The Titans might have a long year as Vince Young will try to recover from the Madden Curse that plagued him last season. Considering the aftermath of the curse for the four previous victims: Michael Vick, Ray Lewis, Donovan McNabb, & Shaun Alexander; most likely Young will continue to be plagued with injuries throughout his career due to his greed of wanting to grace the cover of Madden last season. This is very ominous for the Titans as I don’t see them being able to produce on offense again this year putting even more pressure on their defense. The Titans defense performed well last season but based on this year’s schedule I see the Titans struggling to achieve 6 or 7 wins and really only see the Titans backfield as any viable fantasy options.
Lendale White is the top back in Tennessee and should be worth at least another 1,000 yards and 5+ touchdowns however after that I don’t see much fantasy scoring. Chris Brown has shown some talent but with only less than 1 in four carries for the Titans he hasn’t been consistent. Barring an injury to White Brown is a gamble to draft too early. You also have to keep an eye on the Titans 1st round pick Chris Johnson out of East Carolina. He’s an explosive back with some injury issues in the past. He might steal some fantasy stats from the above two if he can stay healthy making all three backs a risk to draft too early. There is a very good chance I won’t have one Titan on any of my fantasy teams this year.
Titans 2008 NFL Schedule
- Week 1- Sep 7 Jacksonville 1:00pm
- Week 2- Sep 14 @Cincinnati 1:00pm
- Week 3- Sep 21 Houston 1:00pm
- Week 4- Sep 28 Minnesota 1:00pm
- Week 5- Oct 5 @Baltimore 1:00pm
- Week 6- BYE
- Week 7- Oct 19 @Kansas City 1:00pm
- Week 8- Oct 27 Indianapolis 8:30pm
- Week 9- Nov 2 Green Bay 1:00pm
- Week 10- Nov 9 @Chicago 1:00pm
- Week 11- Nov 16 @Jacksonville 1:00pm
- Week 12- Nov 23 N.Y. Jets 1:00pm
- Week 13- Nov 27 @Detroit 12:30pm
- Week 14- Dec 7 Cleveland 1:00pm
- Week 15- Dec 14 @Houston 1:00pm
- Week 16- Dec 21 Pittsburgh 1:00pm
- Week 17- Dec 28 @Indianapolis 1:00pm
2008 Titans NFL Draft Picks
1. RB Chris Johnson East Carolina
2. DT Jason Jones Eastern Michigan
3. TE Craig Stevens California
4. DE William Hayes Winston Salem
5. WR Lavelle Hawkins California
6. OLB Stanford Keglar Purdue
7. CB Cary Williams Washburn