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The Freak is "Hissed!"
Published 7/3/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
ESPN.com has an article today on Jevon Kearse and how he's ready to show just how much he has left in the tank. We've heard similar sentiment out of the Freak a few weeks back but it's getting angrier. Kearse has adopted the chip-on-his-shoulder cliché with a twist, turning the chip into a boulder. He said there isn't a player in the ...

Titans 6-10? Sporting News thinks so
Published 7/4/2008 by Drexel Perry at Total Titans
Titans 6-10? Sporting News thinks so For a team that finished 10-6 last year with a playoff birth, the Titans seem to consistently get the short end of the stick when it comes to prognosticators. According to Sporting News, the Titans will finish with a lowly 6-10 record in 2008. The write-up was done by the Tennessean’s own Jim Wyatt, and is a part of SN’s Camp Countdown 08 series. Way to represent the home team, Jim! It’s not shocking to see “experts” pick the Titans to finish in third place in the extremely competitive AFC South . Indy is Indy, and the Jaguars, under the leadership of David Garrard, have asserted ...

NFC East Hashlines
Published 7/7/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
This isn't really connected to the NFC East, but it's an interesting discussion of steroids in the NFL. It's staggering how many Steelers players from the 1970s have died, although we don't know how many of those deaths were related to steroids. Cowboys Another death in the Cowboys' family. Murphy Martin was a true original. Growing up in the Dallas area in the 1970s, we were fortunate enough to have Martin and Verne Lundquist on our local ABC affiliate. It's looking like Brad Johnson will once again be the backup quarterback. And talks with safety Ken ...

Will the defense be dominant in 2008?
Published 7/22/2008 by Drexel Perry at Total Titans
Will the defense be dominant in 2008? In 2007, the Tennessee Titans rode the coattails of a stingy defense that made life miserable for opposing offenses to the franchise’s first playoff birth since 2003. Led by the dominating presence of Albert Haynesworth and the steady play of veteran Keith Bulluck, the Titans finished with the league’s fifth-ranked defense. It’s been an eventful offseason for the Titans defense, which lost two players (La Boy and Odom) to free agency while dealing with the seemingly never-ending Haynesworth contract saga. Will this year’s defense play up to its 2007 level? The ability to pressure the quarterback loomed ...