Titans @ Seahawks notes.

I love August.

After the Super Bowl confetti fell on the champion New Orleans Saints, fans of all 32 teams were ready for August to get here. Sure the draft and such would give fans their football fix for a short period of time, but live-game action is what we live for.

Yes, it's pre-season, and some people won't even watch a wink of their team's glorified practices, but I like seeing a glimpse of what my team looks like.

This isn't going to be a long post, just some random thoughts from the Titans/Seahawks game. Despite the 20-18 loss, I felt okay about our performance; especially since half the starters didn't play anyways.

The Good:

- First offensive drive for Tennessee. Vince Young was money on all of his passes and although it took Chris Johnson three times to get into the end zone, at least he didn't get hurt. Hell, Nate Washington had two nice catches.
- The "starting" defensive line. Although there was just one original starter - Jason Jones - on the d-line last night, they looked pretty impressive getting pressure on Matt Hasselbeck. Jason Babin even came in and contributed.
- Alterraun Verner and Jason McCourty. I'll get into more into the rest of the secondary later, but Verner and McCourty looked decent.

The Bad:

- Vince Young's interception. I'll place the blame on both him and Justin Gage. Gage got out of his break shaky, which gave Josh Wilson a nice opportunity to pick it off. The frustration Vince showed afterward wasn't good to see either.
- Rusty Smith. He wasn't horrible, but he didn't show me anything that makes me accept the Titans' decision of drafting him over Dan LeFevour.
- The fake punt. It worked and got a first down, but why use it now? Jeff Fisher has notoriously ran trick stuff in the pre-season and never has the balls to run it in the games that count.

The Ugly:

- The secondary...especially Ryan Mouton. Like I said, besides Verner and McCourty, the secondary was pretty much garbage. Mouton started off well with a nice break-up, then was toasted and picked on the rest of the night. Mike Williams of all people broke his ankles.
- Chris Simms. He's so bad, it's not even funny. I think I'd rather watch Jason Jones behind center than Simms.
- Stafon Johnson's injury. It sucks to see such a great story have a chapter ripped out of it because of another setback. It's a major ankle injury, but I really hope he can push himself through it like he did with the throat injury, and play again.