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Titans Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Forget Cash for Clunkers as a means for jumpstarting the automobile industry.

Car dealers in the Nashville area need to root for Titans running back Chris Johnson to pick up his already blistering pace this season.

That’s because Johnson revealed Wednesday that he plans to buy a car for each of his five offensive linemen if he reaches his goal of gaining 2,000 yards on the ground this season.

Johnson leads the NFL with 824 yards rushing after a franchise-record 228 yards against the Jacksonville Jaguars last week. With that, Johnson is averaging 117.7 yards on the ground through seven games, but would need to average 130.7 yards over the Titans’ final nine games to gain the remaining 1,176 yards to reach 2,000.

If Johnson can reach the milestone, he would…

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Sizzling fast Johnson leading NFL in rushing (AP)

Tennessee cornerback Cortland Finnegan is fast, very fast. And he refuses to even think about racing teammate Chris Johnson. Not even for fun. "There's some things you just don't do," Finnegan said with a smile. "A Ferrari and a Toyota Corolla will not race. I feel like I'll be a Toyota Corolla.

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Chris Johnson: Titans Can Finish 10-6 (SportingNews.com)

The Tennessee Titans just got their first victory of the season in Week 8, beating division rival Jacksonville .

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Tennessee Titans head coach Fisher could in final season (Yahoo! Sports)

Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher has had a nice long run with the team and owner Bud Adams but it's…

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Young auditioning to determine future with Titans (AP)

Vince Young says the year of watching Kerry Collins from the bench helped him grow and mature. One stat from his first start since the beginning of the 2008 season appears to back that up. It was his first NFL game without being sacked or intercepted. Young helped the Titans (1-6) win their first game of 2009, a 30-13 rout of Jacksonville on Sunday that snapped an eight-game skid dating back to Dec.

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Titans turn to Young trying to snap winless start (PA SportsTicker)

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer

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On the Corner, podcast #29: The undefeated and the oft-defeated (Yahoo! Sports)

On this football Friday, Danks and I look at the undefeated teams in the NFL — the Colts, Broncos and Saints –…

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Titans’ head coach Fisher prefers Collins over Young at QB? (Yahoo! Sports)

Vince Young will be the starting quarterback this Sunday when the Tennessee Titans take on the Jacksonville…

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Owner gets what he wants as Fisher finalizes switch from Collins to Young (The Canadian Press)

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams wants more of Vince Young. He's getting just that with his winless team switching from veteran Kerry Collins back to the 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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Injured back puts Ringer in hospital for night (AP)

Tennessee running back Javon Ringer watched practice Thursday after a night spent in a hospital with an injured back, and coach Jeff Fisher says they are optimistic the rookie won't miss a lot of time. Ringer was hurt after catching a pass Wednesday and was in such pain he had to be carted off the field.

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