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Titans use trickery to knock off Bills

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 10, 2009

CANTON, Ohio - Kerry Collins was sharp and Vince Young tentative for the Titans in overshadowing Terrell Owens' debut for the Bills.

With a little trickery and a solid performance by the Collins-led starting offense, Tennessee opened the preseason with a 21-18 win against Buffalo in the Hall of Fame game on Sunday.

If this was the NFL's throwback weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Football League, then this also resembled the Titans' quarterback situation at the beginning of last year. That's when Young got off to a terrible start and lost his starting job to Collins by Week 2.

Collins, already selected the starter, quickly began delivering on the faith the Titans put in him after being signed to a two-year, $15 million contract this offseason.

He went seven of 10 for 82 yards in producing two touchdown drives, one capped by reserve punter A.J. Trapasso's 40-yard run on a perfectly executed fake punt on the opening possession. Collins was especially efficient in going 3-for-4 for 49 yards on third down.

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