Might as well titled this one “Troll Call.”

But I doubt it will. The numbers say if should happen, but I don’t think Fisher will risk making things worse this close to the playoffs.

Not saying that Vince wouldn’t play better than Collins, but you risk messing with team chemistry.

When would you do it? Start Vince against the Steelers? Throw a rusty QB in against the best defense in the league? Risk getting his confidence killed on the first game back?

Or do you wait until week 17 against the Colts? Start him in the last game of the regular season with the intention of starting him in the playoffs?

I am not sure any of those options are good. Of course, the other option is to just hope that Kerry Collins gets his act together.

I with you Jimmy. I don’t know what the correct answer is.

Check out Football Outsiders. They have VY 28th in DYAR for last year, and Collins is 14th this year.

There is a reason the backup qb is the most popular guy on the team.

Collins had one bad game. It happens to everyone. He’ll bounce back and be the consistent qb that the Titans’ offense is based around, a role that VY is not nearly as well-suited to fill.

2008 Kerry Collins* Passing: 537DYAR (14th) 13.2DVOA (13th) Rushing: 13DYAR 18.6 DVOA
2008 Vince Young Passing: -107DYAR -76.0% DVOA Rushing: less than 6 attempts

2007 Kerry Collins Passing: 118DYAR 15.3DVOA Rushing: less than 6 attempts
2007 Vince Young Passing: 74DYAR (28th) -8.4 (31st) Rushing 9DYAR, -7.9%

2006 Kerry Collins Passing: -205DYAR -45.8% DVOA Rushing: less than 8 attempts
2006 Vince Young Passing: 99DYAR (24th) -6.9DVOA (25th) Rushing 58DYAR 3.1 DVOA

*=through 13 weeks, it won’t be updated for yesterday until tomorrow

With the exception of the stretch that got him benched and started VY’s career Kerry Collins has been way way way way way better than Young. Even Collins Meltdown wasn’t as bad as VYs, Collins just got a longer leash.

Yesterday was a terrible performance from wire-to-wire (even the 2nd quarter heroics were against very soft coverage), but Kerry has earned enough this year to not be benched. If he craps the bed again this weekend, however, he’ll have squandered all of the good will he’s built up this year.

We also have to remember that as bad as Kerry was, we’d have won the game on most Sundays (if Bironas gets a shot at the FG).

kerry is good enough to win games, because the other team scores 17 points or less. if we don’t have albert, that number might double.
in 2007, the titans allowed 15.5 points per game when albert played, and 32.3 points per game he didn’t play.
all this is to say, kerry collins alone cannot get this offense to score enough points to win games against good teams if our defense loses it’s most dominant force. it’s time to let vince make plays WITH HIS LEGS, and maybe a few throws, to open up the offense more

If Collins sucks again in the 1st half of the Steelers game, I want Vince Young to come in. Although I think that’s not gonna happen.

I still can’t figure out why Fisher didn’t go for the FG. Maybe his philosophy has changed a bit. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t be surprised if VY plays in the Steelers game.

I’m not concerned though if we go in limping to the playoffs. We have a bye week anyway. That will be enough time for KVB and Big Al to heal up.

I think Collins should remain the starter. I’m a big fan of maintaining team chemistry, but I also think VY should have played yesterday. If a player sucks as bad as Collins sucked yesterday, they should be benched.

WIth the exception 2 or 3 games, I think Collins has played poor to mediocre. I’m not saying VY would have been better, but Collins has been bad.

Everyone knows how I feel about Vince, so my going any further is rather pointless.

I only want KC if he can do something that VY cannot do, hit open WRs downfield. If he cannot do that, then VY is the clearly better option because he offers more abilities in the short-passing and running games.

we go with Kerry this week… For the whole game regardless of how he plays.

If he is ineffective again, we replace him with Vince the following week, let him get the starting nod against Indy.

Give Kerry the week off… If Vince is good he stays starter, if not go back to Kerry for the playoffs.

Sounds ridiculous, but Kerry can handle it. He’s a pro’s pro.

I don’t think we need to lose our minds over this.

First of all, coach needs to sit McCairens. Just give up on the guy; he can’t make plays, and his hands might as well be frying pans.

Bulluck needs to take Feisty Finnegan and knock some sense into him. His little “in your face” routine is too over-the-top, and his aggressiveness cost us dearly yesterday.

Kerry Collins is entitled to a bad day. The team is committed to a given path and the correct move is to see it through to its conclusion. Fortunately, Kerry has lots of big game experience. We’re in bed with this guy, so let’s be supportive. If he fails, then he fails. He’s earned some patience and respect from us.

With KVB and Fat Albert shut down for the year, the coaching staff could realistically make this change under the pretense of “resting starters for the playoffs.”

Start VY, start Hawkins at WR, activate Chris Henry and give him some in-game carries to determine whether or not he’s going to have a job next year, and write the next 2 weeks off.

I don’t think it’s going to happen, but that’s what I would do if I were head coach.

I’m not a Titans fan, I’m an impartial observer, so I’m a little surprised to read these responses. I live here in Memphis, and as y’all know, we have Titans games every week, so I have to watch them (don’t have Sunday Ticket). In 2007 they went to the playoffs in SPITE of Vince Young, not because of him. A better qb, and I think last year’s team could have made a deeper playoff run.
Obviously Collins is not a long term solution, and Young is, but changing on your twelve win quarterback now just because you lost to a team you normally dominate is a knee-jerk reaction at best. Whatcha gonna do if you put Young in against Pittsburgh, he throws two picks and fumbles in the red zone (Young is turnover prone-this is most likely to happen, especially since he’s been riding pine since week 1)? Complain that Chris SImms should get the ball?
My team is the Rams, and my team sucks. So I’ve actually enjoyed watching a talented team like the Titans this year. Yeah, Kerry Collins is as boring as shit. And yeah, he can’t win the game by himself. But I can guarantee this – you put Vince Young in, and I know that he’ll LOSE you the Pittsburgh game by himself -and you’ll kiss off home field advantage, and the Super Bowl. Cause you ain’t gonna take out this Steelers team in Heinz Field in January.
Stick with Collins on Sunday, win the damn ball game, and get your home field.

You are exploring the idea of VY :-)

I have to admit there have been several times the past couple of weeks that I think that it would be nice to see what young would do. He is definitely a different kind of weapon and we are a different kind of team with him. I have read through all 80 posts and I agree with what a lot of you fellow Titans fans have said. i think Dannoe said it best we he said “only want KC if he can do something that VY cannot do, hit open WRs downfield. If he cannot do that, then VY is the clearly better option”.

However….the thought of Fisher going with Young would be like 1999 when the Bills went with Rob Johnson over Doug Flutie. Flutie had started for a while and I believe Johnson just played the last game of the regular season (maybe an injury to Flutie). Anyway, Johnson got the nod amidst much controversy. Johnson went out and played a great game in the playoffs and pretty much kept the critics of Wade Phillips’ back. The Bills lost that game, something like a homerun throwback or something like that :) Anyway, that move worked out for the Bills…I just don’t see fisher being that ballsy. It would be like going for it on 4th and short instead of trying a FG. Fisher just doesn’t do that….er…. On that topic, I still don’t blame Fisher for the loss. I was shocked and wish they had attemped a FG, but we win with Fish, we lose with Fish. What I really didn’t like was the play call. I’m not a fan on throwing deep on 3rd or 4th and short…it worked at Jax, but I just don’t like it.

Anyway, as much as I would like to see VY play a little, I just don’t think it’s the best idea. Stick with Collins. Like has been said above, who would of thought we would be 12-2? I would love to beat Pitt and get homefield advantage throughout….but honestly… a semifinal game against the Colts scares me to death. The number 2 seed may be the best thing. But who knows. Keep believing friends, we can do something special!