you keep Collins or go back to VY, do you sign Haynesworth, go after any free agents, what do you look for in the draft?


I think they need to let VY go and let Collins get another season with Chris Simms as his backup. I might draft a QB in the mid to late rounds as a #3 to see if they can become a #2 or a starter in a few years.

I would set a price on Haynesworth that is reasonable but let him walk if someone wants to break their bank to sign him.


I prefer to build a team through the draft rather than FA but it's time for them to find a receiver even if they have to do it through FA. That would be the only position I would pay top dollar in FA for.

If Schwartz gets the Lions job I would promote Dave McGinnis, the LB's coach to DC.
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Resign Haynesworth

Resign Collins

Trade Young for a good waterboy if you can get some other team to trade .

Try to find a underrated QB to draft

I think that Collins made some mistakes but I credit the Ravens defense for the outcome of the game. They forced the fumbles and interceptions . They dictated the game .
 
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here's what will happen:

They'll get both collins and young another year b/c on young's part, he's too much money for anyone to willingly take, and as for collins - he has a good season, but even if there is any demand there wont be another organization that will take someone at his age, hand him the keys to the starting job, and say you're our starter definitely for the entire season

I understand people want vince gone, but he's too much money penalty to do that at this point, noone will trade to lose that chunk of cash either

The titans will offer albert something, then another team with more cap room and less stinginess in money management will offer him a bigger number, the titans will say sorry, and washburn will have to work with a heavily more-impared D-line next season

Schwartz will probably be gone, so either Mcginnis gets promoted or if williams from the jags is available still (i dont remember if he got another job) he might be signed.

The FA WR thing is fickle: every WR they got in FA - Thigpen, Pickens, Givens, McCairens - has turned out to be a walking injury or a bust. The problem is the good WRs they draft - Joey Kent, Calico - turn into busts as well. They really want a low-level guy like hawkins to develop for them a la derrick mason did years ago. They should be in the perfect position to get a WR, but if haynesworth walks they will probably get a DT, or possibly a CB to replace an aging harper or even a LB.

One area you forgot is the kicker: Bironas is a free agent this year. I think that's the case too of they'll set a number and let him look around the league, and hope he comes back...though that hasnt worked the last times they did it (Travis Henry, Drew Bennett)
 
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I'd change the name of the team from the Tennessee Titans to the Nashville whathaveyous.
 
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If your not a Titan's fan, we don't need your flame/input.
I'd pay $ to keep Haynesworth and keep Collins as my starter.
 
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they need to pony up the dough for Haynesworth, period. in response to the OP, it seems that they have been trying to build the team from the draft for years, now. i would like to see more aggression in the FA market. too bad Stallworth nixed them in favor of Brady's jock strap. would have been a good weapon to have. im not sure how he did this year, though.
 
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- Tell Jeff if the same thing happens again(#1 seed, only to lose in the divisionals), you're fired.

- Resign Haynesworth(This is priority #1)

- Franchise Kerry Collins, and then trade him

- Sign Bobby Engram, Jabar Gaffney, Matt Cassel, Brian Dawkins, and Chris Gamble

- Release Vincent Fuller, Nick Harper, Chris Henry, and Brandon Jones

- Trade Vince Young for the Detroit Lions 2nd round pick(33 overall).

- Get Darius Heyward-Bey in the 1st round.

- Draft Matt Sanchez with that 33rd overall pick(If he stays, draft Curtis Painter from Purdue)

So, here's my 2009 opening day skill position lineup

QB - Matt Cassel
RB's - LenDale White and Chris Johnson
WR - Bobby Ingram
WR - Jabar Gaffney

And our DB's

CB - Chris Gamble
S - Brian Dawkins
S - Michael Griffin
CB - Courtland Finnegan
 
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The Dude said:
That's at least somewhat more relevant. You'd think if they were going to use Tennessee they'd choose a nickname more correlative to the whole state.
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What would you suggest? Volunteers? I believe that one is already taken.
 
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Stop complaining about the Titans name. If you don't know it's meaning, you should read up on it. Or, should I tell you.

Nashville, because it has many universities in the city, is known as the "Athens of the south" The titans were large giant creatures, imposing and immortal. The titans were an essential part of Athenian and Greek mythology. Thus, the Titans name was born.
 
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nickknx865 said:
Stop complaining about the Titans name. If you don't know it's meaning, you should read up on it. Or, should I tell you.

Nashville, because it has many universities in the city, is known as the "Athens of the south" The titans were large giant creatures, imposing and immortal. The titans were an essential part of Athenian and Greek mythology. Thus, the Titans name was born.
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There is nothing wrong with the name. Just a bunch of peyton jock sniffers east and west of town.
 
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The GM should have them all learn the Heimlich Maneuver during the off season.....
 
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nickknx865 said:
- Tell Jeff if the same thing happens again(#1 seed, only to lose in the divisionals), you're fired.

- Resign Haynesworth(This is priority #1)

- Franchise Kerry Collins, and then trade him

- Sign Bobby Engram, Jabar Gaffney, Matt Cassel, Brian Dawkins, and Chris Gamble

- Release Vincent Fuller, Nick Harper, Chris Henry, and Brandon Jones

- Trade Vince Young for the Detroit Lions 2nd round pick(33 overall).

- Get Darius Heyward-Bey in the 1st round.

- Draft Matt Sanchez with that 33rd overall pick(If he stays, draft Curtis Painter from Purdue)

So, here's my 2009 opening day skill position lineup

QB - Matt Cassel
RB's - LenDale White and Chris Johnson
WR - Bobby Ingram
WR - Jabar Gaffney

And our DB's

CB - Chris Gamble
S - Brian Dawkins
S - Michael Griffin
CB - Courtland Finnegan
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I like your thinking but I don't think some of this would work. If the Titans franchise Kerry Collins then no one would touch him. That would make his salary on average with the top QB's in the league and for another team to get a franchised player they would have to give up a 1st round pick I believe. That is also the reason why Cassel wouldn't come to Tennessee because NE plans to franchise him.

I don't think Gaffney would help us much without a top receiver to take pressure off of him. He is a Justin Gage type. If the Lions still had Matt Millen than they might just be dumb enough to give us a 2nd round pick for VY but I don't think anyone would do that now.

I think we should evaluate the team before the draft to see who has stayed and who has left but if the team drafted tomorrow I would go with a corner to eventually take Harper's spot or a LB to add some fresh legs to the position. I would draft a QB in mid to late rounds if a guy was worth taking. I would be consider drafting a receiver the first pick if I thought they could make an immediate impact otherwise, I would look at FA for a receiver. This team is too good to wait around 3 or 4 years for a receiver to develop and Bud Adams isn't getting any younger if he wants to see them win a SB before he goes. Hopefully Hawkins will become a good receiver sooner than later because McCareins isn't getting it done.
 
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i don't think you have that much to really change. the defense is solid enough to win again, and i'm assuming AH is resigned...basically just conserve your defense from this year.

offensively, Collins didn't do anything to lose his job. i don't know that Young is ever gonig to be a solid qb in this league, but he's a great athelete.......can you find a way to get him involved offensively other than playing qb? will he even consider it? does that mean he's traded? who wouls want him as a qb? that's a tough one.

more than anything, i think the Titans need a threat at the WR spot.

but really, there's not a large degree of change needed in Nashville. the only thing you'll have to worry about going forward assuming you can keep the key cogs to this machine will be age. i'd be drafting and building for depth right now.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i don't think you have that much to really change. the defense is solid enough to win again, and i'm assuming AH is resigned...basically just conserve your defense from this year.

offensively, Collins didn't do anything to lose his job. i don't know that Young is ever gonig to be a solid qb in this league, but he's a great athelete.......can you find a way to get him involved offensively other than playing qb? will he even consider it? does that mean he's traded? who wouls want him as a qb? that's a tough one.

more than anything, i think the Titans need a threat at the WR spot.

but really, there's not a large degree of change needed in Nashville. the only thing you'll have to worry about going forward assuming you can keep the key cogs to this machine will be age. i'd be drafting and building for depth right now.
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I agree about the age thing, but I do think that the age of the stars on the DLine and Secondary is fine. Bulluck is one of my favorite players in the league, but he's getting a bit old. You can tell he's lost half of a step over time. I don't think Stephen Tulloch is solid at MLB, and I think wasting the money they wasted on Fowler was foolish.
 
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