Sep 9th 2008 8:05PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Titans, AFC South
Chris Simms thought he was going to be a Patriot, but he found the door slammed in his face when he got up to Foxboro. Now he’s found another landing spot.
Fox Sports.com and numerous other media outlets are reporting that Simms will sign a deal with the Titans, likely tomorrow to fill the need for a backup now that Vince Young is out for at least two, and likely at least four, weeks.
As one comes in, another heads out–practice squad quarterback Ingle Martin realized that if the Titans aren’t going to add him to the active roster now, he’s not likely to be added to the roster any time soon, so he bolted to join the Chiefs, who will be without their starter Brodie Croyle for a couple of weeks.
Simms hasn’t taken a snap since rupturing his spleen in 2006, but he’s fully recovered. In his one season of extensive action, he had more touchdowns than interceptions, which is something Young hasn’t been able to do in his first two seasons.
By signing Simms, the Titans now have one of the deepest groups of quarterbacks in the league, but there’s also an argument until Vince Young gets his act together, there really isn’t much difference between the Titans No. 1 quarterback (Young) and the new No. 3 (Simms). Even if he never takes a snap this year, the Titans will also get a chance to take a good long look at him and decide if he can be the team’s long-term backup if the team decides that 35-year-old Kerry Collins is getting too old.
