At least he was able to answer the question with complete thoughts. When I read the title, I half expected his response to be “duh… I dunno. Who are the Titans again?”

I can respect that he doesn’t expect Collins to be able to do it again next year.

I still have to say that 17 is ridiculous. Sure, losing Fat Albert will hurt, but I still don’t think the Titans will have a dramatic dropoff next year. A dropoff – yeah, but not a big one.

Assuming is a huge part in predicting pre-preseason rankings…Naturally we’re to assume Kerry isn’t going to put up the numbers he did last season…but whats the difference in assuming that, and saying Peyton gets hurt tomorrow during OTA’s…that puts the Colts at 30th in my poll. I understand the next response is going to be “track records” and such…but if i remember correctly nobody dropped the steelers 10 or so spots “assuming” Roethlisberger chose not to wear a helmet and ride a motorcycle…he had a pretty good “track record” before that….look, all i’m saying is we should put a lil more focus on last seasons numbers and not so much in “what ifs”…after all…“what if” we chose anyone not named Chris Johnson last draft? Just sayin…Keep it Blue, Even on a sunny day Titans….always keep it Blue!

Matt Willamson and Matt Millen….hmmm…not feelin the first name “Matt” right now….Keep it Blue baby…always keep it Blue!

Can somebody text me/call me and explain how to do this….281-854-8108….cant wait to hear from you SuperHorn……thanks everybody

I think it’s VERY fair to call what KC did last year “system quarterbacking.” He played behind a strong O-Line, with a very strong running game, and though he had a few games where he had to throw a lot, he ALWAYS threw against a defense that was stacked against the RUN first. Because, look, if the other team backed that 8th guy out of the box, it was an easy audible to hand it to CJ, and he was an incredible breakaway threat last year against EVERYONE.

Bottom line, a large measure of KC’s success came because he was consistently throwing against Cover 3. I’m not knocking the guy by saying that, either. I’m merely explaining how a 35-year-old guy could suddenly have a breakout year.

And no, KC is not and never will be Peyton Manning, who certainly doesn’t need the other team to stay in Cover 3 to be successful. But if the Titans can again protect with their O-Line—and there is no reason to think that they cannot—and if they can again run the ball effectively—and again there is no reason to think that they won’t be able to, and in fact, it looks like they may actually be BETTER in the run with the addition by subtraction of replacing Chris Henry—then we can reasonably expect KC to have another good year. Because arm-strength is the last thing to go on a QB and because if you decide, “Hey, I’m afraid of KC passing on us, so let me move back to a standard Cover 2,” then CJ will ASSUREDLY torch your defense.

I’m not sure I quite get the whole “Kerry Collins had a career year in 2008” argument. Yes, he went to the Pro Bowl, and yes he was the leader of a team that went 13-3. And he even won a few games for us with his arm. But that’s the whole idea behind a quarterback.

The thing that really stood out for me about Kerry last season was his leadership on the field. His passing numbers weren’t otherworldly (23rd in yards and QB rating, 25th in TDs). Is it really so absurd that with an improved receiving corps and a potentially improved rushing attack (with a slimmed down LenDale and a more seasoned and hungrier CJ) to think that Collins will surpass his production in 2008 without an equal rise in turnovers? I’m not saying that I think Collins will magically throw for 30 or even 20 TDs this year with fewer than 10 picks, but I think it’s absurd to say that Collins can’t do any better than he did last year. There’s no reason to think that his leadership or judgment will be any less than it was last year, and the offense surrounding him has only gotten better. If you want to downgrade the Titans, do so on account of the loss of Albert, not because of the offense.