My Thoughts on the Titans and Panthers Quarterback Situations

In case you didn't know, the Titans and Panthers stink. Two teams with bye weeks in the playoffs last year are now a combined 2-10. The Titans are 0-6 including a 59-0 drumming in New England in a game that wasn't even as close as that score would indicate. Both teams are comtemplating quarterback changes(though John Fox has named Jake Delhomme the starting quarterback for their game at Arizona on Sunday)for different reasons. In Tennessee, the Titans are bad in almost every phase of the game, so the blame shouldn't be placed all on Kerry Collins. However, they should bench him in favor of Vince Young. The Titans invested the #3 overall pick on Young and they need to see what they have in him. People seem to forget that he was the Offensive Rookie of the Year and has helped the Titans win. Tennessee has a 19-12 record in games that the man who was once called In-Vince-able has started. Some would argue that it's because the team is really good and that's right to an extent, but remember he came in as a rookie when the team was 0-3 and just awful and went 8-5 as the starter that year. He's proven that he can help them win and right now Kerry Collins(who's 36)hasn't done that. The Panthers are a different case than the Titans. They're actually good in most phases of the game except for quarterback. Jake Delhomme has had a great career in Carolina that has been very underappreciated but he's now cost them this season throwing for 13 ints and for just 4 td's(all to TE's Dante Rosario and Jeff King). He hasn't been able to hit Steve Smith deep this year fueling statements by Smith that he was "no longer an asset to the team". However, I agree with John Fox's decision to start Jake on Sunday at Arizona. Remember, the Cardinals were the team that this new horrible Jake Delhomme was unveiled against. Maybe, if he can excercise his demons against Arizona, he'll be able to right the ship and help lead the Panthers to a playoff and Super Bowl run(most likely the 2010 season though). My suggestion to Panthers offensive coordinator Jeff Davidson would be to run the two minute offense more frequently throughout the game and not just at the end of the half or when they fall behind because Jake has been great in the two minute drill this season. Now, if Jake struggles and throws 2 or 3 picks in the first half, then I think Fox might have to consider putting in Matt Moore in to see if he can give them a spark and see if maybe he has a future(remember that in 2007 Moore went 2-1 as a starter and played decently).