Titans see no reason to stop now

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Titans certainly know how to make things exciting, whether it’s Chris Johnson running wild, Vince Young reviving his career or finding ways to win in the fourth quarter.

After winning four straight after an 0-6 start, the team isn’t ready to write this season off.

“We’re playing real good and we have a lot of confidence going with this team right now, and we are just going to keep playing and keep taking it one by one,” linebacker Keith Bulluck said. “We got four, and right now we are going for five.”

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Well, the Titans are providing must-see action. No other NFL team has opened a season with six straight losses, then bounced back with three consecutive victories, let alone four, according to STATS.

“I believe we are walking around with a chip on our shoulders, and we know that we can beat every team that we lost to in the beginning of the season,” rookie receiver Kenny Britt said. “So we just wanted to turn it around and just work hard. And the coaches believed in us. With the coaches believing in us, we believe in ourselves.”

Coach Jeff Fisher insisted Tuesday that’s just what has led to the Titans’ turnaround.

“We’re a team that’s gotten better, that’s won a few games and probably a team that people aren’t looking forward to playing based on the way we’re playing right now,” Fisher said.

This is the same team that hit rock bottom Oct. 18 with a 59-0 snowy loss in New England and the NFL’s worst loss since 1976. That loss prompted Fisher to push Young off the bench and into a starting role, and the 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year simply picked up where he left off — by winning.

Young has won all four starts this season, giving him eight straight victories and a career record of 22-11 as a starter. Only Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Philip Rivers have better winning percentages among quarterbacks drafted since 2000.

Young hasn’t thrown enough passes to be ranked among the AFC’s leading passers yet. He hasn’t even thrown 90 passes this season, but he’s averaging 4.2 yards per carry with the Titans taking full advantage of his legs.

He has been sacked just once, with one interception and one fumble lost in this stretch.

It also helps having the NFL’s leading rusher in Johnson, who has a 211-yard lead over Steven Jackson of St. Louis (1,031). Johnson already has passed his rushing total from his rookie season, and his 1,242 yards came on 52 fewer carries than he needed racking up 1,228 in 2008.