Comparing the Titans and Vikings

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Blue Gorilla, Jul 30, 2011.

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  1. Blue Gorilla

    Blue Gorilla will play Safety for food

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    A lot of AFC South fans think that Jake Locker and Blaine Gabbert will long be compared to each other since they were drafted a few picks apart from each other, and will be playing in the same division. However, I've been doing some thinking, and think it will be more interesting to compare our situation over the long run to the one in Minneapolis.

    The Tennessee Titans and the Minnesota Vikings are at very similar points in building a franchise right now. Take a look at some of the similarities:

    Both have rookie QBs selected in the 1st Round of the Draft
    Titans: Jake Locker / Vikings: Christian Ponder

    Both brought in veteran QBs as Free Agents to help mentor that young QB
    Titans: Matt Hasselbeck / Vikings: Donovan McNabb

    Both lost 2 QBs from last year: 1 to retirement and 1 to Free Agency
    Titans: Kerry Collins & Vince Young / Vikings: Brett Favre & Tarvaris Jackson

    Both have arguably the best RBs in the league
    Titans: Chris Johnson / Vikings: Adrian Peterson

    Both have stables of young, unproven WRs

    Both lost a solid DE to Free Agency
    Titans: Jason Babin / Vikings: Ray Edwards

    Both have relatively unheralded #1 CBs
    Titans: Cortland Finnegan / Vikings: Antoine Winfield

    Both have completely new coaching regimes
    Titans: Mike Munchak / Vikings: Leslie Frazier

    Both are in tough divisions that feature an elite QB
    Titans: AFC South & Peyton Manning / Vikings: NFC North & Aaron Rodgers

    I could keep going, but I think I've provided enough examples. I just think that it's really interesting right now that in today's league, we have 2 teams that are in very similar situations. I think it will be interesting to see which of these two teams will find success first, in terms of making it to the Playoffs and winning Playoff games. Who will become the cemented starter first, between Locker and Ponder? Which head coach will keep his job longest? It's interesting to me to look at these teams side-by-side and compare.
     
    #1 Blue Gorilla, Jul 30, 2011
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  4. Titanup1982

    Titanup1982 All-Pro

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    Wow, that's a great comparison.

    Never even looked at it like that. But there are tons of similarities between us and the Vikings.
     
    #2 Titanup1982, Jul 30, 2011
  7. Kaeotik

    Kaeotik Pro Bowler

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    #3 Kaeotik, Jul 30, 2011
  10. moose4now

    moose4now Starter

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    Here's another one for you (sort of).
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    Both cities NHL franchises were at some point owned in part or in full by the same man.

    Craig Leipold.
     
    #4 moose4now, Jul 30, 2011
  13. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow All-Pro

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    Wow never noticed that.....we both lost a receiver as well in Rice and Moss.
     
    #5 Scarecrow, Jul 30, 2011
  16. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    I can see these 2 teams rising from the ashes at the same rate. Minnesota was looking at many of the same players we were.
     
    #6 JCBRAVE, Jul 30, 2011
  19. RavensShallBurn

    RavensShallBurn Ruck the Favens

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    There are definitely many similarities between the two teams. They're better though.
     
    #7 RavensShallBurn, Jul 31, 2011
  22. The Playmaker

    The Playmaker pineapple pizza party

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    And now you better bet everyone on here will be comparing these two teams all season even though they're a little bit more talented.
     
    #8 The Playmaker, Jul 31, 2011
  25. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    It all depends on how the quarterbacks develop. One will almost assuredly be a bust.
     
    #9 Fry, Jul 31, 2011
  28. Titanic_Sub

    Titanic_Sub Pro Bowler

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    I posted this exact thread months ago, so yeah i agree =]
     
    #10 Titanic_Sub, Jul 31, 2011
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