You Never Know
Written by Stephen Tulloch, Thursday January 21 2010
Finishing as strong as we did, winning eight of our last 10 games, we would definitely have been in the playoffs if we had started off better.
Looking back, I kind of feel that in those first few games we came out and figured we had a good season the year before, so teams would have to respect us just for showing up. What we learned is that every year is a new year, what you’ve done previously doesn’t matter. You have to go out there and get off to a fast start every season. Teams that start fast ride it for a while and get that extra boost. We did it backwards, and got a boost the second half of the season.
The lesson is to take nothing for granted. You can’t ever be complacent in this league. Know what you need to do, work hard every day and get the job done.
I do think we had a lot of positives and have a lot to look forward to next season. Chris Johnson reached 2,000 yards rushing, he was the man who held us all together this season. Our young receiver Kenny Britt is a player to watch in the future. I think linebacker Gerald McRath had a lot of success filling in when
Will I still be in
Personally, this was the best season I’ve had in my career. I finally had everything in place to make me a better player, had my off-season training down pat, the right trainer, the right stretching guy, a good masseuse, a real solid core of people. My film study improved so much from last year to this year.
After my fourth year in the NFL and going into my fifth, this is the year I want to show people who I really am and what I’m all about, how much I love this game and how I approach the game of football.
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Stephen Tulloch is a linebacker with the Tennessee Titans. His blog for www.playerpress.com runs at www.tulloch55.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/stephentulloch.
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