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What's up with the Titans and low-Wonderlic-scoring quarterbacks? Vince Young had a 6, and we see what came of that: failure to perform at the high level required to be an NFL starting quarterback. Granted, Jake Locker has a 20, but his was the lowest Wonderlic score amongst the Titan's possible QB selections...

Brock Huard offered his reaction in Thursday's Blue 42:

"I think what's most important here - and unfortunate for Jake - is that he's last amongst his peers. This is all a competition. This is all a grading. This isn't the end-all, be-all. It's still 80 percent about his play on the field and his accuracy.

"But unfortunately for him, what you do through this process is you look at these guys, you look at the five, six, seven prospects - Ponder, Dalton, Mallett, Newton, Gabbert - OK, how do you all stack up against each other? What's your height? What's your weight? What's your 40? How far can you throw it? What's your film look like? And unfortunately for Jake, you just don't ever want to be last in that race. You don't want to be behind Mallett and Newton and Dalton, which he is.

"He's a 20. Is that awful? No. Have there been Pro Bowl quarterbacks, one in particular, that got a nine on that score? Yes there was. I played against him when I was in Indianapolis. That is concerning. I remember (other guys had scores of) nine, 10, 11. Those are concerning numbers. (But) 20 is definitely not ideal."

A few of the photos I've had a chance to review.

Busy times, man! For that I'm thankful, really.

The Titans finally win a game, breaking the run of six straight losses. Fisher still has a job. For now. But who knows what Bud (Got Aricept?) Adams will do after the season is over? Meh.

I'm pulling for the Eagles now. Michael Vick is a good story.

Here's some photos, below the fold.
...clicky to embiggen.

By boat, train and bridge they came.

Most were happy, cold notwithstanding. Some can't be pleased.

Cheerleaders wearing Elf Outfits!

...dancing with their shadows.

Chris Johnson avoiding DE Antonio Smith long enough to make a 1st Down.

Love in the Stands! This spontaneous display of affection gets attention from many onlookers

Jeff Fisher, 4th Quarter, seems pensive.

So Long!

And so the season fades away, with a wimpy whimper from uninspired players.

I've never seen a more dismal bunch of players on the field, ever. This game was mailed in; these players had anything on their minds other than playing football in near-freezing temperatures.

Why is there no Titans 'team spirit', no player-excitement on the field? I'll tell you why.

These guys are leaderless. There's no team leader on offense; there's no sparkplug on the defense. Sorry, Kerry Collins, but you're uninspiring, and can't motivate. And on defense, where's our Ray Lewis?

This game was a joke. Yes, there was much booing from what fans were there.

Now they sit at 5-7, with Indianapolis coming in Thursday night (a beaten-down Colts squad, but that doesn't matter; Jacksonville is likely winning the AFC South). We've four games left: two with the Colts, one against Houston, and one at Kansas City. I don't see how we can win any of them, unless we have a major change of attitude, coming from...whom?

I know it, I should be so "Gloom, despair and agony on me!". Didn't help that I froze my arse off, and sat close enough to feel the uninspired radiating from the team.

Sigh. Some pics...

Maurice Jones-Drew is one slippery midget.

Rashad Jennings ran in a TD

Rusty Smith watches me watching the lovely Titans Cheerleaders

Actually, I blame the special teams unit, the coach thereof, or maybe even our head coach, for his lack of foresight of the opponent's possible plays. Let's set this up...

The wind was blowing north to south; Denver had to kick into the wind, on that important what should have been their final kickoff of the game, at around the 2 minutes remaining; we had the lead, 20-16, and all looked set and in the bag. This kills me: our coach(es) had to know Denver would be kicking short, right? But return man Marc Mariani was all the way back to near the goal line, as if there was no wind, and he expected a normal kickoff.

And the Denver sideline knew the Titans knew they would be kicking short, so they told the kicker to kick even shorter than he could have. He did so; the kick hit the ground right between two rushing Titans, bounced; they looked at it as if it was not their responsibility. It wasn't, of course. But a screw up of major proportions was in the works.

Marc Mariani was busting his ass to get up there to field the kick; but there was no way in hell he was gonna make it. He tried to catch it on the hop, there was a fumble, and Denver recovered and won the game. End of story.

So, what the fuark is clogging the mindset on the Titan's sideline that allowed this sort of trick play to be pulled on them? Are we becoming lethargic in the brain stem ?

Hmmmmph.

This was Jeff Fisher's 250th consecutive game played with the Titans, putting him 8th or so on the list of all-time longest-running coaches in the NFL who've coached the same team. No worries about him catching #1; I think that's solidly held at some 493 games.

Hell, if Fish doesn't start thinking like a chessplayer, anticipating the opponent's possible moves, he may not last out this season. Do you see how old Bud Adams is looking? I'm thinking his patience isn't what it used to be...

OK, photos. Today was the Breast Cancer Awareness day; everyone was done up in pink. We had these nice little pink ribbons to wear, which we did of course.

Note Vince Young in pink shoes. Kerry Collins didn't have on pink shoes; I think only the starters were given the pink.

Vince Young, pregame warmups

Bud Adams with the breast cancer awareness group.

Titans Cheerleaders, in pink.

TRac bungee-flopped onto the field, landing amongst the cheerleaders.

Rob Bironas' field goal

Nashville Skyline under a cloudy sky

Unofficial overflight

Tebow fan.

No 0-6 start this year, and that's a good thing. I think the NFL set us up with a weak opponent this year for starters (last year, you recall, was that season-opening Thursday night loss to the Steelers, in overtime). This year a safe noontime start at home against some of the league's worst performers.

Better, Indianapolis loses to Houston. Finally, Indy and Peyton start to show some cracks in their dominance of the AFC South. Next Sunday, the two Mannings fight it out; I'll pull for the Giants and Eli to set Peyton and crew back 0-2.

Quick pic dump, because it's late. Clicky to enlarge.

Chris Brown TD, the first of two.

Halloween-Freaky Oakland Raiders fans. No wonder they lose.

New crop of cheerleaders.

WTF Chevrolet

I just got home from LP Field, and lemme tell you: no one left that stadium early. Three 4th down conversions on that 99-yard drive, a nail-biter. Fans mentioned calling this drive the 'Music City Miracle II'; not so much, but this drive will go down as one we finished. No stinkin' yard short in this game!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- On rubbery legs, Titans coach Jeff Fisher summed up what everyone just saw.

"You guys don't mind if I sit down and do this do you? OK. WOW! What a great finish!" Fisher said as he slumped behind the podium. "We've had some finishes around here, but I can't remember one like that. Just a tremendous finish."

Vince Young outdueled Matt Leinart again with yet another spectacular winning drive. He hit a leaping Kenny Britt for a 10-yard touchdown as time expired, and the Tennessee Titans rallied to beat the Arizona Cardinals 20-17 Sunday for their fifth straight victory.

Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt compared the disappointment to losing the Super Bowl in February.

"It's as close to that as possible because we knew today that it would be difficult against this team, and our team rallied and pulled together. When you're six seconds away from winning it, it makes it even tougher," Whisenhunt said.

"There's not a lot you can do when he extends the play like that," Whisenhunt added of Young.

Tennessee spoils Houston's playoff run, winning in Houston on Monday Night Football 20-17, with a 53-yd. field goal by Rob Bironas. The now 4-6 Titans were led by Vince Young; there's no doubt who's now running that team. Good for him. 

(The Titans made NFL history by becoming the first team ever to win 4 straight games after losing 6 straight games. Yeah, not a stat you want to have, but at this point, it's better than nothing I think.)

This photo illustrates the theme meme for most of the fans at Reliant: "This Ain't Vince's House..." Hate it for them, sorry and all of that, but you're wrong, bub.