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1/26: Per ESPN, Coach Fisher has informed Kerry that he wants him back as the starter next season. No real contract talks have occurred but it looks like Kerry will be leading the Titans at least through 2009.

1/21: Thanks to Favre's annuanl Pro Bowl invitation turn down and Rivers injury, Kerry Collins is going to the Pro Bowl.

I've been reading about possible VY and KC scenarios as it applies to the Lions. Some think Schwartz will try to go after KC and Haynesworth. Maybe Haynesworth will go where the biggest contract is at, but I find it hard to believe if the Titans offered KC a contract to be the starter that he would even consider the Lions, even if they quadrupled the Titans offer. He's not at a place in his career where he wants to take a chance on a team being able to rebuild quickly, Dolphins not included, most teams can't turn it around that fast so why would KC in his right mind even give it a thought. The other scenario I read was that the Lions would trade away their first round pick to get Young. So let's see, you just went 0-16, let's trade for a QB that has not proven he is willing to work hard and seemingly did not want to go back into a game because he was booed. A game he was winning! You really think he would be able to take the abuse of the Lions fans?? Really? Really? Hey, I want Kerry guaranteed the starter as much as the next person but for the Lions to take such a huge chance on VY when their franchise is in shambles is absolutely ridiculous. Any one who watched the Cardinals game Sunday could plainly see the difference in the way Leinart and Young have handled being back-ups. Leinart looked engaged in the game, he was paying attention and looked ready to go if called upon. He was right there when Warner came off the field, and easily visible on the sidelines the whole game. It's got to be hard to come out of college so heralded and be riding the bench but he at least he looks to be handling it like a pro and trying to learn all he can so he can be ready when his turn comes. If the Lions want to trade for someone, why not take a chance on a guy like Leinart.

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1/13: Kerry has now stated that if he does not get an offer to be a starter for Tennessee or any other team he will retire. He would like to stay with Tennessee but obviously they've got some decisions to make regarding Vince Young. Although they have stated they would like to resign KC and Chris Simms. On the VY note, did anyone actually catch a glimpse of him during the game. I've read so much about how uninvolved he is during games, and that he doesn't seem to pay attention or stand with the other quarterbacks when they are reviewing pictures or general game plan and apparently those reports are right on. I saw Chris Simms several times standing along the sideline, at least appearing like he was trying to stay involved and watch the game. Then I read today that VY was sitting on the bench most of the game all by himself. I realize it's not so fun to be a back-up but at any point the starter could be injured and you have to be ready to jump in the game, how in the hell can you do that when you are not even watching the game. It just doesn't make sense to me.

1/12: Sometimes things just aren't meant to be, but it really burns when you end a game with so many what-if's. At least UNC lost last night and Duke beat FSU on Saturday, bright spots in an otherwise dreary weekend. Now begins contract watch '09.

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1/9: All I've read about this week is the Ravens scary defense and their harassment of Pennington. So the stat I was most interested in comparing was the number of times Pennington was sacked in the regular season to the number of sacks allowed by the Titans. Pennington was sacked 24 times, VY and KC just 12. In my opinion that will be the most important part of the game. Obviously there is a good chance the Ravens will seriously impair the running game but if the O-line can give KC time, the Titans can get it done. I don't think the Ravens or the Titans are the same teams they were in game 5 of the regular season so I don't think it's really fair to use their previous meeting as a predictor of what might happen. It's about 27 hours before game time and I'm just ready to stop reading and start watching.

We close with a little Phil Simms, a genius among his peers and the greatest commentator in sports today, except for Dickie V:

"If I hadn’t won [a Super Bowl], I would’ve been in the NFL coaching. I’d have been fired a couple of times. And I’d be bitter. I’m not even being funny. That is probably the truth. … When people write and categorize him [Collins] ‘journeyman quarterback’ -- I know he’s been with a few teams -- but he’s thrown for a tremendous amount of yards. And when you look at what he has done this year … it’s hard for the national media to give him credit because the pizzazz is not there. … Kerry Collins is extremely capable and has been terrific this year. He just happens to play for a team that has a lot of good components and we’re just undervaluing what he has done."

1/6: Kerry's record in the playoffs is 3-3 [wins in '96(Cowboys), '00(Eagles, Vikings), losses in '96(Packers), '00(Ravens), and '02(49ers)].

1/5: Bring on the Ravens.

News

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1/2: Kerry was second in the comeback player of the year award voting, Pennington won it for the second time. And I failed to mention KC is one of the three alternates at QB for the Pro Bowl. BTW, am I the only one who thinks playing the Pro Bowl a week before the Super Bowl is stupid. It virtually guarantees that guys who are in the NFC/AFC Championship games won't be there and obviously any player in the SB won't be there. Who is going to be left?

12/30: Happy 36th Birthday, Kerry!

12/29: Wow, I see why so many folks were calling for VY to start. Apparently all those folks were closet Kerry Collins fans and wanted to make sure he got a big contract for next season and with Vince's performance yesterday, I think KC may be on his way.

I didn't see the game, not that there was much to see, but I thought that VY might a least get a few points on the board. The Colts were resting their starters, too, and still, 0. I personally saw this game as Vince's chance to prove he could be a real quarterback, i.e., throw the ball. Alas, it doesn't look like he proved anything except that apparently he is oblivious to the fact (check his quotes in the news below) that he didn't do very well. As for all the ''he was rusty'' b.s. Sorgi did ok, and frankly when you are the back-up you don't get to use that excuse. A back-up's job

Stats
	Comp	Att	Yds	Td	Int
12/28	1	2	0	1	0
YTD	242	415	2677	12	7

is to perform when called upon no matter how long it's been since he last played. If KC had taken over at the beginning of the season and gone 0-3, would everybody just let him use the ''I'm rusty'' excuse. Nope, VY would have been back in and KC's chance would have been gone. You have to be ready to at any moment. And another thing, all those haters who kept insisting the Titans would have been just as good with VY all season. Now what? What's that? Oh, that's right, VY was rusty, otherwise he would have made Kerry look like a fool. Yeah, keep telling yourselves that. And Leinart will light it up as soon as he gets his chance.

Switching topics a tiny bit, what was Tomlin thinking?? I'm glad he give Cowher something else to talk about other than stomping on a towel, but what did he hope to accomplish keeping Ben in there. You have the bye, you can't get home field, and you have nothing to prove by beating the Browns. And there goes your QB immobilized on a stretcher. I just don't get it.

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12/22: Why do so many talking heads make excuses for teams who shall remain nameless when they lose but when other teams who shall remain nameless lose it's that they were overrated to begin with. The Titans put the stank on the Steelers and they did it without Haynesworth. They absolutely proved that their record is for real and that they are for real on both sides of the ball and yet it still feels like most experts, and I use the term loosely, still cannot give them any respect. I exclude Phil Simms from that list because it seems the guy just might be a member of the KC Fan Club. Or maybe he's the only one who knows what he's talking about. And although I didn't like LenDale's stomping on the towel I don't think the incident needed to be treated like the end of the world. You never want to give a team bullentin board material but in the same vein, it the Steelers can't get amped for a rematch with the Titans after getting it handed to them yesterday then stepping on a towel ain't going to change much. But that's just my two cents.

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12/16: New pictures are here.

12/11: If you don't subscribe to Sports Illustrated, pick-up a copy at the newstand or check it out online. There's a piece on KC and his loooong journey and resurgence (don't call it a comeback, he's been here for years) in the NFL. I've only skimmed it online, the mail runs kind of slow out in the sticks, but it appears to mostly get it right, except for the never put up great individual numbers part. I guess those 36,000+ yds he's passed for(1 of 3 active QBs to reach that mark) doesn't qualify as a great individual statistic. Who knew?

12/10: He's not just a quarterback, read more about KC's burgeoning country music career here

Collins wants to start or will retire

Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry Collins says he sees two options after finishing his 14th season in the NFL: remain a starter, preferably with the Titans, or retire, he told The Tennessean.

The team would like to re-sign Collins, who just finished a two-year contract with the Titans. But coach Jeff Fisher wasn't prepared two days after being eliminated from this year's playoffs to declare his plans at quarterback for next year.

After leading the Titans to the NFL's best record before they lost to the Ravens in the playoffs, Collins told the newspaper, "I made my case known, that I'd like to be here and feel that I can be a part of several more good seasons. I have several good years left in me, I know that. I will pack up and go somewhere else. I don't want to, but that's the reality of this business. ... I am a starter in this league, and if nothing materializes that way I will retire."

Collins replaced Vince Young as the starter in the Titans' Week 1 win over the Jaguars and led the team to a 13-4 season. Young remained the backup as he was dogged by questions about his mental state, attitude and work ethic. Fisher said Young would be on the roster next season (Young has three years left on his contract) but also said he thinks Collins, who is 36, has two or three years of playing left. "Certainly getting Kerry back is important to us," Fisher told The Tennessean. "Kerry has no interest in backing up. He wants to start, and rightfully so. He has been adamant about that and he has the right to say that. We have a lot of time and we'll work things out."

Fisher also addressed the challenge facing Young next season. "We expect a 100 percent commitment from Vince. We'll accept nothing less than that," Fisher told the newspaper. "This is about Vince Young, and this is about spending the time here and about committing himself to the offseason program and just doing the best he can to make himself a better football player. And take advantage of the experience he gained this year even though he didn't play."