Coach Ken Whisenhunt has confirmed that Mettenbeger will start Sunday's game against the Texans, Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports.

Coach Ken Whisenhunt has confirmed that Mettenbeger will start Sunday's game against the Texans, Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports.

Analysis:

Whisenhunt also confirmed Thursday that Mettenberger will be backed up by Jake Locker on Sunday. With the Titans 2-5 and Locker in the final year of his contract, the team will now look to see what they have in the strong-armed Mettenberger, who was selected in the sixth round of this past May's draft. A wait-and-see approach with Mettenberger is in order in most formats in his starting debut, but he'd presumably need to struggle mightily on Sunday in order to not retain the assignment once the Titans return to action from their Week 9 bye.