The Tennessee Titans (5-6) have become an entirely different football team in recent weeks, as they got their 5th straight win on Sunday, beating the Arizona Cardinals in the final seconds.  Earlier this season, it seemed as if nothing could go right for the Titans, but as soon as Vince Young became the starting quarterback the Titans became a different team on and off the field.  Young had one of the best games of his career, throwing for 387 yards and a game winning touchdown on 27/43 passes.  Chris Johnson also had a huge game for the Titans, rushing for 154 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.

The Titans defense played well in this game, but they did not have to face the Cardinals regular quarterback Kurt Warner.  Matt Leinart started in place of the injured Warner, and the Cardinals are just not the same team.  Leinart didn’t turn the ball over but he wasn’t able to make very many big plays and failed to find the endzone.  The special teams gave up a big play, which almost cost them the game.  With a 10 point lead late in the 3rd quarter the Titans gave up a 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown and the Cardinals rode that momentum to another score early in the 4th quarter, giving them the lead.  The Titans were not able to get much going until their final drive, when Young needed every second to lead them 99-yards to a game winning touchdown.

Vince Young and the Tennessee Titans (4-6) won their fourth straight, taking down the Houston Texans (5-5) in a close game.  It was the legs of Young and Chris Johnson that led the Titans to the win, combining for 224 rushing yards.  Johnson had 151 of those yards, and was a force in the running game. Young also was effective in the passing game, keeping the defense honest and going for 116 yards and a touchdown on 12/22 attempts.  Young did not throw any interceptions, but did lose a fumble.  Young was able to get the Titans’ in to field goal range late in the game, and Rob Bironas hit a 53-yarder with 47 seconds left to give the Titans the win.

The Titans defense had a hard time keeping Texans’ quarterback Matt Schaub in check.  Schaub went for 305 yards and 2 touchdowns on 25/39 attempts, but it wasn’t enough.  The defense did do a good job shutting the running game down, holding the Texans to only 57 rushing yards.  They were not able to get any turnovers, but they kept the Texans scoreless in the 4th quarter, which opened the door for Bironas’ game winning field goal.  The Titans are definitely a different team than the one who started 0-6, and Vince Young has a lot to do with that.

This game was tied 17-17 heading into the 4th quarter before the Titans exploded for 24 points in the 4th quarter.  Vince Young had another solid game for the Titans today as he completed 17 of 25 passes for 210 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 INT.  He also carried the ball 5 times for 29 yards (5.8 ypc) today.  Chris Johnson had a monster game for the Titans today with 132 yards rushing on 26 carries (5.1 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  He also caught 9 passes for 100 yards (11.1 avg) in this game against the Bills.  WRs Kenny Britt (2 rec, 55 yards) and Nate Washington (2 rec, 33 yards, TD) both had solid games for the Titans today in the passing game.  The Titans finished up with 378 total yards in this game (168 rushing, 210 passing).

The defense was led by linebacker Keith Bulluck today with 12 tackles.  CB Rod Hood also had a solid game for the Titans today with 3 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 pass defensed and a interception that he returned 31 yards for a TD in the 4th quarter.  Safety Vincent Fuller also returned a pickoff for a TD in the 4th quarter today (26 yards).  The Bills finished up with 296 total yards on offense (89 rushing, 207 passing) today.  The Titans are now 3-6 on the season.

Vince Young led the Tennessee Titans (2-6) to their second straight victory, beating the San Francisco 49ers (3-5) on the road.  Young didn’t put up any eye-popping numbers, going 12/19 for 172 yards, but the quarterback is a winner and proved that again Sunday.  Young made plays when they were needed and gave the Titans a touchdown with his legs on a 7-yard TD run early in the second quarter.  Chris Johnson had another huge day on the ground for the Titans, rushing for 135 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries.

The two teams were all tied up heading into the 4th quarter and the Titans got 10 points from their offense, and 7 from their defense.  Cortland Finnegan picked off 49ers’ quarterback Alex Smith and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown.  This was a big play for the Titans and pretty much sealed the deal for them.  The 49ers were able to answer with a touchdown, but there just wasn’t enough time for them to comeback as it put them down 7 with 39 seconds to play.  The Titans defense did a great job pressuring Smith.  They intercepted him three times, forced two fumbles, and sacked him four times.  They did give up 108 rushing yards, but they did enough to contain the 49ers offense and let Johnson, Young, and Titans offense take care of business.  This just proves that Young should have been starting much earlier this season.

 The Tennessee Titans finally got their first win of the year, as they topped the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.  The Titans offense looked much better with Vince Young under center. Young made his first start of the year and did a good job controlling the game and not turning the ball over.  He went an accurate 15/18 for 125 yards and a touchdown.  Chris Johnson was the one who won this game for the Titans though.  The running back went for a whopping 228 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries, including a 52-yard touchdown run and an 89-yard touchdown run.

The Titans defense did a good job defending the passing game, giving up only 139 yards through the air.  They also got two interceptions off Jaguars’ quarterback David Garrard and did not give up any touchdowns to him.  They failed miserably at stopping Maurice Jones Drew, and thankfully for the Titans sake the Jaguars’ did not give Jones-Drew the ball very often.  Jones-Drew rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns on just eight carries.  The Titans obviously gave up some huge plays to Jones-Drew, but they did enough to hold the Jags to only 13 points.  This was a big win for the Titans and it looks like they probably should have went to Vince Young earlier in the season.