Vince Young Might Suit Up Sunday. Shoelaces And Sharp Objects To Be Removed From Titans Sideline

It appears the Titans might finally be able to coax Vince Young out of the coaches box – the perch from which he watched last week’s game – and onto the sideline. Tennessee plays the Vikings on Sunday, and head coach Jeff Fisher wouldn’t mind seeing Young scramble his way down to the field.

If Young is up to it. You can’t rush these things.

''If he is able to play we'll put him in uniform, that's the question that we have to answer before game time,'' Fisher said. ''We're going to make the decision based on how he's feeling."

While the Titans attempt to lure Young back to the sideline -- possibly with yummy snacks or Pacman’s leftover strippers -- ESPN has busied itself trying to figure out what’s eating the once promising quarterback. The World Wide Leader may have found part of the problem.

On Day 3 of the Vince Young saga, a 78-year-old man showed up on Young's
doorstep with a suitcase, unannounced. The Spirit sent him.

Pastor Samuel Smith does not question these messages; he just goes where
they take him. He is Young's spiritual adviser. In the early days of 2006, after
Young led Texas to the national championship, the pastor had a dream in which he
saw men trying to catch a rainbow trout and make it their trophy. "Man," he
said, "that trout is not meant to be on nobody's mantelpiece. Let him go
free and let him do alone what he can do."

Smith used that dream to advise Young to leave Texas after his junior year
and become an NFL quarterback. And now, 2½ years later, football followers
wonder whether Young was truly ready.

And they wonder whether Vince Young is OK.