Posted by pdhuff on February 23, 2008 at 7:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wish you well, Brad.

Posted by andy112382 on February 23, 2008 at 7:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Congrats, Brad....we hope to see you have a successful NFL career.

Remember a few years ago, before Witten was a household name in Tennessee, everyone always had an on going joke about TEs at Tennessee never catching, etc?

I think we have turned that around pretty darn well - Jason Witten, Brad Cottam (hopefully in the NFL), Chris Brown was solid, hopefully next we'll have Brandon Warren lining up on saturdays!

Any updates on him? Or are guys like Adams too busy making you-know-whats out of themselves?

Posted by nicksjuzunk on February 24, 2008 at 1:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Any truth to the rumor that John Adams injured Cottam three times in his UT career?

Posted by andy112382 on February 24, 2008 at 2:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If having your IQ take a dive after reading such an idiotic article counts as an injury, odds are, yes!

Posted by khelton657 on February 24, 2008 at 6:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm glad to get a short article and info about our players in the combine..I now hope that Clawson will have a plan for better use of the tightends. the way Witten was wasted....the coaches should have been arrested.

Posted by nicksjuzunk on February 24, 2008 at 8:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

khelton657,

I have to disagree on Witten. I felt he was used greatly. Not so much the tight ends before or after, but Witten proved to be a stud here and I was shocked he wasn't a 1st rounder.

Posted by andefromtn on February 24, 2008 at 10:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Way to go Brad. I hope that despite your injuries you make to the NFL and have a great career. Good Luck to the other Vols working out for the scouts in Indy.

Posted by givehim6 on February 24, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Way to go Brad! Hay the TITENS need a good TE.

Posted by qwerty6969 on February 24, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I hear that Cottam is a complete gentleman and is the rare 20-something year-old college male who doesn't even drink alcohol. He puts nouns and verbs in all of his sentences. I don't recall him ever being arrested. I don't think he's killed anyone since the end of his UT playing days.

Hey John "I-get-to-go-into-the-players'-locker-room" Adams: Where is the Dog Bites Man story? Oh, you say Coach Fulmer didn't have anything to do with Cottam's exemplary behavior; Brad acts that way because of his family and upbringing?

So the parents are responsible only when a kids behaves well. And Fulmer is responsible when they kill someone several years after leaving campus? I'm confused with the logic of this ex-Pittsburgh, and now Knoxville, sportswriter.

Why did Adams leave Pittsburgh for Knoxville? That doesn't seem like a typical step UP on a media career ladder...

Posted by andy112382 on February 24, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Witten was wasted??? Hmmm, lets see, a guy who was a DE that our coaches were bright enough to turn into a TE where we needed the help at....

2001: 28 receptions, 293 yds, 10.5 ypc, 2 tds (not bad for a team featuring Stallworth and Washington to still get almost 300 yds as a TE)

2002: 39 receptions, 493 yds, 12.6 ypc, 5 tds, leading receiver on the team, broke schools records at TE for receptions and yards receiving

Wow, what a waste! should have had 2000 yards receiving! Begone with the coaches!!!

Geesh people.........

Posted by dallasdog1 on February 24, 2008 at 10:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The thing I remember most about Witten was that even after he hit the bigtime at UT..........he was always on punt kickoff coverage and he was always the first one down the field. What a horse!

Posted by OrangeAndWhite4Life on February 27, 2008 at 2:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Congrats to Brad and wish him well. Might be a good fit with the Seahawks as a replacement for an aging Marcus Pollard or the Titans as a weapon for Vince Young....hmmmmmm.

Go Vols !!!