The Lions may have lost their ninth straight Thanksgiving Day game last week, but I can live with it a little easier than some of the previous losses because of the player who WASN'T dressed or even in the building-Titus Young. The second year man out of Boise State has been one of the bigger disappointments in Lions draft history. Forget the numbers for a moment. He's a disruptive force in the huddle and in the meeting rooms and he's lost any respect he may have garnered from the leaders of this football team. This organization has some serious issues to deal with. It's sacrificed character for tempermental talent and it's hurting the entire organization. I've always felt coaches, no matter what level, need to be consistent and this staff has not been consistent with certain players. I do believe players need to step forward and take ownership though. The leaders of this team shouldn't be shy of putting players who possess that selfish attitude in their place, but in the end those "me-first" players need to answer to the coaches. Jim Schwartz bragged about a certain way to do things when he first got here and he has softened. If he was as tough on his players as he is with the media, this team may not be 4-7. I'm not sure what the Lions can do with players like Young or even Ndamukong Suh, but something better change because they aren't the kind of players others want to win with. Don't get me wrong, not everyone has to be liked in order to win, but there has to be mutual respect to play alongside someone and there are some on this club who haven't earned that respect. It's hard enough to win with talent in the NFL, but to have some of that talent creating unnecessary turbulence makes it almost impossible.








