Jun 23rd 2008 10:32PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Titans, AFC South, Nashville
One of the big themes of the 2008 Titans season will be how much Tennessee opens up the playbook in Vince Young’s third season.
In his first two seasons, Young has been asked to not make mistakes, make some key third-down conversions and use his legs to move the chains. He only threw 27 passes a game as a rookie, and threw even less, 25 per game, as a second-year pro.
But Young now has 29 starts under his belt, and should be able to take on more responsibility. With that in mind, Young is saying that he hopes to go deep more often in 2008. The big question now is whether Jeff Fisher agrees. According to the Tennessean, new offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger is much more prone to throw the ball downfield than Norm Chow, the coordinator he replaced this offseason. The numbers that run with the story don’t necessarily show that, but the general feeling seems to be that the Titans will aim for more big plays in ‘08.
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