2009 season out-of-expectation: Titans and Vince Young

Losing his starting job to Kerry Collins during training camp, the quarterback in No.10 Tennessee Titans jersey waited long enough to get the job back, with the help from Titans fans and team owner Bud Adams, who together forced coach Jeff Fisher to change his mind while he was still believing that Collins could bring bigger winning chance even after the No. 5 led the Titans to nothing but six consecutive losses, including a 0-59 loss to the New England Patriots on Oct. 18.


Since the first game Young started for the Titans this season, he had proved how correct the fans and Adams were and how wrong Fisher had been. Winning one game may be nothing but luck, but leading the team to five consecutive victories did tell something. How many fans the 0-6 start frustrated, and then there were as many or more fans who were inspired by the eight victories of the last ten games.

Although eventually the Titans failed to grab the chance of entering postseason games, Vince has set up his position with the team. His performance since taking over Collins to be starter was just good enough to convince Fisher that he was the very starting quarterback for the Titans next season.