An Unsinkable Titan-ic

Vince Young. What can I say that hasn't been said already? Those of you living in other parts of the country (or world) may not have gotten to see the young QB play, at least not since he took the Texas Longhorns to the NCAA national championship last year.

Holy cow. The Titans started this year 0-5, featuring some dramatic drubbings at the hands of Dallas, San Diego and others. The ship was taking on water and sinking fast, with new locker-room feuds and off-field arrests popping up every week. So they turned the reins over to the rookie in week 4, after which he lost his first two games. Since then, he's been a man possessed and getting better every week. The Titans have won 6 of their last 8, including four in a row: a whipping of the Eagles in Philly, then last second wins against the Giants, the Colts, and the Texans. Against the Giants, Young led the Titans back from a 21-0 deficit in the fourth quarter; the Colts win was also a come-from-behinder, capped by a 60-yard field goal. And Young ended the Texans game yesterday with a 39-yard TD run in overtime, giving him 86 yards rushing for the game to go along with more than 200 passing yards.

Young has some bad throwing mechanics, and he scared some teams away before the draft with his rock bottom score on the Wunderlik intelligence test. But the man is a natural leader and unflappable under pressure. He looks like a man among boys, quite a feat for a rookie. Right now, at least, he looks like a future Hall of Famer.