The Titans will be going with 27-year old Vince Young at QB from the get go in 2010.  Young played in 12 games for the Titans last season in which he completed 152 of 259 passes (58.7%) for 1,879 yards with 10 TD passes and 7 INTs (82.8 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 55 times for 281 yards (5.1 ypc) with 2 TD runs last year.  Young has now played in 45 games in his career with the Titans and he has completed 596 of 1,034 passes (57.6%) for 6,843 yards with 32 TD passes and 39 INTs (72.3 QB Rating).  Young has carried the ball 239 times in his career for 1,255 yards (5.3 ypc) with 12 TD runs in his career.  Young has led the Titans to a 26-13 record as a starting QB and they hope he can get them back to the playoffs in 2010.

37-year old Kerry Collins was the starting QB when 2009 began for the Titans but he lost the job to Vince Young because he didn’t play too well.  Collins played in 7 games for the Titans last season and he completed 119 of 216 passes (55.1%) for 1,225 yards with 6 TD passes and 8 INTs (65.5 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 11 times for 15 yards (1.4 ypc) with a TD run for the Titans.  Collins has now played in 185 games in his NFL career in which he has completed 3,279 of 5,885 passes (55.7%) for 38,618 yards with 192 TD passes and 187 INTs (73.5 QB Rating).  Collins has also carried the ball 362 times for 686 yards (1.9 ypc) with 10 TD runs in his career.  Collins has a 79-91 (46.5%) record as a starting QB in his NFL career.  The Titans better keep Collins or they will have to pray that Vince Young stays healthy because Chris Simms stinks.

For some reason the Titans signed 29-year old Chris Simms to a 1-year deal.  Quite simply, this guy stinks and the Titans would be in HUGE trouble if this guy took any snaps for them in 2010.  Simms played in 3 games for the Broncos last season and he completed 5 of 17 passes (29.4%) for 23 yards with 0 TD passes and 1 INT (15.1 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 3 times for -4 yards (-1.3 ypc) last year.  Simms has now played in 23 games in his NFL career and he has completed 297 of 511 passes (58.1%) for 3,117 yards with 12 TD passes and 18 INTs (69.1 QB Rating).  Simms also has carried the ball 33 times for 48 yards (1.5 ypc) with 1 TD run in his NFL career.

The Titans drafted Rusty Smith out of Florida Atlantic in the 6th round of the draft with the idea of stashing him on the practice squad.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE TITANS QBs in 2010:  C

The Titans have picked DT David Howard out of Brown with the 241st overall pick (7th round) of the NFL Draft.  He is 6′3″, 290 pounds and he runs a 5.03 40.  He had 30 tackles, 6 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and he blocked 1 kick last season for Brown.  This pick looks like a reach as not many draft experts thought he would get picked at all.

The Titans have picked WR Marc Mariani out of Montana with the 222nd overall pick (7th round) of the NFL Draft.  He is a little on the small side at 6′0″, 181 pounds and he runs a 4.51 40.  While not having elite speed Mariani is a tough little guy who knows how to get open.  He played in 15 games for Montana last season and he caught 80 passes for 1,479 yards (18.5 avg).  He didn’t stop there as he also returned 32 punts for 507 yards (15.8 avg) with 1 TD return and he also returned 5 kickoffs for 199 yards (39.8 avg) with a TD return.  In his four years at Montana, Mariani played in 56 games in which he caught 164 passes for 3,018 yards (18.4 avg) with 29 TD grabs.  He also returned 83 punts for 1,243 yards (15.0 avg) with 3 TDs and he returned 42 kickoffs for 1,158 yards (27.6 avg) with a TD.  Mariani will have to make the team based on his special teams play before he gets a legit chance to play WR.

The Titans have picked safety Myron Rolle with the 207th overall pick (6th round) of the NFL Draft.  He is 6′1″, 215 pounds and he runs a 4.62 40.  Rolle is very smart as he graduated from Florida State in 2.5 years earning himself a Rhodes Scholar.  He didn’t play football last season as he was studying in England at Oxford University.  He played in 38 games in his three years at Florida State in which he had 206 tackles, 7 tackles for a loss, he broke up 12 passes, had 1 interception, he forced 1 fumble and he had 1 sack.  Rolle will likely have to win his initial roster spot on special teams before he gets a chance to play any defense with the Titans.

The Titans have picked QB Rusty Smith out of Florida Atlantic with the 176th overall pick (6th round) of the NFL Draft.  Smith has nice size at 6′5″, 230 pounds and he has the arm to make all of the throws in the NFL.  But this is going to be a huge step up in competition so they will be bringing him along slowly.  Hopefully he doesn’t learn anything from Chris Simms over the summer.  Smith completed 145 of 253 passes (57.3%) for 1,915 yards with 14 TD passes and 5 INTs.  He completed 768 passes for 1,361 passes (56.4%) for 10,113 yards with 76 TD passes and 36 INTs.  Smith will likely be the #3 or #4 QB for the Titans as a rookie.