The Titans just didn’t play well enough to win this game Saturday Night in Cleveland.  Kerry Collins started the game and he was efficient completing 11 of 14 passes for 102 yards with 1 TD pass.  Vince Young played the rest of the game and he was mostly good completing 17 of 24 passes for 174 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  The pickoff was returned 11 yards for a TD by Browns’ LB Alex Hall.  Young also carried the ball 2 times for 20 yards (10.0 ypc).  Chris Johnson led the Titans in rushing in this game with 27 yards on 7 carries (3.9 ypc).  Justin Gage led the way in the passing game for the Titans against the Browns as he caught 6 passes for 57 yards (9.5 avg) with 1 TD.  The Titans finished up with 355 total yards in this game (83 rushing, 272 passing).

CB Jason McCourty (9 tackles) and S Michael Griffin (5 tackles, sack) led the way for the Titans’ D in this game.  The Browns finished up with 312 total yards on offense (75 rushing, 237 passing) in this game.

The Titans fell to 2-1 on the preseason with the beating they took in Dallas last Friday Night.  Kerry Collins was solid in this game completing 8 of 11 passes for 55 yards with 1 TD pass.  But the rest of the QB play was pathetic in this game.  Vince Young was next up and he completed only 3 of 9 passes for 33 yards with a interception.  Patrick Ramsey finished up the game and he wasn’t much better completing only 3 of 10 passes for 52 yards.  Javon Ringer led the Titans in rushing again in this game with 33 yards on 5 carries (6.6 ypc).  Rookie TE Jared Cook led the way in the passing game again for the Titans with 3 catches for 34 yards (11.3 avg).  Justin Gage pitched in with 2 grabs for 27 yards (13.5 avg) with a TD.  The Titans only finished up with 191 yards of total offense (51 rushing, 140 passing) in this game and they only had possession of the football for 19:03 of the game!  This was a putrid display of offense by the Titans.

Linebacker Keith Bulluck led a terrible effort by the Titans’ defensive players with 7 tackles in this game.  The Titans did hold the Cowboys to only 3.2 ypc despite giving up 111 yards rushing.  But, the pass defense was terrible as the Cowboys completed 32 of 45 passes for 355 yards.  I know this is only the preseason but this was a truly awful effort from the Titans.

The Titans have waived the injured 25-year old WR/PR/KR Chris Davis.  Davis played in 5 games (0 starts) for the Titans last season and he caught 2 passes for 31 yards (15.5 avg).  He also returned 2 punts for 6 yards (3.0 avg) and 4 kickoffs for 119 yards (29.8 avg).  In two seasons with the Titans, Davis played in 17 games (0 starts) in which he caught 7 passes for 69 yards (9.9 avg) and he carried the ball 2 times for 19 yards (9.5 ypc).  He also returned 33 punts for 299 yards (9.1 avg) and 6 kickoffs for 156 yards (26.0 avg) for the Titans.  Some team might give Davis a look when he gets healthy.

The Titans have released 26-year old center Doug Datish.  Datish played in the first two pre-season games for the Titans this season but he has no real game NFL experience.  The signing of Justin Lehr recently made Datish very expendable.

The Titans have signed 30-year old C/G Justin Lehr to a 1-year contract.  Lehr played in 13 games (3 starts) for the Saints last season.  He has now played in 98 games (51 starts) in his 8 year NFL career.  This was a good move by the Titans as Lehr is a very versatile offensive lineman.