Chuck Cecil apparently unaware that NFL games are now televised....

From ProFootballTalk.com...


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Chuck Cecil has been fined $40,000 by the NFL for an obscene gesture at game officials.

The league on Monday said Cecil violated a rule that prohibits use of abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures to game officials.

Television cameras caught Cecil using his right hand to make the gesture when officials flagged his defense for a neutral zone infraction during the second quarter Sunday. The penalty gave Denver first-and-goal, and Kyle Orton threw a 2-yard touchdown pass on the next play for a 7-0 lead.


I am starting to wonder exactly what is so "dirty" about the Tennessee Titans. The team certainly has a reputation for hard, physical play, but when you are the Baltimore Ravens or the Pittsburgh Steelers, this seems to be something to laud. I guess when you are a small market team, you don't get the same amount of leeway.

Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels certainly felt comfortable when he took a soapbox stance against the Titans supposed "cheap" style of attack..


"I was proud of our team because we knew that was the kind of game it was going to be,'' McDaniels said Monday about the Broncos win via Mike Klis of the Denver Post. "You can put any tape you want to of Tennessee and there's going to be 10 penalties. You either coach it or you allow it to happen. That's how I look at that."

McDaniels lauded his team for not being drawn into fights and went a step further, saying the Titans played dirty.

"There's a way to play tough and physical without being excessive and playing dirty after the snap,'' McDaniels said. "There's a lot of teams in this league that play like that. Tough and physical but also within the rules."


A little rub-your-nose-in-it preachy from McDaniels, but then again, this is a team who drafted a certain Promise Keeper in its 2010 draft.

In other news, Titans rookie defensive end Derrick Morgan appears to be out for the remainder of the 2010 season with a torn ACL, but with the mad wizard Jim Washburn as defensive line coach, anything is possible, even when there are some big shoes to fill.