Maybe I am missing something. Last year boards were filled with comments about how Volek was the best QB without a starting job and maybe he should be starting over McNair. He ended the 2004 season with a flurry after subbing in for McNair. He finished that season with 8 starts and a QB rating of 87 and would have thrown 25+ TD's in that season with more starts (18 in 10 total games and 8 starts). Last year he only started one game which doesn't really give us much more insight. He isn't really a guy who turns the ball over a ton either. The stats don't point to hime being a mediocre QB, as the league average QB rating is 82. So he was a better than average QB over the 8 games he started in 2004, with a rating near what Jake Delhomme did last year and better than McNair the past 2 years.
Now the media is filling the air with the fact that the Titans need to move Volek and get the QB of the future as McNair fades to exit. I am not sure that Volek wouldn't be a surer bet for the Titans than an untested QB coming out of college, many of whom come in the first round and don't even become average QB's. If the Titans don't think so then I am sure that there are more than a few other NFL teams that would given his past performance as a fill-in. Volek also has a pretty good gun which will take him a long ways and appears calm in the pocket. JMHO.