Hi Chris,
Do you have the Chung transcript?

Can you do a seperate piece on Tyson DeVree? What I’ve been able to find on him suggests he’s going to become a legit player in 2009.

@beauli7: I do not have a transcript on Chung … I was not in on the conversation, so I don’t have those notes.

@Mike Daly: I just may have to do something on DeVree. Had another good session this afternoon. An afterthought at the start of camp, he’s really starting to come on strong.

Chris – thanks.

Off-topic – I saw the HOF Game last night and some of the replay this AM – Titans look real, Bills look lifeless even with TO. Bills look like they will never go anywhere until new ownership (Buffalo native Jeremy Jacobs?) arrives. Titans vs. Pats is a grossly underrated rivalry – the last five meetings (1998 as TN Oilers, 2002, 2003 x 2, 2006) have been very physical games and even the preseason/pre-Jack Moynahan game in Foxboro in 2007 was pretty hot for a preseason game. The Red Sox bowl of 2003 was one of the greatest/weirdest games of all.

Mike,

Great point–I agree completely. I LOVED those great Tennessee teams of the early 21st century. Really tough, gritty teams who probably were talented enough to win at least one Super Bowl. I always thought they just chose the wrong time to be good — there were so many other talented teams in that stretch (New England, Indy, Philly, St. Louis), they’ll be forgotten. Kind of like the Atlanta Hawks of the 1980s. Good team, bad timing.

That divisional game in Foxboro in the cold was maybe the most underrated game in Gillette Stadium history.

Chris

Mike/Chris,
To play a little devil’s advocate, what info on Devree would suggest that he’s going to be a legit player in 2009? Good camp or not, he’s never recorded a catch in the NFL and only had 66 catches for 656 yards and 12 touchdowns in 3 years of college, the last coming in 2007. Not to mention he’s behind Thomas, Baker, Smith and Watson…..

Chris Price – the Ice Bowl playoff with the Titans was a grinder (I have 3 GAMES TO GLORY II and whenever I go to the Pro Shop that Titans ice bowl is always playing), but my all-time favorite remains the Red Sox bowl from October – the two teams combined for 68 points, Brady and McNair showed why they were MVPs, there was an unexpected twist in the breakout of Mike Cloud, and the sheer bizarre nature of fans cheering McNair touchdowns or Troy Brown’s kick-return called back because Johnny Damon or David Ortiz drove in clutch runs at those exact instants made for a game befitting the weird history of the Patriots.

beali7 – yes DeVree has yet to burst out on the NFL scene, but Thomas I suspect is done as far as earning Belichick’s trust (he basically has been in Belichick’s doghouse throughout his stay in New England) and Watson is good but still not consistent enough that somebody can’t push him. Baker looks like he’ll be terrific as well, but DeVree has been so good so far I can’t help but think he’s going to be this year’s BenJarvus Green-Ellis.

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