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Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams is being advised by senior management to part ways with quarterback Vince Young, according to a league source, but the decision remains his entirely.
Adams has yet to make a final decision on keeping coach Jeff Fisher, but Adams has been made aware of the fact that Fisher will not stay if Young remains on the team.
Adams met with general manager Mike Reinfeldt and senior executive vice president Steve Underwood on Monday morning in Houston as Fisher wrapped up physicals and held a team meeting in Nashville. More meetings are expected the next few days.
"I will make the decisions that I feel are in the best interest of the team," Adams said in a statement released just before Fisher spoke to reporters Monday. "I do understand the time element involved and would expect to make these decisions in the near future."
Sources also told NFL Network reporter Albert Breer that Reinfeldt and Underwood were likely to back Fisher.
Fisher has one year remaining on his contract, and he does not believe he can win with Young on his team, according to sources close to the coach. And Fisher "has the right within his contract to play whomever he wants," according to a source. So Fisher has no intention of relenting on the quarterback issue whenever he meets with Adams.
Adams has been advised in the past against keeping Young and has remained staunchly loyal to the 2006 first-round pick, so Titans sources are doubtful much will change now.
Adams, who lives in and spends much of his time in Houston, has a disconnect at times with what is going on in Nashville behind the scenes. So while Fisher has said repeatedly and publicly that he wants to stay in Nashville, and that is true, he is prepared to move on over the Young impasse.
Ultimately, Fisher could end up doing a year in broadcasting or work out a financial arrangement to get out of his contract when this comes to a head. Fisher is the longest-tenured coach in the NFL, by far, at 16 years.
Young, 27, finished with the best passer rating of his career (98.6) but his season ended after Week 11 when he sustained a thumb injury and subsequently had a heated locker room confrontation with Fisher.
That prompted Fisher to say there would be a quarterback change -- regardless of the reason.
After not playing for most of the second half and overtime of a loss to the Washington Redskins -- Young threw the ball on the sideline and took snaps from under center and in the shotgun formation and behaved as if he wanted to return to action -- Young removed his shoulder pads and jersey while leaving the field after the final whistle.
Young, a captain and two-time Pro Bowl selection, threw this jersey and shoulder pads into the stands on his way to the locker room. Witnesses verified that police or stadium personnel had to retrieve Young's gear from the stands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I think it's the best thing for the Titans to do, Young is too immature and he's only gotten worse throughout the years. Jeff Fisher is a good coach, I don't think it would be in the best interest of the Titans to get rid of Fisher, I'd love to have him as head coach.
Adams has yet to make a final decision on keeping coach Jeff Fisher, but Adams has been made aware of the fact that Fisher will not stay if Young remains on the team.
Adams met with general manager Mike Reinfeldt and senior executive vice president Steve Underwood on Monday morning in Houston as Fisher wrapped up physicals and held a team meeting in Nashville. More meetings are expected the next few days.
"I will make the decisions that I feel are in the best interest of the team," Adams said in a statement released just before Fisher spoke to reporters Monday. "I do understand the time element involved and would expect to make these decisions in the near future."
Sources also told NFL Network reporter Albert Breer that Reinfeldt and Underwood were likely to back Fisher.
Fisher has one year remaining on his contract, and he does not believe he can win with Young on his team, according to sources close to the coach. And Fisher "has the right within his contract to play whomever he wants," according to a source. So Fisher has no intention of relenting on the quarterback issue whenever he meets with Adams.
Adams has been advised in the past against keeping Young and has remained staunchly loyal to the 2006 first-round pick, so Titans sources are doubtful much will change now.
Adams, who lives in and spends much of his time in Houston, has a disconnect at times with what is going on in Nashville behind the scenes. So while Fisher has said repeatedly and publicly that he wants to stay in Nashville, and that is true, he is prepared to move on over the Young impasse.
Ultimately, Fisher could end up doing a year in broadcasting or work out a financial arrangement to get out of his contract when this comes to a head. Fisher is the longest-tenured coach in the NFL, by far, at 16 years.
Young, 27, finished with the best passer rating of his career (98.6) but his season ended after Week 11 when he sustained a thumb injury and subsequently had a heated locker room confrontation with Fisher.
That prompted Fisher to say there would be a quarterback change -- regardless of the reason.
After not playing for most of the second half and overtime of a loss to the Washington Redskins -- Young threw the ball on the sideline and took snaps from under center and in the shotgun formation and behaved as if he wanted to return to action -- Young removed his shoulder pads and jersey while leaving the field after the final whistle.
Young, a captain and two-time Pro Bowl selection, threw this jersey and shoulder pads into the stands on his way to the locker room. Witnesses verified that police or stadium personnel had to retrieve Young's gear from the stands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I think it's the best thing for the Titans to do, Young is too immature and he's only gotten worse throughout the years. Jeff Fisher is a good coach, I don't think it would be in the best interest of the Titans to get rid of Fisher, I'd love to have him as head coach.
