Collins: 'I Could Have Played Better'

Titans coach Jeff Fisher says he isn’t going to playing “musical chairs” with Vince Young and Kerry Collins over the course of the rest of the season:

Fisher informed both quarterbacks of the decision this morning, but did not address the team collectively. Young took all the first-team reps in practice Thursday.

“We’ve decided to go ahead and start Vince this week,” Fisher said. “As far as the future is concerned, I’m not one of those coaches who’s going to have musical chairs at the quarterback position. He’s going to be our starter. I felt like both quarterbacks had an extremely good week last week.”

"I'm still in Kerry Collins' corner because I don't believe that our record is a reflection of the quarterback play," Fisher said. "It's a reflection of the team play. I'm still in his corner, but we've decided to go ahead and make this change."

Meanwhile, Collins is surprisingly open about his disappointment. He's not a jerk about it, but usually quarterbacks are a little more sanguine than this:

Collins said he was disappointed to be benched.

“It’s a crazy business sometimes,” he said. "Just like last year, I didn’t take all the credit when we were winning and I don’t think it is all my fault this year either. Having said that, I could have played better. And when you’re 0-6, heads are going to roll and more times that not it’s the quarterback.

“I am not happy about, don’t get me wrong. By any stretch of the imagination. But it is what it is. I will do everything I can to help this team win. I will support Vince and where I don’t like it and I’m not happy about it, I’ll move on.”