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Kerry Collins would return to Tennessee to be a starter

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NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 09: Kerry Collins #5 of the Tennessee Titans runs with the ball against the Indianapolis Colts during the NFL game at LP Field on December 9, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Kerry Collins would love to return to the Titans. The 39-year-old thinks Jake Locker could learn from him, but don’t take Collins the wrong way.

“If I came back, I’d come back to be a starter,” Collins told Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean. “But [Locker’s] a kid who could learn from a guy like me. Hopefully he’d watch what I do and take lessons.”

The Titans are in a tricky spot. Of the rookie first-round quarterbacks, Locker may be the least ready to start in Week One. Bringing back Collins makes some sense, but we think that they will first aim for someone a little younger like Matt Hasselbeck.

Collins fits better as a true backup at this stage, not as the potential starter for the majority of the season.