Our guest for this week's question and answer exchange will be Charlie Bernstein. I've known Charlie for five years and during that time he has held a variety of positions covering the Jacksonville Jaguars. Among other things, Charlie is currently with Jag Nation, has a radio show in St. Augustine, Florida, and is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America.

Folks, ask your questions here about the Jags and this week's game and I'll pass them along to Charlie.

One of the few (perhaps only is a better word) positives that came from Sunday's 20-0 shutout loss to the Texans was the emergence of Jared Cook in the passing game. Due to a stinger that caused Bo Scaife to leave the contest, Cook stepped up in his place with a career-high 4 catches for 40 yards.

Long on potential but unfortunately short on production at this point in his career, here's to hoping the talented Cook will continue to become a consistent part of the Titans' passing attack moving forward.

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For the fourth consecutive game, the Titans experienced the bitter taste of defeat.

Thanks to a putrid offensive performance, the Tennessee Titans were shut out by the Houston Texans 20-0. Rusty Smith was overwhelmed in his first NFL start, throwing three interceptions while only leading the offense to 162 yards on the entire afternoon. Chris Johnson's certainly seen better days, as he was held to a measly 5 yards on 7 carries.

Additional thoughts on today's Titans' loss...after the jump.

The list of inactives is out for today's game, and includes the following names:

HOUSTON TEXANS
LB Xavier Adibi, WR David Anderson, TE Owen Daniels, QB Matt Leinart (#3 QB), CB Brice McCain, DE Jesse Nading, DT Malcolm Sheppard, G Kasey Studdard

TENNESSEE TITANS
DE Dave Ball, WR Kenny Britt, WR Lavelle Hawkins, S Robert Johnson, DT Jason Jones, T/G Troy Kropog, QB Chris Simms (#3 QB), LB David Thornton

Two lineup changes for both teams today, as Joel Dresseen replaced Owen Daniels at TE and rookie Daryl Sharpton sends Zac Diles to the bench at WOLB for the Texans, while Sen'Derrick Marks starts at DT for Jones and Jacob Ford gets the start for Dave Ball.  For the Texans, DT Shaun Cody was questionable but will play today.  For the Titans, Craig Stevens, Tony Brown, and Kerry Collins will all play despite being questionable.  In a mild surprise, Collins is the backup to Rusty Smith while Simms is the third quarterback.

For more of my thoughts on the game, see the Q&As I did with Texans Tribune and with Texans Chick. Feel free to leave your comments here during today's game or follow my thoughts on Twitter.

Thanks to Mike Kerns of Texans Tribune, Bloguin's new Houston Texans site, for joining us in this week's question and answer exchange as the 2010 season heads into crunch time for the Titans.

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