Titans Name Jake Locker Starting Quarterback

Titans pick Locker over Hasselbeck as starting QB - Yahoo! Sports

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Titans aren't waiting any longer: Jake Locker is their starting quarterback.

Titans coach Mike Munchak said Monday that Locker will start this season over veteran Matt Hasselbeck, choosing to go with the passer Tennessee hopes to build around after drafting Locker out of Washington in April 2011.

Munchak announced the decision after practice, saying Locker gives the Titans their best chance to win the AFC South as their quarterback this season and hopefully for many seasons to come.

''By no means has this job been given to him,'' Munchak said. ''He's earned it.''

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