Titus Young's father claims son has brain disorder and needs help Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young was arrested three times last week, and now his father, Richard, is speaking up as to why his son has fallen on hard times. Richard Young told the Detroit News Monday that his son suffers from a brain disorder and needs professional help. The elder Young says the condition is caused by the brain being compressed into the front of the skull, though he couldn't recall the name of the disorder. "He's not dealing with it the way he should be," Young's father said. "If the judge gives him a court order, then maybe he'll get the help he needs." Titus Young was arrested Friday night and charged with burglary after allegedly breaking into a San Clemente, Calif. home and trying to flee from police. According to the paper, Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said that Young's behavior was erratic at the time of the arrest and it "certainly warrants a psychological evaluation." Richard Young says that his son has always been temperamental, but his behavior has changed significantly in recent months. He also says that he noticed a change in his son's temperament after Titus Young suffered a concussion during his rookie season, though the Lions never listed that on their injury report. The team refused comment to the paper. Though Titus Young has medication to control his issues, his father says he has not been following the treatment plan. Doctors told Richard that treatment could last up to six months. In all, Richard Young says his son is just trying to get back on track. "When he's around us, his mind comes and goes," Richard Young said. "He can't really defend himself, and I don't want ya'll thinking he's a bad person."
Weeden knows he can?t look over his shoulder Posted by Mike Florio on May 14, 2013, 10:32 PM EDT APBrowns fans know that, on the rare occasions when they?ve gotten high-level quarterback play during the most recent incarnation of the franchise, the performances have come from players who weren?t worried about losing their jobs. The best ? and worst ? example came in 2007, and then in 2008. When Derek Anderson inherited the job after Week One starter Charlie Frye promptly was traded following Week One, Anderson and everyone else assumed he was keeping the seat warm for first-rounder Brady Quinn, who wasn?t ready to take over due to a holdout fueled by his perception that he should have been drafted higher in round one than he was. So Anderson was loose and unworried about losing the job, because he knew he eventually would. And as we?ve heard Ron Jaworski (and other experts) explain it over the years, a quarterback not worried about losing his job plays with a confidence that allows him not to obsess over each mistake, wondering whether the next one will be the last. By 2008, when Anderson suddenly had something to lose, he played like it. And he did. Current starter Brandon Weeden, whose less than four months younger than Anderson, is trying to play like a guy who has nothing to lose. ?[A]t this position ? which, to me, is the hardest position in sports ? you can?t be looking over your shoulder all the time,? Weeden tells Vic Carucci of ClevelandBrowns.com. ?You?ve got to worry about what?s most important, and that?s me getting better, building on what I did last year, and continue to grow as a player. And, if I can do that, and not really worry about what?s going on around me, and kind of have that tunnel vision, that?s going to make me a better player and that?s going to make this team better.? What?s going on around him is that Colt McCoy has been shipped to San Francisco and veteran Jason Campbell has been brought in to compete with Weeden. If Weeden worries too much about Campbell, Weeden will grip the ball a little too tightly and wait a little too long to pull the trigger for fear of screwing up, because enough screw ups will result in no screw ups because he won?t be playing. So while Weeden is wisely saying the right things, telling himself not to worry about what?s going on around him could virtually guarantee that he?ll worry about what?s going on around him. Which could mean he?ll make enough mistakes to eventually open the door for Campbell.
Day isnt over yet . he still has 33 more minuets to screw up . i have faith in him .he might just do it before midnight . his old man is right ..the son is looney toons
Preseason game times, dates finalized Posted by Mike Wilkening on May 14, 2013, 10:25 PM EDT Getty ImagesThe NFL released its finalized preseason schedule on Tuesday, with dates and times for all 65 contests. Opponents for all 32 teams were known, but some of the final pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place. Of note: all 32 teams will play their final preseason game on Thursday, August 29. This gives 30-of-32 teams more than a week of rest into the regular-season opener, and it gives the Broncos and Ravens seven days between the end of the preseason and the beginning of the regular season. Denver hosts Arizona to finish the preseason, while Baltimore closes out its summer slate at St. Louis. As a general rule, club rest starters in the final preseason game. The regular season is right around the corner, and there are some decisions to be made on reserves with the last major round of roster cuts still to come. The preseason slate begins Sunday, August 4 when the Dolphins play the Cowboys in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. Coverage of the game begins at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Anybody read about this? FirstEnergy finds goldfish in Perry nuclear plant, NRC investigating A pair of radioactive goldfish have been found swimming in a lemonade pitcher in the bowels of the Perry nuclear power plant. Their presence in a steam tunnel after a 43-day plant maintenance shutdown has led reactor owner FirstEnergy Corp. on a hunt to find the owner. The fishy tale has prompted federal regulators to ask a lot of new questions about morale at Perry and whether plant operators can control access to radioactive areas as required by regulation. "Clearly somebody brought the two goldfish into the plant. They did not swim into the plant," said Perry spokeswoman Jennifer Young. Though fish do occasionally turn up in power plants, pulled in with cooling water from rivers or lakes, Young said investigators are pretty sure these two came in through the front door, probably in a plastic bag in someone's pocket. Security checks of employees involve detection of metal and bombs, not fish in plastic bags. Employees and contractors are not patted down and not subject to body scans, said Young. Crews taking down scaffolding in an underground steam tunnel at the plant found the fish earlier this week and immediately filed a report, as required federal regulation. Young said investigators were questioning employees and contractors and reviewing video recordings of the tunnel. The tunnel contains lines that carry super-heated steam from the reactor building to the adjacent turbine building, which houses the plant's steam turbine and electrical generator. The tunnel is off-limits as a radiation area when the reactor is running. Waste in the bottom of the pitcher convinced investigators that the fish had not been in the container for very long, Young said. Chemists in Perry's laboratory quickly determined that the clear water in the pitcher was reactor water - and that the fish and the water were only slightly radioactive, due to the long maintenance shutdown. "The radioactivity was slightly above environmental detectable limits," said Young. "Had it been any less, they would not have been able to detect it." Still, early Thursday morning, both of the 1?-inch-long fish died. "They did not have exposure to enough radioactivity to hurt them," Young said. "It was probably due to lack of care before they got to the plant. The radiation could not have killed them." The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday had more questions than answers. "This is not something that happens every day. We want to know why it happened and how it happened," said Viktoria Mitlyng, NRC spokeswoman for the agency's Midwest region. "We are looking at the potential implications." Because of a life-threatening incident during refueling two years ago at Perry in which three contractors were briefly exposed to hard radiation, the NRC has put the plant under a microscope on the issue of worker safety. The agency was already preparing to send squads of inspectors to the plant in June in an effort to determine whether Perry has corrected past shortcomings. Extra inspectors were at the plant earlier during this shutdown. The company and the NRC said this latest incident is no laughing matter, as in the cartoon TV series "The Simpsons" in which Blinky, an orange fish, supposedly had three eyes from radiation exposure. Whoever was involved in the Perry incident will not get off as easily as nuclear worker Homer Simpson usually does. "We know everybody who had access to the tunnel. Also we have video because we had video cameras trained on that area as a security measure," Young said.
If Brandon Weeden is already thinking about the possibility of losing his job to Jason Campbell... He's going to lose his job to Jason Campbell[/*] He's a worse QB than Jason Campbell[/*] It's getting awfully difficult to keep supporting this team.
Take the Weeden bashing to your own thread about how bad Weeden sucks, SAS. Not in the DPL. This is for only general grumbling and discourse. I'd give you a thumbs down SAS but they'd probably take it away again.
there are some weirdos down there thats for sure ..Hmm . they also have a awsome pizza place called the Bada Bing ..it is very good
bluez look for our trade in FBB. Works for both and at both of us at 2-4, something is better than nothing. Goat
your still new to this . i remember the good days its what keeps me going although i do Bitch at times ..what Browns fan doesen't ? Weeds will win you over this season . if thats even possible with you . i dislike Hardesty as much or more than you do Weeds . we need football . we need Browns football . we need the Browns to step it up as all this losing since 99 has taken its toll on lots of fans . they just expect the worst . If Haslam can somehow beat the charges and hold onto the team which will not be easy to do we will have a owner that gives a Chit for a change . one that has shown passion like we haven'y seen in quite sometime .
Done deal BPP ..Looks fair enough . i understand your concern about McCann has he has set quite a bit since his return . i need OF bad so one must give to get & Bastista has had a down year so far . hope it works out for both of us . that's how i like trades to be . everybody benefits .
