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Worst to first: Ranking the NFL off-seasons..

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From Fox Sports comes an article ranking all 32 teams offseasons, and who improved the most. In last place is the Titans, which I agree with. Terrible offseason.

The Texans are ranked 20th. I would put us around 10th, but I won't quibble I guess, as he at least mentions we are improved. Of course, he mentions the Oline (like that isn't getting old aready) and also gives us a backhanded compliment (how could they not be better). It seems we will forever be that 2 win team until we shover it down the media's throats, but oh well.

Interestingly, he has the Raiders at #3, and loves their pickup of two olineman no better than Jordon Black, and there line was worse than ours to start with. All in all, not terrible, but again, someone who doesn't really know or understand what is going on down here.....but he will know soon enough, and will be eating crow like the rest of them. :whip:
 
Of course, he mentions the Oline (like that isn't getting old aready) and also gives us a backhanded compliment (how could they not be better). It seems we will forever be that 2 win team until we shover it down the media's throats, but oh well.

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There you are Arrow....

It seems that I am not the only on who knows that the Titans choked this off-season... Mike Reinfeldt???..........Bwahaaahaaaaahaaaa...(Sorry, my coffee just shot through my nose and covered my screen)....Bwahaaahaaaaahaaaa
 
There you are Arrow....

It seems that I am not the only on who knows that the Titans choked this off-season... Mike Reinfeldt???..........Bwahaaahaaaaahaaaa...(Sorry, my coffee just shot through my nose and covered my screen)....Bwahaaahaaaaahaaaa

couldn't agree more....

going into the offseason Titans had like the 2nd most cap space (behind the very active 49ers), a plethora of draft picks, and the assumed momentum from VY's rookie season.

well Reinfeldt took all that and blew it. They did next to nothing in Free Agency although they had loads of cap space. They resorted to signing DBs from the Colts for crying out loud. Then the Pac-Man fiasco. Then the failure to bring any big name Free Agents. Then they have a draft that has garnered mixed reviews at best while giving VY very little new to work with on the offensive side of the ball

Then they lose Travis Henry and their 2 top WRs (of which they were already woefully lacking). Then you have Lendale White auditioning for the role of Fat Albert. What a horrible offseason.

Oh and lets not forget that they have the 2nd lowest payroll in the NFL. I thought Bud said he was gonna spare no expense to bring a winner to the Smoky Mountains. Well obviously he lied......not surprising.
 
Not just a little afraid if Young gets a vet WR who run blocks well and has great hands? He is not the answer but he improves the run and pass game.
 
no one pays attention to Fox sports......not that them or ESPN really know what they're talking about most of the time anyway.
 
couldn't agree more....

going into the offseason Titans had like the 2nd most cap space (behind the very active 49ers), a plethora of draft picks, and the assumed momentum from VY's rookie season.

well Reinfeldt took all that and blew it. They did next to nothing in Free Agency although they had loads of cap space. They resorted to signing DBs from the Colts for crying out loud. Then the Pac-Man fiasco. Then the failure to bring any big name Free Agents. Then they have a draft that has garnered mixed reviews at best while giving VY very little new to work with on the offensive side of the ball

Then they lose Travis Henry and their 2 top WRs (of which they were already woefully lacking) What a horrible offseason.

Oh and lets not forget that they have the 2nd lowest payroll in the NFL. I thought Bud said he was gonna spare no expense to bring a winner to the Smoky Mountains. Well obviously he lied......not surprising.

An interesting theory .....

I love the over exaggeration of our losses from last season. The only person that we lost of any true value was Henry. He had already been suspended for drug violations. He has only had one solid year as a Titan. Considering how many up and down season the guy has had he was defiantly not consistent enough to be a long term answer. Is White? I don't know but he was drafted last season to be that answer so now is his time to prove it. Allot of Henry's success came because of Young’s ability to scramble. With out that the LBs would cheat against the run and Henry would have struggled to get 1000 yards last season IMO.

Sighting the loss of a Pacman as a down turn of the future of our team is ridiculous. He is out one season and may even get that sentence reduced on appeal. Harper was brought in as a #2 CB. Harper as a #2 CB is an upgrade. He would be an upgrade over DeMarcus Faggins.

Fowler at MLB is an improvement over Sirmon

Scott or Griffen will be improvements over Thompson.

If we end up with Keyshawn he is an improvement over Bennett IMO, Jones is our #2 WR so if we kept Wade he would still be sitting at the #3 spot. Gage should be about the same level as Wade.

We went after allot of players in the off season non of them wanted to sign or wanted more money they we were willing to offer. Look at the contracts that were offered to mediocre talent. Clements and Grant were the only players in this off season I was even interested in. Both took huge salaries which I do not think they deserved. In the end I am glad we passed on the second rate talent that was in this seasons FA.

And FA is still not over.

Really the only question is will White be a feature back or just a fat back.
 
Not just a little afraid if Young gets a vet WR who run blocks well and has great hands? He is not the answer but he improves the run and pass game.

Even if the Titans did get Keyshawn, I wouldn't raise their grade one iota because they're only in the running for him because of pure luck. Nobody really expected Keyshawn to be cut like he did. The fact remains is that the Titans stood pat and anything they get from this point on would be based on luck rather than FO actually doing their jobs and actively pursuing actual FAs, not cut FAs. Especially after the NFL draft.

I'm no GM but that's my thinking on the matter.
 
Even if the Titans did get Keyshawn, I wouldn't raise their grade one iota because they're only in the running for him because of pure luck. Nobody really expected Keyshawn to be cut like he did. The fact remains is that the Titans stood pat and anything they get from this point on would be based on luck rather than FO actually doing their jobs and actively pursuing actual FAs, not cut FAs. Especially after the NFL draft.

I'm no GM but that's my thinking on the matter.
huh?

:hmmm:

So we are lucky because we did not furiously waist money at the beginning of FA? I'll let you in on a little secret .... ever season there are cuts after the draft ..... ever season teams pickup big name players post draft. And your reasoning for us not improving is because we are "lucky"? Lucky or not if we get better players on our team we are improved.

BTW - last season we did the exact same thing and got Mawea and Thornton.
:whew:

Glad we are lucky every season :doot:
 
huh?

:hmmm:

So we are lucky because we did not furiously waist money at the beginning of FA? I'll let you in on a little secret .... ever season there are cuts after the draft ..... ever season teams pickup big name players post draft. And your reasoning for us not improving is because we are "lucky"? Lucky or not if we get better players on our team we are improved.

BTW - last season we did the exact same thing and got Mawea and Thornton.
:whew:

Glad we are lucky every season :doot:


If keyshawn sign, which is a big if, who is going to throw him the ball?

He sure sounds like a team orinted guy :

"I'm not in rental mode. You're not going to rent me for six months because someone with my career warrants more than that," Johnson said Thursday. "I just laugh when I read that stuff. All those editors should save their ink for another day. I keep seeing people say that I'm going to sit around and wait for a receiver to get hurt in training camp.

"I don't need to do that. I'm not playing for $750,000, $850,000, $1 million or $2.5 million. You can write that down."[/qoute]

just funny, i love it.
 
Put down the crack pipe. They had a terrible offseason. And, none of your interesting spin will change that. And if you think Keyshawn is the savior you need a therapist.

The Titans have one player. The Texans passed the Titans this offseason, there is no question about it. So, get used to the cellar, because that's where you are going. :texflag:
 
So Flamer how is a midthirties WR who hasn't had 1000 yards receiving since 2002 a good pick up when you have said repeatedly that our pick up of RB that just turned 30 and has broke 1000 yards rushing repeatedly since 2002 is a bad pick up. Just wondering.

Of course I think that Meshon would fit right in with the Ravens, I mean Raiders, uh Bengals or whatever the name of that team of misfits in Nashville is.
 
An interesting theory .....

I love the over exaggeration of our losses from last season. The only person that we lost of any true value was Henry. He had already been suspended for drug violations. He has only had one solid year as a Titan. Considering how many up and down season the guy has had he was defiantly not consistent enough to be a long term answer. Is White? I don't know but he was drafted last season to be that answer so now is his time to prove it. Allot of Henry's success came because of Young’s ability to scramble. With out that the LBs would cheat against the run and Henry would have struggled to get 1000 yards last season IMO.

Sighting the loss of a Pacman as a down turn of the future of our team is ridiculous. He is out one season and may even get that sentence reduced on appeal. Harper was brought in as a #2 CB. Harper as a #2 CB is an upgrade. He would be an upgrade over DeMarcus Faggins.

Fowler at MLB is an improvement over Sirmon

Scott or Griffen will be improvements over Thompson.

If we end up with Keyshawn he is an improvement over Bennett IMO, Jones is our #2 WR so if we kept Wade he would still be sitting at the #3 spot. Gage should be about the same level as Wade.

We went after allot of players in the off season non of them wanted to sign or wanted more money they we were willing to offer. Look at the contracts that were offered to mediocre talent. Clements and Grant were the only players in this off season I was even interested in. Both took huge salaries which I do not think they deserved. In the end I am glad we passed on the second rate talent that was in this seasons FA.

And FA is still not over.

Really the only question is will White be a feature back or just a fat back.

overexaggerating the Titan's losses? that would be impossible to do.

No quality RBs. No quality WRs. Yet you had plenty of money to spend. NEGATIVE.

Downplaying the signifigance of the PacMan suspension is just ludicrous. NEGATIVE.

Before PacMan's suspension, you already lacked a quality #2 DB. Now you need a #1 AND a #2. Harper is barely a #2 much less a #1. NEGATIVE.

Keyshawn is not a Titan. Your WR situation is embarassing. NEGATIVE.

You went after a lot of players and signed none of any real consequence. Thanks for making my point. NEGATIVE.

Drafting Griffin as a CB is the coup de grace for Reinfeldt especially how early they drafted him. Just a retarded move. NEGATIVE.

Yes, the Free Agent contracts were overpriced but you know what, they are only going to be worse next year. Only the Bills have a lower payroll than you. That isn't exactly a badge of honor. What use is cap space if you don't even use it. This proves Bud Adams is a cheapskate and cares little to nothing about winning and competing for championships. Poor VY. NEGATIVE.

The Free Agency period isn't over? Anyone of worth is already signed and your only hope is to pick through the June salary cap casualties. BTW all those guys will want to get paid too and will want to go to teams taht are actuall8y competing for playoffs (of which the Titans will not be) NEGATIVE.

Bottom line is that Titans fan was talking all about how they were young and had so much money to spend and they were gonna improve. Well they didn't improve and to the contrary, regressed to the bottom of the league, talent-wise. I predict a 5-11 season for the Titans.

Enjoy VY for the next couple years because that guy is gonna be gone soon and probably a lot faster than you think.

Oh....KEEP ON TROLLIN
 
huh?

:hmmm:

So we are lucky because we did not furiously waist money at the beginning of FA? I'll let you in on a little secret .... ever season there are cuts after the draft ..... ever season teams pickup big name players post draft. And your reasoning for us not improving is because we are "lucky"? Lucky or not if we get better players on our team we are improved.

BTW - last season we did the exact same thing and got Mawea and Thornton.
:whew:

Glad we are lucky every season :doot:

I hope I ain't 'waisting' my breath but Mawea and Thornton were Reese moves. Reinfeldt has not shown the ability to even overpay for guys much less make deft and intelligent moves like Reese
 
Put down the crack pipe. They had a terrible offseason. And, none of your interesting spin will change that. And if you think Keyshawn is the savior you need a therapist.
:hmmm:

He is not the answer but he improves the run and pass game.

Saved me some money on therapy there.

The Titans have one player.

Is that one player Bulluck, Hope, Pacman, Young, Mawea .... ? I am just wondering who this one player you are referring too so I can understand your post.

The Texans passed the Titans this off season, there is no question about it.

In your opinion ..... Most people who are paid to analyst the season do not agree. Hope plays S on the Titans, there is not hope on the Texans.


So, get used to the cellar, because that's where you are going. :texflag:

Yeah we have to go there once a season. Though I believe the deed was passed to Young last season in OT. Also it stinks of cattle please clean it for the next time we play.
 
So Flamer how is a midthirties WR who hasn't had 1000 yards receiving since 2002 a good pick up when you have said repeatedly that our pick up of RB that just turned 30 and has broke 1000 yards rushing repeatedly since 2002 is a bad pick up. Just wondering.

Of course I think that Meshon would fit right in with the Ravens, I mean Raiders, uh Bengals or whatever the name of that team of misfits in Nashville is.

WR decline later then RB due, due to the stress on the knees and decrees in speed as they age. I never said Green was a bad pickup he is better then the other options you have but is on the decline. I would say the same of Keyshawn but we are not looking for a work horse that a RB needs to be we are just looking for a guy that will demand a double from time to time and open up our younger WRs. Big difference in the roles placed on Key and Green.

I believe this periodical has some helpful info on the information I provided maybe you should pick up a copy?


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I hope I ain't 'waisting' my breath but Mawea and Thornton were Reese moves. Reinfeldt has not shown the ability to even overpay for guys much less make deft and intelligent moves like Reese

Grammar police, I guess if you got nothing.....

He has not proven himself in one off season? If that was how the NFL worked the Texans FO would be a merry-go-round.
 
Grammar police, I guess if you got nothing.....

He has not proven himself in one off season? If that was how the NFL worked the Texans FO would be a merry-go-round.

haha....sorry troll...i ain't biting

i already rebuked your entire argument earlier in this thread.....

btw its called spelling...not grammar
 
overexaggerating the Titan's losses? that would be impossible to do.

No quality RBs. No quality WRs. Yet you had plenty of money to spend. NEGATIVE.

Keyshawn is not a Titan. Your WR situation is embarassing. NEGATIVE.

I moved some of the sentences around to show you exactly how empty this parrot post is.


RAAAK, Titans have no receivers or running backs RAAK!

But the Texans have a guy in Dayne who has already got the bust tag on him. Green who is a fumble prone RB on the tail end of his career. I mean come on GB did not want him anymore that should speak miles.

At least in White we have raw talent that has a chance to produce something. You say he is not a quality back because he has not played. The same argument could be made for Shammy, but we did not have to waste two picks on him.

You went after a lot of players and signed none of any real consequence. Thanks for making my point. NEGATIVE.

not really seeing your point on this one. They went to other teams for what ever reason. This is not madden where you can just force the guy to play on your team. but you follow that comment up with this gem.

Yes, the Free Agent contracts were overpriced but you know what, they are only going to be worse next year. Only the Bills have a lower payroll than you. That isn't exactly a badge of honor. What use is cap space if you don't even use it. This proves Bud Adams is a cheapskate and cares little to nothing about winning and competing for championships. Poor VY. NEGATIVE.

RAAWK! Adam's is cheap, RAAWK! Reinfeldt doesn't know how to GM!

So were we smart in not getting them or not. Your statement contradicts itself. Is it Adams fault or Reinfeldt? First Adams is to cheap to get players then Reinfeldt is not savvy enough negotiate a contract. Can't have it both ways, chose a side.

The Free Agency period isn't over? Anyone of worth is already signed and your only hope is to pick through the June salary cap casualties. BTW all those guys will want to get paid too and will want to go to teams taht are actuall8y competing for playoffs (of which the Titans will not be) NEGATIVE.

Again I bring up Thornton and Mawea. Both good players both signed after the draft last season. Your statement in silly. No good players get cut after the draft but you are lucky and might get a great possession receiver. Again not the first year that good talent has been cut at the deadline, and it will not be the last. Right because a guy cut late is really just going to sit back and say oh some high ranking team wants me but the team I was on did not. Most of the cut at this point come from teams like NE who have over loaded and have too many players and too high a salary.

I also remind you of the records of our two teams last year. We were a game out of the playoffs. The Texans had wrapped up watching the playoffs from the couch by game 10.

Downplaying the signifigance of the PacMan suspension is just ludicrous. NEGATIVE.

Before PacMan's suspension, you already lacked a quality #2 DB. Now you need a #1 AND a #2. Harper is barely a #2 much less a #1. NEGATIVE.

Drafting Griffin as a CB is the coup de grace for Reinfeldt especially how early they drafted him. Just a retarded move. NEGATIVE.

RAAWK! Pacman is the only player on the Titans (if you don't count any of the other players!) RAAAWK!

We have played without pacman before we will play without him again. Finnigan is a stud as your QBs and the Jags QBs found out last season. I notice you dodged the whole comparison to your #2 CB. I guess if you have not argument .... Don't point fingers at our players when the same player in that position on your team is not even as good. It makes your arguments look really weak.

Griffen was drafted to replace Lamont Thompson but will act as a stop gap this year while Pacman is suspended. The only people who seem not to get that concept are Monday morning QBs who can not think of a player as being versatile. A player gets injured for a season in the off season you do not rush to draft his replacement and waste a pick. You assume he will play the following season. I believe this is covered in the book I suggested to Overalls.

Bottom line is that Titans fan was talking all about how they were young and had so much money to spend and they were gonna improve. Well they didn't improve and to the contrary, regressed to the bottom of the league, talent-wise. I predict a 5-11 season for the Titans.

Did Bud Adams use his aging ray again? Man I hate when he does that.....

Regressed? Please explain to me how losing a WR who is a #3 now, a WR who is still a #3, and a RB who has had consistency issues and did not play well until a running QB was added is a huge step back.

This should be good

Enjoy VY for the next couple years because that guy is gonna be gone soon and probably a lot faster than you think.

HUH? Ahh the always lovely poster who makes outlandish statements based on nothing but a prayer they keep deep in there heart. OROY gone soon. I think it is more likely that he will be in it for the long haul based on the facts. When he stomps the Texans again this season in our vacation home will you still be waving the bust flag or will it not match your clown suit?

Oh....KEEP ON TROLLIN

Keep on back peddling. I think there are one or two rhetoric statement left about the Titans you missed. Check other posters comments for a hint.
 
a come inside from a nice dip in the pool, and I see that you have attempted to rationalize the Titan's awful offseason with hopeful speculation and optimism. I applaud you for this. You have bought the Adams Sandwich and are looking at the glass as being half full. No problem at all. Your just being a loyal fan. Kudos.

Just don't be surprised when your season ends with a 4-12 record and everyone pointing to this offseason as a missed opportunity at improvement.

The truth hurts sometimes. Maybe you should go to the Titan's forum for optimistic views of your offseason....you won't get it here.
 
couldn't agree more....

going into the offseason Titans had like the 2nd most cap space (behind the very active 49ers), a plethora of draft picks, and the assumed momentum from VY's rookie season.

well Reinfeldt took all that and blew it. They did next to nothing in Free Agency although they had loads of cap space. They resorted to signing DBs from the Colts for crying out loud. Then the Pac-Man fiasco. Then the failure to bring any big name Free Agents. Then they have a draft that has garnered mixed reviews at best while giving VY very little new to work with on the offensive side of the ball

Then they lose Travis Henry and their 2 top WRs (of which they were already woefully lacking). Then you have Lendale White auditioning for the role of Fat Albert. What a horrible offseason.

Oh and lets not forget that they have the 2nd lowest payroll in the NFL. I thought Bud said he was gonna spare no expense to bring a winner to the Smoky Mountains. Well obviously he lied......not surprising.

In defense of Mr. Bud, the smoke from the mountains probably got in his eyes. bwahhahaha
 
Honestly, the Titans did have a really bad offseason. Their best move was picking up Michael Griffin in the draft. The problem is that they aren't going to use him right if they are serious about putting him at CB. I guess you've got to get a DB to play when your star CB decides to hit the strip club up and make thousands of dollars rain on strippers. He has already lost this season. But that isn't even an improvement in the secondary, that's just replacing a star CB with a good college SAFETY.
 
Our offensive line isn't good, but it's not as horrible as it once was. The media still assumes we have the O-line from two or three years ago.
 
Mr. BA, would you please give me just one good reason why I wouldn't make fun of the fact that the Titans have had an unbelievably bad off-season? It makes me think that your FO is working on an excuse to move again! Maybe they are just getting tired of looking at your toothless ticket holders!:texflag:
 
Your O-line still allowed 42 sacks last season. That is still really bad.

The average number of sacks for a team is about 35. Last year, our QB was really bad at holding the ball instead of throwing it on time and he was also really bad at curling up in a fetal position whenever there was pressure. In other words, our sack numbers are skewed and make it look like our line is worse than it is.

Our line probably gave up a sack or two more than the average line but that's about it.

IF Schaub is as good at reading defenses, working the pocket, and throwing the ball on time as people have said he is, then our sack numbers should go down pretty dramatically without even making any changes to our line.

We also had problems with rookie running backs not picking up blitzes properly. That should improve this year. We also finished the season with 3 of our 5 starting linemen on IR. If we get those guys back healthy and if some of our young guys step up, we should improve. AND, on top of that, it was the first year in a new system.

Our line should look better next year.
 
Mr. BA, would you please give me just one good reason why I wouldn't make fun of the fact that the Titans have had an unbelievably bad off-season? It makes me think that your FO is working on an excuse to move again! Maybe they are just getting tired of looking at your toothless ticket holders!:texflag:

Comments like this are win win for me. Either our team sucks next seasson and all the BS people are spouting is correct or the more likely we stay the same or improve. Even finishing 8-8 makes comments like this silly.

What I want to see is how the Pigeons O-line handles McNabb at 50% speed. How will the team do when there is no threat of scramble? I would expect allot of blitz packages to be sent at McNabb and allot of sacks.
 
Comments like this are win win for me. Either our team sucks next seasson and all the BS people are spouting is correct or the more likely we stay the same or improve. Even finishing 8-8 makes comments like this silly.

What I want to see is how the Pigeons O-line handles McNabb at 50% speed. How will the team do when there is no threat of scramble? I would expect allot of blitz packages to be sent at McNabb and allot of sacks.

translation: I have been owned. I will now attempt change subject so I no longer have to attempt to defend the Titan's failure of an offseason.
 
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