It's been sort of overlooked in all the hullabaloo related to the quarterback position, but the Washington Redskins entered this past Sunday's game with the worst third down conversion percentage of any team since the NFL started keeping track of the stat in 1991 or so, then converted 8 of their 16 third-down plays, including more in a single drive than they had in any single one of their previous couple games combined.  So, I thought I'd take a look at all of those third down plays to see if there were any trends that could be gleaned.

As with every time I write about play breakdowns, the customary disclaimers: I'm doing this off television footage, not coaching tape.  This means I won't see things that may be necessary to understand what happened.  I don't know the actual playcall for either the Titans or Redskins-I can guess, and sometimes I can be fairly sure those guesses are pretty good, but I know I'm missing wrinkles.  Much of the play in third downs and other key situations is based on a team's specific tendencies, which I do not know.  I'll ascribe blame to players; when I do so, I'm reasonably confident I'm right, but that doesn't mean I am right.  What you see in this are the dogs that barked, not the dogs that didn't bark.

Disclaimers made, on with the show.

• Those who support Fisher and believe Young should go.
• Those who support Young and think Fisher should leave.
• Those who would like to see both of them hit the door.

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Another week, another Q&A session with the author of a blog covering that week's opponent.  This time, it's with Bloguin's fine new Houston Texans blog, Texans Tribune, and its writer, Mike Kerns, as the Titans finally get to the heart of their schedule and crunch time against divisional opponents.

Post your questions here, and I'll include them in my email to Mike.

Thanks to a thumb injury (and the fallout surrounding it) Vince Young's season has ended prematurely. To make matters worse, Kerry Collins is also unavailable as he continues his recovery from a leg injury suffered against the Dolphins a couple of weeks ago.

With the two veteran signal-callers sidelined, the seemingly far-fetched opportunity for 2010 6th round draft choice Rusty Smith to get snaps as the Titans' #1 quarterback has presented itself.

Let's take a look at what we should expect from Rusty as he assumes the role of starting QB over the next few weeks.

Vince Young in happier times. Photo by Andrew Strickert for Total Titans.

Titans quarterback Vince Young injured the thumb on his throwing hand in yesterday's ugly loss to the Redskins.  Vince was replaced in the third quarter by rookie sixth-round draft pick Rusty Smith.

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

WASHINGTON REDSKINS
QB John Beck (#3QB), DL Anthony Bryant, G/T Artis Hicks, DL Jeremy Jarmon, S LaRon Landry, LB Perry Riley, CB Carlos Rogers, RB Ryan Torain

TENNESSEE TITANS
WR Kenny Britt, QB Kerry Collins (#3QB), DT Marques Douglas, G Ryan Durand, S Vinny Fuller, S Robert Johnson, T/G Troy Kropog, TE Craig Stevens

The big news for the Redskins was the report yesterday that Landry and Rogers would not be playing.  WR Brandon Banksa is active, as is right tackle Jammal Brown.

For the Titans, VInny Fuller was questionable, and questionable players tend to play about half the time.  The Titans are sometimes aggressive in playing players, but with Verner playing the slot of late, Fuller's services aren't quite as necessary.  Ryan Mouton returns to the lineup after missing last week's game.

Feel free to leave your comments here during today's game, or follow me on Twitter, where I'll be chiming in occasionally.