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Gado, who spent parts of the last two seasons with the St. Louis Rams, scored from four yards out twice in a span of less than three minutes in the third quarter.
Last week, the Titans waived Johnson, who underwent surgery to repair a dislocated right ankle.
Chris Johnson scored on an eight-yard run in the opening quarter. Vince Young started for the Titans and completed 9-of-13 passes for 128 yards. Kerry Collins went 6-of-12 for 66 yards.
Matt Leinart led the Cardinals under center for the first three offensive series and ended 4-of-6 for 28 yards. Derek Anderson replaced Leinart and connected on 11-of-19 throws for 105 yards. Max Hall threw a 22-yard scoring pass to Max Komar midway through the final quarter.
After Gado scored his first touchdown with five minutes left in the third, the Titans got the ball back at the Arizona 15 when punter Ben Graham fumbled the snap. Gado scored three plays later for a 24-3 lead.
If the Arizona Cardinals were hoping that one of the team's prospective starters at quarterback would offer a performance indicative of a leader under center, they must have been sorely disappointed.
In the first half against the Titans first-team defense, Matt Leinart finished a woeful 4-for-6 for 26 yards. Derek Anderson did marginally better, posting a 9-for-16 performance for 97 yards, using a 37-yard completion to lead the offense to a field goal in the second quarter, which ended up being the only scoring drive for the team in the first half.
On the other side, Vince Young had a respectable evening, going 9-for-13 for 128 yards. Young was forced to recover his own fumble on one play, but threw the ball effectively enough early to make the defense back off the line against Chris Johnson. As a result, Johnson was able to cap a touchdown drive with an 8-yard run.
(Sports Network) - The Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals will reprise their classic 2009 battle, albeit in lower-stakes fashion, when the clubs resume their preseason schedule at LP Field on Monday night.
The teams met in meaningful play in Week 12 of last season in Nashville, a game won by the Titans, 20-17, on a last-second touchdown pass from Vince Young to wide receiver Kenny Britt. Young, who threw for a career-high 387 yards in the win, led Tennessee on a momentous 18-play, 99-yard game-winning drive to lift the Titans.
Young's heroics overshadowed a strong effort from his 2006 draft-class mate Matt Leinart, who while starting in place of an injured Kurt Warner, completed 21-of-31 passes for 220 yards to get the Cardinals in position for the win.
Less than nine months later, following the retirement of Warner, Leinart has become the Cardinals' starter.
The former USC star played to mixed reviews in the preseason opener last week, completing 6-of-7 passes for 49 yards but also suffering two sacks and coughing up a fumble in the team's 19-16 win over the Houston Texans.
Would-be backup Derek Anderson wasn't much better, completing 13-of-22 passes for 88 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Elsewhere in the bad news category for the Cardinals was the knee sprain suffered by star receiver Larry Fitzgerald, an injury that is expected to knock the Pro Bowler out for the remainder of the preseason.
Tennessee came up empty in its first preseason effort last week, dropping a 20-18 decision at the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night.
Young completed 5-of-6 passes for 78 yards in the loss and also led a first- quarter touchdown drive, but was intercepted once during his brief action as well.
Young should play into the second quarter on Monday before yielding to backup Kerry Collins, who did not play against the Seahawks last week. Chris Simms relieved Young against the Hawks, but threw for just 24 yards on 7-of-13 passing with an interception, and did little to indicate he is capable of threatening Collins' backup status.
On the injury front for Tennessee, defensive end Derrick Morgan (calf), defensive tackle Tony Brown (knee) and linebacker David Thornton (shoulder) are all expected to miss Monday's contest.
The preseason series between the Cardinals and Titans is knotted, 2-2, with Arizona evening the series by virtue of a 27-17 home win in the last such meeting, prior to the 1999 campaign.
As mentioned, the teams last met in meaningful play in Week 12 of last season in Nashville, a game won by the Titans in 20-17 fashion.
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NFL Preseason: Titans Fans Feeling Good After 24-10 Victory Over Cardinals
SB Nation's Music City Miracles says they're feeling better after two preseason games in 2010 than they did in 2009.
The Titans on Monday night defeated the Cardinals 24-10 and, according to Music City Miracles, appeared much more focused.
Music City Miracles has gone down a few of the highlights of the game but here are the two big ones:
Check out Music City Miracles for more highlights of the Titans game.
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