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Titans Young tries to salvage weird week

Vince Young is saying all the right things in Tennessee as the Titans' third-year quarterback tries to quell suspicions that he may not be mentally tough enough to be an NFL quarterback.

A bizarre chain of events began with Young's second interception of the game on Sunday against Jacksonville (a game the Titans went on to win, 17-10, but with Kerry Collins finishing at QB).  Young appeared disconsolate on the bench and head coach Jeff Fisher seemingly had to convince him to return to the game.  Soon after, Young suffered a knee injury that will keep him out of action for an undetermined amount of time.  Since then, there have been visits to Young by Fisher and others, a strange Monday night when Young left his home and nervous family members called Fisher who called police, and then Young's mother saying her son may want to leave football apparently because of criticism.

Yesterday, Young was doing damage control saying that his state-of-mind can be blamed on the injury and that he's over it, and that he is fully invested in his NFL career.  Hard telling how Young's explanations will play in Tennessee. It's tough overcoming this type of thing from a public perception point-of-view. But one thing that does it every time is certainly still available to Young -- just win, baby.

 

 

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Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his time with The Baltimore Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right.
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