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Titans Feel They Have A Core Player In LB Colin McCarthy

The Titans believe they may have found a potential core player in Colin McCarthy. They figured they were going to take it slowly in developing their fourth round pick, but McCarthy, a football junkie, was intent on acclimating quickly. He was at the Titans’ facility when the coaches showed up every morning, he practiced hard and tried to absorb as much as he could from veteran Barrett...
Via GridironFans.com  |  February 05, 2012

Titans LB Colin McCarthy Named AFC Defensive Player Of The Week

Tennessee Titans rookie linebacker Colin McCarthy has been named AFC Defensive Player of the Week. In his third NFL start, McCarthy, a fourth-round pick out of Miami, had nine tackles, a pass defensed and a forced fumble in the Titans' 23-17 win over the Buffalo Bills. In nine games this season, McCarthy has 42 tackles and an interception. McCarthy is the third Titans player...
Via GridironFans.com  |  December 07, 2011

Colin McCarthy is the AFC defensive player of the week

On Monday, Rosenthal revealed that he has a man-crush on Titans linebacker Colin McCarthy. The league office approves of that message. McCarthy has been named the AFC’s defensive player of the week, thanks to nine tackles, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble in a 23-17 win over the Bills. A rookie from Miami picked…
Via Pro Football Talk  |  December 07, 2011

Rice, McCarthy and Brown earn AFC weekly honors

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, Tennessee Titans linebacker Colin McCarthy and Pittsburgh Steelers punt returner Antonio Brown have been selected as the AFC's top players for Week 13 of the NFL season.
Via Miami Herald  |  December 07, 2011

The Tennessee Titans are getting solid production out of their rookie LBs

The Titans are getting solid work out of 22-year old Akeem Ayers and 23-year old Colin McCarthy so far this year.  Ayers has played in 12 games for the Titans so far this year and he has 53 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery and 2 passes defensed.  McCarthy has played in 9 games for the Titans so far this year and he has 42 tackles, 6 tackles for a loss,...
Via Titans Locker  |  December 07, 2011

Titans’ Colin McCarthy is the new Wally Pipp

Titans middle linebacker Barrett Ruud is currently out with a groin injury.  We suspect he won’t have a starting job to return to when he gets healthy. At least he shouldn’t get his starting job back. Tennessee rookie fourth-round pick Colin McCarthy has been a revelation over the last month. Every time we watch the…
Via Pro Football Talk  |  December 05, 2011

Titans Rookie LB Colin McCarthy To Get Third Straight Start

With veteran middle linebacker Barrett Ruud still sidelined, rookie Colin McCarthy is expected to get his third start of the season on Sunday at Buffalo. Ruud missed practice again on Thursday with a groin injury. McCarthy has played especially well while filling on for Ruud. He racked up 11 tackles on Sunday in a win over Tampa Bay, and has posted double-digit sack totals in the...
Via GridironFans.com  |  December 01, 2011

Rookie LBs Ayers, McCarthy giving Titans boost

When the Tennessee Titans went into the draft in April, one of their main objectives was to improve the linebacker position. Even the Titans are surprised at finding a solution so soon among this year's draft class. Rookie linebackers Akeem Ayers, a second-round pick from UCLA, and Colin McCarthy, a fourth-rounder from Miami, have stepped in and played so well for Tennessee...
Via AP on Fox  |  November 30, 2011

Titans Insider: Colin McCarthy shows his worth

The Titans might not be ready to make it official just yet, but it is coming. Rookie middle linebacker Colin McCarthy needs to be the starter for the remainder of the season and beyond. McCarthy has played the past three games (two starts) for the Titans while Barrett Ruud has nursed a groin injury. Ruud was signed to a one-year contract just after the lockout ended and was expected...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  November 28, 2011

Titans Say LB Barrett Ruud Hasn't Lost His Starting Job

Rookie linebacker Colin McCarthy did everything the Titans asked of him and more in his first NFL start on Sunday at Carolina. On Monday, Coach Mike Munchak said veteran Barrett Ruud would get his job back at middle linebacker when he’s healthy, but that doesn’t mean McCarthy is locked on special teams. “Barrett is still our (starting) linebacker,” Munchak said. “(Sunday) was...
Via GridironFans.com  |  November 14, 2011
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