The month of February has not been kind towards Titus Young. For the second time in one month, the wide reciever has been released by a team. The Detroit Lions released the troubled wide reciever on Feb. 4. After being picked up by the Rams off waivers and spending 10 days with the team, head coach Jeff Fisher announced they too would be releasing Young.
"We spent probably four or five days with him. At the end of the interview process, we decided it was best for us to go another direction," Fisher said in a Friday press conference.
It is asusmed that Young's behavior also got in the way with him becoming a member of the Rams. During his time with Detroit, Young was sent home on three different occasions for behavior issues. He punched a teammate, was late for team meetings and then was accused of intentionally lining up in the wrong spot during a week 14 game against the Green Bay Packers. Young is also coming off a knee injury that could have possibly prevented him from passing the team's physical. It is more likely to have been a maturity reason that he was let go than a physical issue.
Young went on a recent twitter rant about his time in Detroit that is assumed to have been the last straw for the team. He claimed to not be a selfish player and if the team no longer wanted him then he no longer wanted to be apart of the organization. He later deleted the tweet.
Young has only spent two years in the NFL, after being drafted in 2011 out of Boise State University. He was relatively productive in his time in Detroit, pairing up nicely across from Calvin Johnson. He caught 81 passes for 990 yards and 10 touchdowns in 26 games. He was active on 50 percent of the Lion's offensive plays in 2012.
The Rams must have felt they could get a better reciever than Young in free agency or the draft. They may have just realized that Young came with too many behavioral issues and could have been a locker room headache.
Young will get picked up by another team in a matter of time. His maturity issues can be taken care of with the right style of coach. He has plenty of upside when it comes to football. Once his off-the-field issues become less of a problem, he can be a success in the NFL.
