For Some Reason, The Titans Must Feel Undermanned In The Secondary

With the 19th pick of the NFL Draft, the Tennessee Titans select Michael Griffin, S, Texas. Mike Tanier of Football Outsiders tells you all about it.

Half of their offensive starters are gone. The suspended cornerback is now communicating with the media via classifieds ads. The quarterback made the cover of the most jinx-alicious video game ever developed. The Titans need some good news.

Griffin isn't the kind of news they needed. He's not bad: he's a downhill-type safety who is very good off the blitz, can cover most tight ends man-to-man, and can cover some slot receivers without making a fool of himself. But Griffin is no replacement for Pacman Jones, or for Travis Henry, or Drew Bennett. He's also not a great zone defender, which is a problem because someone not named Pacman is going to need deep support from the Titans safeties. If Griffin bites on fakes and struggles to make reads in Tennessee the way he sometimes did at Texas, opponents will make it rain footballs the way Pacman makes it rain at strip clubs.

The Titans need to redeem their draft day. Suggestions: 1) A Michael Turner trade. 2) Vince Young, meet cloning vat. Cloning vat, Vince Young. 3) Pacman finds religion and emerges right here, right now as Jesus Jones.