Since opening the 2008 regular season with 10 straight victories, the Titans have gone 3-9.
In light of all that, it’s easy to see why, for starters, the veteran quarterback has lost the faith of the team’s fans.
Tennesseans have grown restless with Kerry Collins. They now want to see Vince Young.
As of last Wednesday afternoon, 70 percent of the voters in a Tennessean.com poll said the backup quarterback should be the starter in this past Sunday night’s game against the Indianapolis Colts at LP Field.
This would be the same Vince Young who has hoisted far more interceptions (32) than touchdown passes (22) over the course of a career that has been neither inspiring nor stable.
Still, in the wake of a 31-9 loss to the Colts that saw him fail to direct the team to a touchdown, don’t expect Collins’ approval rate to spike in Tennessee this week.
With seven interceptions in 185 pass attempts this year, Collins has equaled the number of picks he tossed in 2007-2008 combined when he threw 497 times. Collins closed out the Titans’ 24-17 loss to the New York Jets with 13 straight incompletions.
The problem is, the Titans’ woes go well beyond whether to play the subpar old quarterback or the subpar young quarterback.
While their signal caller is flailing, opponents’ quarterbacks are flourishing.
With the exception of New York Jets rookie Mark Sanchez, the Titans have allowed every quarterback they’ve seen this season to throw for more than 300 yards.
