Vince Young’s Amazing 99 yard Drive
Week 12 had more than a few games come down to the wire, but none more impressive than Vince Young’s amazing comeback against the Cardinals. Young improved to 23-11 in his career by driving the Titans 99 yards on 18 plays in the final 2:37.
Pack your bags Kerry Collins, Vince Young looks like he has given the Titans season hope while growing into the quarterback that can lead this team to more than an early playoff exit. With help from other Wildcard teams losing on Sunday, the Titans find themselves back in the race and actually have a shot to go to the playoffs.
Vince Young’s career-high 387 passing yards were the most by a Titans QB since Billy Volek had 492 on Dec. 19, 2004 vs. the Raiders.
While the world celebrates the accomplishments of Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, the lights shine just as much on Kerry Collins and Vince Young. Only, for Collins and Young, it’s a different light.
Yep, the two Titans’ quarterbacks are battling in an old-fashioned quarterback controversy, but in reverse. Most of the time, a team studies two quarterbacks, grills them, tests them, to see which of the two good quarterbacks can become great. In this case, both failed at one time or another- while shining at other times- and they are being tested to decide which one of them can at least become adequate enough to lead the team out of the 0-fer column.
After three days of mulling, Tennessee Coach Jeff Fisher named VY the starter for this week’s match-up against Jacksonville, with the apparent aid of Titans owner Bud Adams. Adams openly stated that he wanted to see more of Young, the 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year.
And while starting Young seems to be the best decision for the team (Collins sunk to an all-time low on Oct. 18 when he completed just 2 of 12 passes for minus-7 yards), let’s not forget that Young has seen his own share of downward spiraling.
In fact, the culmination of VY’s descent to the bench came against this week’s opponent in 2008. Young was picked off twice and sprained his knee in the season opener against the Jaguars. Not exactly what the Titans were looking for after a dismal 2007 season in which he threw only 9 TD’s and was intercepted 17 times. Furthermore, Young was quoted as saying after his rookie season in
The Tennessee Titans now sit at the bottom of the AFC south with a 0-5 record. Quarterback Kerry Collins has been doing an adequate job, averaging 216 yards per game, with 5 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, however all of the talk surrounding the water cooler is in regard to Vince Young taking snaps.
Should Vince Young get the start for the miserable Tennessee Titans, or should they keep rolling with Kerry Collins the “seasoned vet” ? A more in-depth look at the Titans season will help make this decision easier.
The Titans offense has been a middle of the pack unit when it comes to picking up yards, ranking 17th in the NFL with 336 yards per game, they also rank 24th in the league in scoring with 16.8 points per game. It’s fair to say that this offense is struggling in comparison with its tremendous success last season, but is it fair to say that Kerry Collins has been the reason?
The issue in Tennessee is a defensive issue. Allowing 27.9 points per game (ranked 29thin the league) the Titans are simply defeating themselves. Losing the time of possession battle
