Titans Retire Warren Moon's No. 1

After all the rightly-deserved hand wringing about Haynesworth and his assault on Andre Gurode, not to mention the unending suckitude of the Titans, a doff of the hat seems appropriate for something good that happened in Nashville on Sunday.
The Titans retired Warren Moon's No 1 jersey and inducted him into the Titans/Oilers Hall of Fame at halftime of Sunday's game. Moon was a great quarterback for the Oilers and, frankly, broke down barriers for future black quarterbacks. He was the first in a line of black quarterbacks for the Titans/Oilers that includes Steve McNair and Vince Young, who got his first start on Sunday.
It could have been a bit awkward, given that Moon never actually played for the Titans, but he was warmly welcomed by the crowd at LP Field and even said that he wished he had played in front of them.
I know that lots of people took issue with Moon's induction into the NFL Hall Of Fame, but I'm going to go ahead and show my hand and say that I loved Moon and the Oilers when I was a kid. That horrible "Houston Oilers, #1" song still knocks around in my head from time to time.
Warren Moon was a great QB, but he was also more than that. In a time when it was widely perceived that a black man didn't have the tools to lead a football team, Warren Moon proved that he did. It's important for all of us who love sports to recognize that sometimes it's about more than just the action on the field. Retiring Warren Moon's number on the same day that Vince Young sees his first start is just such a time.