Sure, 26-year old Vince Young got his starting job back and he played pretty well but the Titans still expect more out of him.  Young played in 12 games for the Titans this year and he completed 152 of 259 passes (58.7%) for 1,879 yards with 10 TD passes and 7 INTs (82.8 QB Rating).  Young also carried the ball 55 times for 281 yards (5.1 ypc) with 2 TD runs this year.  Young has now played in 45 games in his NFL career 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 also carried the ball 239 times for 1,255 yards (5.3 ypc) with 12 TD runs in his career.  Young is not the most consistent player in the NFL so it will be interesting to see if his solid play continues into 2010.

37-year old QB Kerry Collins lost his starting job pretty much because Owner Bud Adams took it away from him.  Collins played in 7 games for the Titans this 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).  Collins also carried the ball 11 times for 15 yards (1.4 ypc) with 1 TD run this season.  Collins has now played in 185 games in his NFL career and 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).  He also has carried the ball 362 times for 686 yards (1.9 ypc) with 10 TD runs in his career.  Collins has a good shot of returning to the Titans in 2010 because head coach Jeff Fisher likes him.

24-year old RB LenDale White has pretty much disappeared from the Titans’ offense and he isn’t happy about it.  He has played in 11 games this season for the Titans and he has carried the ball 63 times for 221 yards (3.5 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  He has also caught 2 passes for 12 yards (6.0 avg) this year.  It’s hard to blame the Titans for riding Chris Johnson this season as he has been spectacular.  I have a feeling that LenDale White is going to want out of town because he probably thinks that he should still be playing.  White has played in 56 games in his four years with the Titans and he has carried the ball 627 times for 2,348 yards (3.7 ypc) with 24 TD runs.  He has also caught 41 passes for 202 yards (4.9 avg) with the Titans in his career.  I have a feeling that the Titans will try to trade White in the off-season as long as Johnson doesn’t get hurt.

The fact that the Titans are sticking with Kerry Collins as the starting QB proves that they have no confidence that Vince Young is the QB of the future for them.  Collins has completed 106 of 185 passes (57.3%) for 1,078 yards with 5 TD passes and 7 INTs (67.4 QB Rating) so far this season.  Vince Young is 0 for 3 passing this season and he has 1 carry for 6 yards.  Vince Young has appeared to burn a lot of bridges in Tennessee and it’s uncertain whether he will get a chance to start this season.  He has played in 34 games in his NFL career and he has completed 444 of 778 passes (57.1%) for 4,964 yards with 22 TD passes and 32 INTs (68.5 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 185 times for 980 yards (5.3 ypc) with 10 TD runs.  In order to carry Vince Young as a starting QB you have to have a great running game (which the Titans do have) and a good defense because he is a terrible passer, period!

The Tennessee Titans are now 0-4 and their quarterback Kerry Collins has not been playing well.  Collins has thrown at least one interception every game, and has two in each of the last two games.  He is completing 56% of his passes and has five touchdowns and six interceptions with a QB rating of 68.9.  He is playing nothing like he did last year, when the Titans went 13-3 and won the AFC South.  The Titans coach Jeff Fisher is sticking with Collins though, stating “Kerry gives us our best chance to win.”

I think Fisher is lying to himself and I know Collins has not gotten much help or protection, but its obvious the 36-year-old does not give them their best chance to win after an 0-4 start.  They also have the 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year, Vince Young, waiting on the sidelines.  The situation is very similar to 2006, when Collins was benched after an 0-3 start and Vince Young replaced him and went 8-5.  All of the blame should not fall on Collins though, as the whole Titans team has not played well so far this season, but its obvious a change is needed so why not go with Vince Young?

The Tennessee Titans are allowing 274.7 yards passing per game this season and opposing QBs have a rating of 100.7!  That is just not acceptable from a veteran secondary like the Titans have.  Safeties Chris Hope and Michael Griffin are not doing a good job of negating deep passes.  Hope has 21 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 3 passes defensed and a interception this season but he’s getting bad reads on the football often causing disaster.  Griffin has 16 tackles, 1 forced fumble and he has defensed 1 pass.  He is more of a run enforcer for the Titans.  CBs  Nick Harper and Cortland Finnegan have also had issues in coverage this year.  Harper has 26 tackles to lead the secondary but he just hasn’t made many plays on the football.  Finnegan was great last season but this year has been different.  He has made 17 tackles, has defensed 1 pass and he has 1 interception.  The Titans have 7 sacks this season so pressure on the QB is not an issue.  The Titans have been awesome against the run allowing only 60.7 yards rushing and 2.2 yards per carry so if the secondary steps up they could have an incredible defense going forward.