Way back when I was a wee little lad, there was a popular R&B group called Arrested Development that won a Best New Artist Grammy and then quickly sank into obscurity.
In one of their most famous songs, a little ditty called Tennessee, lead singer Speech makes a personal appeal for a spiritual cleansing from the good Lord by singing the following lyrics.
"Take me to another place, take me to another land, make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan."
If that song was written today, God's master plan in Tennessee would be for Speech and all of his buddies to go down and see the only undefeated team in the AFC right now, Nashville's own Tennessee Titans!
What makes this story even more remarkable is that the Titans are winning ugly by not scoring a lot of points, which is a testament to their strong defense and coach Jeff Fisher, who knows how to play to his team's strengths.
Maybe it's too early to punch their ticket to Tampa, but you have to admire the fact that the Titans are the only 5-0 team in the AFC when they are playing most of their snaps with a backup quarterback in Kerry Collins.
On Sunday Collins proved he could pull a rabbit out of a hat by finding TE Alge Crumpler for a late touchdown to give the Titans a last-second victory over the Ravens.
Now, only one question remains: How long can they keep this up?
I ask this question simply because the Titans play in a division with both the Colts and the Jaguars, and you know those two are going to bring it come November and December.
However, as long as they're playing stiff defense and finding ways to win, it should be happy times in Nashville.
Now, to recap all the other action, here come the bullets.
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