Vince Young benched, needs to grow up.

The 2006 draft saw three quarterbacks taken in the 1st round. With the 3rd overall pick the Tennessee Titans took Vince Young from Texas. Matt Leinart of USC and Jay Cutler of Vanderbilt would go with the 10th and 11th picks. While Cutler was the 3rd QB taken that round. He was the top choice of, long time and respected, Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher. Titans owner Bud Adams, the guy who flipped off Bills fans last season, is a huge believer in Vince Young. While Fisher may not have wanted Young. There isn't a whole lot of evidence to suggest he couldn't live with him in 2006 or 2007.

In the 2008 season opener Vince Young basically took himself out of the game after getting booed. He'd later have the police looking for him when his family grew concerned of his well being. The end result was Kerry Collins started the rest of the year and the Titans had a fantastic season. In 2009 the Titans first 6 game were brutal. They managed to start off 0-6. It caused Bud Adams to put pressure on Fisher to let Young start. While Fisher had stated he wanted to stick with Collins, Vince Young was reinstated as the starter. With the easier part of the schedule, and Chris Johnson running out of his mind. The Titans went 8-2 in their final 10 games.

Much was made about Vince Young's maturity this offseason. That he finally grew up and was an all around better person. Yet in June he finds himself issued a Class C assault citation for attacking Creiton Kinchen. If you've seen the video, you'll see Kinchen flash an upside-down "Hook 'em Horns" hand sign. Dem' be fighting words.

You'd think this guy would finally grow up, but there's been issues this whole season. During a Week 2 game against Pittsurgh he was benched. He had missed meeting that week, and sources said the team had a short leash because Fisher and the coaches weren’t happy with his preparations. Week 10 Young's toughness was questioned when he didn’t start because of an ankle injury. Collins would eventually get hurt, and Young would play the 2nd half. The ankle looked fine.

In Sunday's game against the Redskins. Young suffered a torn flexor tendon in his right thumb, an injury that could require season-ending surgery. While Randy Moss may have 1 catch in two games with the Titans. It looks like Fisher might think Young is the problem. He didn't name names, but said Moss was open several times in the first half and that any lack of production was not Moss' fault. When Young over threw Moss in the endzone during the 2nd quarter, he was once again booed. Unlike in 2008 he tried egging on the crowd. You can see his hang gesture in the picture at the top of this blog post.

Fisher let it be known that after having Young's thumb examined in the third quarter, he didn't think he could throw the ball properly after watching him throw on the sideline with his thumb taped. He even attempted to throw with a glove.

"He never came to me and said he was okay or wanted to go back in," Fisher said.

Vince just sat on the sidelines and sulked. After the game Fisher said Young threw his 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. Five minutes after the game had ended Young was already leaving the locker room for the players parking lot. Former USC teammate Michael Griffin chased after him, but couldn't get him to stay.

Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reported the following

According to sources, Young was talking under his breath, uttering expletives, as Fisher prepared to address the team. When Fisher told him to keep quiet, Young finished dressing and started to leave. Fisher told Young to stop, saying not to “run out on your teammates.”

Young then told Fisher “I’m not running out on my teammates, I’m running out on you,’’ sources said. More words were exchanged and Young left.

Safety Michael Griffin, wearing only a pair of shorts, ran out of the locker room and chased Young to the players’ parking lot. Griffin was seen telling the quarterback “You can’t leave, you can’t do this.’’ Young shrugged him off and kept going.

Players were discussing the incident when the media entered the locker room a few minutes later, but they chose their words carefully when approached by reporters.

Wide receiver Nate Washington said players were told to “keep their mouths shut.”

Said tight end Bo Scaife: “I am sure (Young) is upset. But what happened is between him and coach. Hopefully they can get some stuff resolved.’’

Griffin denied chasing Young even though several media members witnessed it.

“I don’t know what you are talking about,’’ he said. “You didn’t see that.’’

Shortly after this Fisher spoke to the media:

"Clearly, that's no way to respond so we have some things we have to work out with him," Fisher said. "He may need surgery and if that's the case he's done for the year."

When asked if he lost his job regardless of the injury, Fisher said, "Right now he has. There are some things that have to change. I can't ... what went on is just between us."

When asked if Young said anything to him after the game, Fisher said, "Yes he did and that's between me and him and the team."

Fisher added: "I'm very disappointed. His teammates are disappointed. There's going to be frustration with losses. There are times when you really have to just dig deep and fight and turn to one another. I don't think you run and so I am disappointed."

Earlier tonight Vince Young went to Twitter to put his own spin on this:

“Just want to say I'm fine sorry to my teammates I just a cop”
“Competitive”
“Just want to play.”
“But God is great.”

While those four tweets remain. There was one apparently retweeted by Adam Schefter, but has since been deleted by Vince Young.

"for your info I have my shoulder pads stop believing everything u here."

Hard to believe someone went to Texas that long and can't use here correctly. It's even harder to believe Vince Young thinks any of these tweets explain anything.