Chris Johnson gained 134 yards against a Seahawks defense that knew he would be the focal point of the offiense, scored twice, and eclipsed 2,000 yards rushing on the season. Had fullback Ahmard Hall not been penalized for holding on a 62-yard run, CJ may have had a real chance to break Eric Dickerson's rushing mark of 2,105 yards.

Rookie linebacker Gerald McRath sealed the win with a leaping interception of a Matt Hasselbeck pass late in the fourth quarter. McRath was savvy enough to immediately kneel down after the catch.

More importantly, the Titans won its eighth game of the 2009 season and became the first team to ever begin a season 0-6 and rebound to finish .500.

I suspected that Tennessee would finish 8-8, but I did not expect them to lose all six games at the beginning of the year. I also did not expect Vince Young to play much this season, but I'm more than happy to have watch him progress and contribute to his team's 8-2 finish.

In the next few days, we will see if Jeff Fisher will remain as the team's head coach. On January 31, we will watch Chris Johnson play as the Titans' sole representative in the Pro Bowl Game. Tennessee's management should offer CJ a new contract. He's earned it.

Vince Young is due a $4.25 million roster bonus in March. He's earned it.

Prepare to say goodbye to some or all of the following players: Jevon Kearse, Nick Harper, Keith Bulluck, Kyle Vanden Bosch, and LenDale White.

I'm saying goodbye. This is my final blog post for Titans Tracker. Thanks to those of you who appreciate what I've written over the past three seasons.

Go Titans!

At one time, journalists Peter King, Merril Hoge and Jason Whitlock were the most prominent members of the Vince Young Haters Club.

Hoge and Whitlock began their criticism of Young before the quarterback ever took at snap in a regular season game.

After Young's injury and post game one meltdown in 2008, Peter King hammered Young for weeks. I will never forget King's "Bud Adams' favorite boy toy" comment (which has been removed from the SportsIllustrated.com in which it appeared) and his delineation of how the Titans could get rid of Young in 2010.

After Young's recent performances, King has complemented the quarterback, although he seems to give most of the credit for VY's turnaround to offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger. Fair enough.

Merril Hoge, the most well-known Vince Young critic because of his visibility on ESPN, crossed the line from dissing VY's skills in 2006 to namecalling ("soft baby") during a 2008 radio interview. But recently, Hoge reluctantly acknowledged Young's improvement:

"There is no question he is on the right path. Is he there? No. But the last two weeks have been some serious steps and improvement as a leader, as a quarterback, and in his maturity."

Hoge must know he is perceived as Young's biggest critic, because he also had this to say:

"All I have ever done is give my evaluation of his skill set, and some people make it seem like I hate the guy. You can go get every air-check I've ever done, and you'll never find me say I hate the guy. There is no reason to hate Vince Young; I've never met him," Hoge said. "And if I had something against Vince Young I'd come out right now and say he got lucky."

Fair enough.

But what about Jason Whitlock?

Whitlock has been Young's most intractable critic. His criticism has made my blood boil on several occasions, because most of his jabs have little to do with football and much to do with his questions about Young's character and upbringing. Anyone who has read Whitlock's columns knows how incendiary and irrational his opinions can be.

After the Titans defeated the Texans on November 23, Whitlock wrote this about Young:

Vince Young believes he was done wrong by his critics and perhaps Jeff Fisher. He's wallowing in victimhood (emphasis mine... here we go again, Jason) and looking for an I-told-you-so moment.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope Young understands the mistakes he made and what he has to do to build on the success he's enjoying now. He's never going to be a guy who puts up huge passing numbers. That's fine.

Young passed for 387 yards and had a career-defining 99-yard touchdown drive on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

Jason Whitlock, that was Vince Young's I told-you-so moment.