Coming off the 20 to 18 loss to the Seahawks in Seattle this past weekend, Coach Fisher described the first practice day after the first game.
There are battles at a number of positions that where highlighted in Saturday nights game. In light of one of the front runners for the cornerback spot opposite Cortland Finnegan, Ryan Mouton getting beat by Michael Williams for a 51 yard catch and run, Coach Fisher commented on his resilience saying “he’s bounced back off things last year, and he does on the practice field, and you have to do that at the corner spot. You have to have a very very short-term memory out there, cause you’ve gotta bounce back the next play, and make a play. That’s what Ryan did, I mean, he came back, and hung in there, and played hard; and played well up until he gave up the play. He came back and made a big play…” referring to Mouton recovering to make an interception of a Charlie Whitehurst throwlater in the second quarter.
Fisher said the “corners graded out pretty well for the most part,” having gone without Finnegan due to a hip flexor. If it was a regular season game, Finnegan could have gone, but was not considered worth it for the preseason. Other injuries that kept players out where defensive end William Hayes and safety Vincent with knee injuries; linebacker Stanford Keglar’s hamstring, defensive end Jacob Ford’s hip flexor and defensive end Derrick Morgan with a calf strain.
Another heated completion is for the defensive end spot. With the two aforementioned defensive ends out for Saturday’s games, other guys like Jason Badin got even more reps. Babin talked Monday about tough defensive line coach Jim Washburn saying “Washburn makes a point, to uh, if you don’t get it, we’re going to do it again…we’re going to do it until we get it right.” Coming over from playing for the Eagles last year, He might have not been ready for the fiery coach, stating with widened eyes “my initial reaction when I first got here was, wow; but uh, you know, he wants everybody to do well. He might yell at you, he might talk bad to you, he might say things, and you might say things back to him; but at the end of the day he wants you to succeed. That’s the bottom line.”
Babin previously played for Seattle in 2007 and 2008, and commented on getting a sack in the first preseason game, saying “ah, yeah, it definitely felt good; especially against Seattle. I was there for two years, and that felt good.
There’s a lot of rotation taking place this year with the Titans defensive scheme. In Babin’s estimation “there’s talent all across the board here. There’s no question about that.”
After leading the Titans to a first drive score, Vince Young threw an interception on a flat footed throw that was late and behind; but overall looked more confident in the pocket and more in command. He commented Monday on his and the offense’s development. Young doesn’t feel he has anything to prove, “it’s not so much prove, I know what I can do,” he responded to a question about proving consistency over 16 games. He continued “It’s basically, you know, every series trying to get better and better, continue to lead the team down and get first downs, or get field goals or touch downs. That’s the biggest thing I’m trying to be consistent at.
Following full-team short yard, and two minute drills, the titans ended the day with a series of shuttle runs. They play the Cardinals next Monday in Nashville, who will be without all pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who suffered a medial-collateral sprain of the right knee against the Texans this past weekend.
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