Lions WR Titus Young purposely sabotaged Lions offense
Second-year Lions wide receiver Titus Young is back on the practice field after being kicked out of practice ten days ago and being made inactive for the Thanksgiving Day game against Houston. And now we have learned why Young caused a bickering match between Lions’ receivers coach Shawn Jefferson and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan on the sidelines during the Green Bay game two weeks ago.
Per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press:
“In a loss to the Green Bay Packers two weeks ago, he (Young) purposely lined up in the wrong spot on the field multiple times…”
WHAT?! According to a report on 97.1 The Ticket in Detroit, Young often times lined up in tight end Tony Scheffler’s spot on the field when Scheffler was split out wide. PURPOSELY.
And this isn’t Young’s first rodeo with being undisciplined. Last year during his rookie season, he was thrown out of practice for sucker punching Lions safety Louis Delmas. He has racked up multiple personal foul penalties for losing his cool. And to make matters worse, he hasn’t lived up to his second-round billing this season.
Young had a prima donna stigma coming out of Boise State. But after a decent rookie campaign in which in he racked up 48 catches for 607 yards and six touchdowns, he has a mere 33 grabs for 383 yards with four scores (with 46 yards and one touchdown coming from a Hail Mary against Tennessee) in 2012. Head coach Jim Schwartz said that despite being temporarily booted from the team, Young was always a part of the Lions organization.
“He’s always been a member of the team,” Schwartz said. “Last week, he was inactive and like I said yesterday, we needed some time apart to get some stuff straight.
He’s a member of the team now, but one more goof-up (and his track record shows one can be expected) and he needs to be cut. The Lions are past due on the discipline front.
If you ask me, he should have been gone ten days ago. Lining up improperly on purpose is outwardly disrespecting your teammates, coaching staff, front office and fans. It’s the equivalent of Miguel Cabrera abandoning his post at third base and standing in right center field. His numbers are below average. He’s extremely replaceable with rookie wideout Ryan Broyles. He’s as big a headache as they have on their team (which is saying a fair amount). If Titus Young was actually a decent contributor, he might be worth sticking with until he screws up again. But he hasn’t been. And he shouldn’t stick.
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Titus just doesn’t get it. He had a lengthy suspension while at Boise State, but behaved himself for the remainder of his college career here. I had hoped that it was just a belated adolescent phase that he’d outgrow but, alas, it seems to run deeper than that. Schwartz and the rest of the staff have been more than patient. Sadly, I don’t think Titus will be in the NFL for long.
When Jim Schwartz took over the Lions, I thought he was what they needed for discipline they had been missing for years. I guess I was wrong. He allows cancers like Young to remain on the team. He ignored to off-season incidents last year. The other players on the team see this and think they can do as they please or they lose respect for management and don’t really put out on the field.
There is no place on any team for people of no character. Young has proven he has no character and should be released today.
what does lining up in the wrong spot do for the team besides confuse the offensive route running by the other recievers.
perhaps he thought his chances of lining up in the wrong spot would increase his chances of being targeted….smh ..
another dumb athelete
I agree that he should not have been allowed back into the locker room.
Insubordination – multiple instances of it in fact – can not be tolerated by any self-respecting organization.
It’s the right time to do it as well; the Lions season is already over.
For a brief fleeting moment it looked as if the Lions had arrived with a decent team; but the answer is still no, I don’t believe.
Schwartz is no more a disciplinarian than Wayne Fontes. You can see it by the penalties they incur. If they allow Young to stay, Schwartz should go!
I was one of Titus’ physical education teachers at Palms Middle School in Los Angeles. To be kind, I would classify him as less than a stellar student. I went to a retirement party for one of my collegues Saturday night. Titus’ name came up. None of the academic teachers who had him in class could stand him. Although I’ve lived in LA for 44 years, I still live and die with the Lions. This is one of the most talented teams the Lions have had in many years. They deserve much better than their record shows! We who follow them know the reasons. Does it have to be said?
I will let you Detroit people in on a little secret, Im a Boise State student, and this guy was a total pain in the @ss for the coaches here at BSU. There were a few times were he refused to even study the playbook and didnt know some of the plays, he was lightly repremanded by coach Pete. The only reason BSU even got this guy as a recruit is because all the bigger school passed on him for his horrible track record in high school, the guy was affiliated with a gang for god sake!Pete actually has done a fantastic job recruiting players into Boise that have serious attitude problems, and sadly many stick around for years after their college careers are over. Titus was just good enough to leave and be drafted.
I seriously hope Pete leaves BSU soon, because I work downtown as a bouncer and none of us want to deal with these losers he brings in anymore.