Does the Locker era have

I think Locker is ready the lack of defense is the main issue for me we need to get better there to start playing locker.

 

Yes. We should sit on Locker until everything is absolutely perfect. Until the defense is on par with the steel curtain, and the line, receivers, and backs are all pro caliber, we should keep Locker on the bench. We wouldn't want his confidence to get a boo-boo.

 

This team is by FAR the most talented we have ever had (on offense). If Jake Locker can live up to his potential then I think we will be a contender for the next decade. I loved Steve. He was a great player, but more importantly he was a great leader. With Steve on the field you always knew you had a chance to comeback and win any game. You knew that he was going to give it his all and do what ever it takes to win. And the players would rally around him because of that. And He wouldn't get down on himself after an int or a loss; in fact people would get irritated that he would be laughing on the sideline after an int sometimes (seems silly now after watching VY melt down after every int)

I think Jake Locker has some of the same qualities. He really seems to be a leader on the field and brings an energy to the team. He isn't afraid to lay his body on the line for his team, and I think that makes his teammates work harder (see Nate Washington injury vs Saints). Guys will play like that for people like Mac9 and Locker ... not so much for guys like KFC and VY.

Add onto that the fact that we have LOADS of talent. Britt when healthy is by far the best WR the Titans have ever had, and Locker will have (hopefully if Britt stays healthy) 2 1st rd WRs to throw to, Nate Washington who really seems to be coming into his own, and some solid targets in Hawk, Cook and DWill. Steve NEVER had that kind of talent at the WR position.

I love Eddie, but CJ is much more dangerous. Teams have to gameplan around stopping him. If they don't make stopping CJ the primary focus then they will most likely pay for it.

There is really no reason that this offense should not be a top 5 O in the NFL in the next year or 2. If it isn't then either Locker didn't live up to his potential, we were hit by the injury bug, or the coaches failed.

The defense will be the weak link, but I don't think it will be so weak that it will hold us back. I don't know that we can be contenders with the worst D in the league like the Pats, but as long as we can have a middle of the pack defense then we should be ok.

 

What?

The only thing CJ has over Eddie is speed. Eddie had better vision, fitness, moved very well for a 240lb back, makes better reads and smarter decisions and consistent.

 

Better hands too.

That is the thing that kills me with CJ. If he could learn to catch a friggin ball, he'd be deadly on screens and coming out of the backfield.

 

CJ is not a patient runner. He's an outside runner and dances too much.

 

If by patient you mean he stutter-steps too much... ok.

 

/His problem

The best running backs in the league aren't patient. They hit the hole and run.

It isn't a good thing; though I admit he has to be patient considering he isn't a bruiser.

Cutting 47 times before you even attempt to pass the LOS is beyond stupid, however.

I don't know if it was a trust thing with the O-line, or he had his mind set on CJ3K or something; but CJ looked like he took up dance classes in his time off last season.

If he doesn't get cut after this season, it will be because the FO still has the CJ2K goggles on; not because of his performance on the field.

There is my bold prediction for this year.