Vince Young Out For The Season

Will Sunday be the last time we see Young in a Titans uniform?

“I throw my shoes into the stands after every game, my hat into the stands after every game, my wristbands into the stands after every game…If it’s a problem, I’ll pay for my jersey.”

-Young, following his team’s 19-16 OT loss to Washington

Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young will miss the rest of the season due to a broken thumb.  This arrives according to WZTV Fox 17 in Nashville.  Coach Jeff Fisher said Monday that Tennessee team doctors recommended the season-ending surgery to repair Young’s flexor tendon in his right thumb.   Rusty Smith, a sixth round rookie from Florida Atlantic, will now be the starting QB for Jeff Fisher and the slumping 5-5 Titans.  From Super Bowl contenders to on the outside looking in.  Needless to say, the former decorated Texas megastar’s days look to be numbered in Tennessee.  Time for Rusty to Randy.

“I’m not walking out on my teammates, I’m walking out on you.”

-Young to Fisher, following the Redskins defeat

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Vince Young or Jeff Fisher – do both come back to the Titans in 2011?

What does the future of Vince Young look like for the Titans? There’s been plenty of speculation about it either being Young or Jeff Fisher, but not both, being back in Tennessee in 2011.

Young was placed on on injured reserve with a torn tendon in his right (throwing) thumb, ending his season Monday, and his biggest fan, Bud Adams already seems to be saying that the QB will be back in 2011.

Adams told reporters Monday that Fisher and Vince Young would have to “learn to get along.” While Fisher was noncommittal, Adams also said that Young would definitely be a Titan in 2011.

The QB is due a $4.25 million roster bonus in the offseason, and we shall see if Adams’ mood changes when he has to write that check come March.

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Sanders: Titans could cut Vince Young

Published: November 22nd, 2010 | | Tags: Bud Adams, Bump -n- Run, Deion Sanders, Jeff Fisher, Michael Irvin, Tennessee Titans, Vince Young

Vince Young is out as the starting quarterback for the Titans, and his long-term future in Tennessee appears to be in jeopardy as well.

The details of the fallout between Young and Titans Jeff Fisher reached the surface soon after Sunday’s loss to the Redskins, and NFL Network’s Deion Sanders believes that the two can’t coexist in Tennessee. And the coach will likely win this battle of wills.

“(My sources) told me that Vince is really upset because every time he messes up, they place Kerry Collins in the game,” Sanders said. “But when Collins messes up or someone else, nothing happens, and (Young) has just gotten fed up with it. He wanted to go back into the game. He and Fisher got into a shouting match where a policeman had to break them up. This all took place in front of the GM.

“This is what the Titans plan on doing with him: putting him on injured reserve or cutting him, as soon as [Monday].”

Fellow analyst Michael Irvin agrees that Young should be the Titans’ starter, but his actions didn’t reflect the true leadership required by an NFL quarterback.

“Young deserves to be the starting quarterback for that team, make no mistake about it,” Irvin said. “The way he’s played and his win-loss record says that. But there are some things Young is doing that can not happen from the quarterback position.”

Could the Titans cut ties completely with Young, who has one year left on his contract?

There’s a lot of spin in this story, and it has a complex history. It leaves one to wonder if the reported damaged relationship between Young and Fisher — and the locker room — is irreversible. It seems this will come down to the stance Titans owner Bud Adams decides to take, either backing Fisher or continuing his unwavering support of Young.

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