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Mike Florio notes what’s left unsaid in Nashville...

A source with an AFC team that doesn’t play its home games in Nashville asked me today whether we think there’s a relationship between the acquisition of receiver Randy Moss by the Titans and the recent implosion of the Titans and Vince Young.


Though we doubt that Moss has had sufficient time to metastasize, the reality is that Moss increased fan expectations, which made fans more apt to boo when things weren’t going well on Sunday, which fueled Vince Young’s meltdown.


On Monday, coach Jeff Fisher spent some time explaining away the failure to use Moss on Sunday in a game that resulted in only three targets and zero catches for the future Hall of Famer.

Unsaid, but we wonder, do we not? I can just imagine the conversations at water coolers all around this city: 'hey, we were doing just fine, until Randy Moss came along; do ya think… ?'. But the sad truth is, Vince Young is, and always has been, a non-leader of men. You can point to his sub-10 Wonderlic score (which, like IQ, is simply a measure of how much capacity one’s brain can absorb and process). A low Wonderlic doesn't mean VY can't play ball, but there are more expectations than simple field mechanics, despite those who poo-pooh the Wonderlic.

We know VY hasn’t diligently studied tapes; that's been a complaint of the coaching staff for years. He’s relied heavily on his innate physical skills on the field – skills that don’t translate to locker-room (or sideline) leadership qualities necessary for the quarterback position.

Randy Moss came into the fragile little nest Vince Young has hollowed out, and was likely seen by Vince as an immediate threat to his tenuous leadership. Moss' mere presence was enough to upset the apple-cart pulled by the donkey that is the extent of the horsepower in Vince’s fierce but tiny mind.

But this meltdown had to happen sometime. The zit comes to a head, again, now it’s popped.

Jeff Fisher has my support, again; Bud should keep taking his Aricept and let the Coach run his team as he sees fit.

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