The Tennessee Titans made the NFL Playoffs last season in spite of getting downright horrible play out of the QB position.  If Vince Young doesn’t improve this season the Titans won’t get anywhere near a playoff spot.  He has a good arm and he’s one of the best running QBs in the NFL but he’s very careless with the football turning it over at a alarming rate.  He actually regressed last season and the Titans need him to just manage the game instead of throwing the ball into double coverage.  Young played in 15 games (all starts) last season for the Titans and he completed 238 of 382 passes (62.3%) for 2,546 yards with 9 TD passes and 17 interceptions (71.1 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 93 times for 395 yards (4.2 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  If Young produces numbers like that in 2008, the Titans will be lucky to win 8 games.   Young has now played in 30 games (28 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 422 of 739 passes (57.1%) for 4,745 yards with 21 TD passes and 30 interceptions (69.0 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 176 times for 947 yards (5.4 ypc) with 10 TD runs.

Kerry Collins is on the downside of his NFL career but he started the game that got the Titans into the playoffs.  He still has a strong arm but he’s not very mobile often looking like a statue in the pocket.  Collins played in 6 games (1 start) for the Titans last season and he completed 50 of 82 passes (62.3%) for 531 yards with 0 TD passes and 0 interceptions (79.9 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 3 times for -3 yards (-1.0 ypc).  Collins can probably still get the job done if something happens to Vince Young…..at least for a short period of time.   Collins has now played in 162 games (149 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 2,918 of 5,254 passes (55.5%) for 34,717 yards with 174 TD passes and 172 interceptions (73.3 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 326 times for 622 yards (1.9 ypc) with 9 TD runs.

Ingle Martin and Paul Thompson will battle for the #3 QB job this season.  Martin has played in 1 game in his NFL career and he didn’t attempt a pass.  He did carry the ball 2 times for -5 yards (-2.5 ypc) as he was kneeling down at the end of a Packers win.  Thompson has no regular season experience.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2008 SEASON:  D