• Ravens 10 - 7 Eagles: Oh dear god, they've gone and benched Donovan McNabb! He's been downright awful all day long, and since the team still has a chance to win (thanks, Baltimore) Andy Reid has decided to give Kevin Kolb a shot to really fuck up Donovan's future with the team.

• Vikings 20 - 10 Jaguars: The Vikings defense forced a fumble from Matt Jones and they have the ball in Jacksonville territory, but they still haven't been able to do much of anything on offense this afternoon. Oh well, they'll settle for a field goal and a 10 point lead.

• Bears 24 - 3 Rams: The Rams are fucking awful.

• Dolphins 20 - 17 Patriots: Pennington just hit Dartmouth's own Casey Cramer from a yard out to retake the lead against New England.

• Buccaneers 28 - 17 Lions: Collapse complete, and it's only the third quarter! Jeff Garcia has a pair of touchdown passes, one to a Gator and one to an alleged rapist. The Bucs just got another score on a punt return for a touchdown.

• Cowboys 29 - 6 49ers: Dallas has opened it up on defenseless 49ers. TO only has three touches, but they've gone for over 120 yards and a touchdown. Rookie tight end Martellus Bennett has a touchdown for his second time in as many weeks. Patrick Crayton just added another score for Dallas.

• Texans 13 - 6 Browns: Oh come on, you know you don't care.

• Bills 30 - 17 Chiefs: Leodis McKelvin has two interceptions of Tyler Thigpen passes, and he took one of them back for a touchdown. Marshawn Lynch and Trent Edwards have both scored on the ground while Jamaal Charles and Tony Gonzales have scored for KC. Update: Trent Edwards just went balls out for another rushing touchdown. The lead is now 20.

“Given the totality of the situation, Coach Fisher was concerned about Young’s emotional well-being. He contacted the police department and expressed to us his concern,’’ Aaron said. “Once he came to Baptist Sports Park and was assessed, it appeared the concerns from earlier in the night were unfounded.’’

The Titans also issued their own statement:

“Last night, we received a call from people that are closest to Vince informing us that he had left his house in a state of mind that had them concerned; and that he was unreachable, having left his cell phone at the house. Not having all the facts available to us and approaching the matter prudently, we contacted Metro Police to make them aware of the situation and asked for their assistance in locating Vince. He was located at a friend’s house, where we made contact with him. He then came to the practice facility where it was determined that those initial concerns by his friends and family were unfounded and he returned home without incident.”

Vince Young's agent has just issued his own comments on the night claiming that Young just went to a friend's house to watch a little Monday Night Football. At least according to Pro Football Talk.

"This is all being blown way out of proportion,” agent Major Adams told the Nashville City Paper. He just went to watch both of the games last night at a friend’s house. I had talked to him. He told me where he was and everything.

“He said he can’t believe he can’t just go and watch a game and people need to know where he is 24 hours a day,” Adams said.

Which means, according to Young's people, he was watching former Vandy quarterback Jay Cutler—a player the Titans passed up over Young—dissect the Oakland Raiders defense. Of course it seems pretty unlikely that if this was all there was to the story that the resulting furor would have arisen.

Speculating on someone's mental state is always freighted with danger. Not least because trained doctors and psychologists often differ after talking to the same individuals. But, clearly, Vince Young is not responding to the pressure of being a starting NFL quarterback very well. But — why? Of all the NFL cities where he could play, Nashville is probably one of the top five most laid back markets. Maybe the most laid-back and least critical in the NFL. There's only one major newspaper (and many educated residents question the use of the term "major" here), reporters are limited, by all accounts even local talk radio is civil and even-tempered. So if Young is feeling overwhelmed in this media market, he should be thankful he's not on either coast.

But where does this leave us? By contacting the police Coach Fisher served notice that he truly believed his quarterback was in such a fragile emotional state that he might do himself harm. Clearly these concerns outweighed any fear, which Fisher surely recognized, that this story would become huge national news once he contacted the police. Any hope, at this point, that Young's refusal to re-enter the game was going to blow over is gone. For better or worse, and it's almost all for the worse, Vince Young's mental health is now more of a concern than his ability to read defenses. Or read at all.

Quarterbacks like to believe that it's external forces: linebackers, critics, coaches, wide receivers, the media that create the greatest obstacles to their success. All too often, as we see now with Vince Young, the greatest foe is often inside.

Police: Titans feared for Young's safety [Tennessean]

Agent says Young was watching football [Pro Football Talk]

According to sources, questions about Young's state of mind began when the quarter back left his home abruptly at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

According to the same sources, Young seemed emotionally down and left his cell phone behind.

Titans' officials alerted Metro police to be on the lookout for Young's SUV.

The video story from WKRN is also here.

Eventually, after alerting the police to be on the lookout for Young's SUV, Fisher was able to track Young down and meet with him at the Titans headquarters. As he left the facility, Fisher pronounced the whole thing a "misunderstanding." Which is what Fisher also said about Young not going back into the football game. He also refused to go on camera and said his quarterback was fine.

Leaving all this aside, Young's mental state seems to have moved well beyond a football issue and into a more serious realm involving potential mood swings and mental health struggles. You don't contact the local police force and ask them to be on the lookout for your missing quarterback's SUV if everything is going fine. Stay tuned, this whole situation is just getting started.

Concerns for Titans Quarterback prompt midnight meeting [WKRN]

Titans worried about VY's mental state [Music City Miracles]

"We gotta slow down, man. We gotta get him focused on football, man. He's focused on too much other shit," Daryl Moore said. "You know, I was talkin' to him the other day about smokin', and he was like 'man, if I didn't smoke I couldn't take all the stress that I'm dealing with right now.' Fisher's being as patient a motherfucker as he can. Fisher gotta win. Fisher trying to win ... He ain't putting up with that shit."

Rather than ignore the obvious irony of a hardcore drug dealer being a voice of reason in a world of insanity, we'd like to embrace it and encourage Titans coach Jeff Fisher to hire Moore as a player behavior consultant. It's not like what he's doing now is helping much.

Drug Dealer's Recorded Calls Mention Pacman's Troubles [NewsChannel5]

This, of course, cannot stand in the NFL. The NFL competition committee — headed by Titans coach Jeff Fisher, whose mustache, as far as we're concerned, is far more offensive than anything Chad Johnson has ever done — is recommending owners vote to limit end-zone celebrations after touchdowns. The rule change, which is expected to be approved, would "prohibit going to the ground to celebrate; forbid using the ball as a prop or anything else. You can still spike, dunk (or) spin the football." In other words, no wearing of deer carcass, no proposing to cheerleaders and no mocking of Brian Urlacher's paternity suits.

The ball is not to be used as a prop, because the ball is sacred, the ball is sacrosanct, the ball is life.

Sheesh.Talk about sticks in the rectal cavity. Tell 'em, Chad! "Of course you cannot stop someone as creative as me. How can this bother someone as creative as me?"

Preach on, Chad. Preach. On.

Chad: Rules Can't Stop Me [Cincinnati Enquirer]
Chad Johnson Index [Deadspin]

The first one concerns Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher, a Las Vegas craps table and an odd choice of words wishing good luck. From Andy from New York:

So I was in Las Vegas playing craps at the MGM Grand when a group of large black men came in followed by a little white man. While I am an avid NFL fan, the guys looked so different that I didn't even recognize them, let alone recognize coach Jeff Fisher of the Titans. Anyway, Coach sidled up next to me, and the game went on with little fanfare. When the dice got to me, I began to get really hot and ended up rolling for a very long time. At one point, I was rolling so well that the whole table was cheering and giving me high fives. It was then that Coach Fisher leaned over and said to me, matter of factly, "Son, if you get this 6, I will bend you over the table and fuck you right here in front of all these people."

I replied, "Uhhhh, OK coach." I half-heartedly rolled that 6, and we exchanged awkward glances whose meanings are still a mystery to me.

So this is why Eddie George was always so injured.

Jeff Fisher Bio [Titans Online]