NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jay Cutler wanted to stick around Music City after leaving Vanderbilt for the NFL, and he worked out for the hometown Tennessee Titans a few times even while suspecting owner Bud Adams wanted to draft Vince Young all along.

Now Young is gone from Tennessee, and the Titans had to use another first-round pick on a quarterback since that 2006 draft. Cutler holds no grudges as he brings the high-flying Bears to town Sunday to play the Titans in his first regular-season game in Nashville, just a couple miles from where he played in college.

“I ended up in a great situation with Mike Shanahan in Denver and then onto Chicago,” Cutler said. “It’s been a fun career so far.”