Rams cut Titus Young, WR mess deepens

After an "extended interview process" and a physical, the Rams have decided to cut wide receiver Titus Young, who they just acquired off waivers from Detroit last week.

Head coach Jeff Fisher: "We just felt that he was not the best option for us at that position... We felt like we’ve got a good, young group (at wide receiver), and we feel like perhaps Titus is better suited for another organization." Jim Thomas reported today that some team employees said Young "didn't seem quite all there mentally." (I'll be honest; that sounds pretty easy to say, and report, given recent media reports on Young.) Young's knee was reportedly not a problem though there's no report he ever had the surgery on it the Lions said was required.

The Rams didn't take a bad approach here. Claiming Young was low-risk, if any, and the whole point of doing it was to have his undivided attention so Fisher and staff could get a few days with him, figure out what makes him tick, and evaluate whether he'd be a fit for the roster and the locker room. So, they made the same decision everybody else made, after taking time to get enough information. No harm, no foul.

There's no reaction from Young himself; wisely, he's been inactive on Twitter, ttbomk, since January 25th, the day he told the Lions they should just cut him and get it over with. Best of wishes to him all the same; may his family rally to him and convince him to take the right steps to get his life on track.

Thomas also reports that the Rams and Danny Amendola are far apart in negotiations to re-sign him, and the team (not surprisingly) is not likely to re-sign Brandon Gibson. Fisher doesn't seem to be sweating any of this: “Not a concern whatsoever... There’s options out there. The free-agent market, there’s options out there, and it’s a great draft for a receiver this year.” Thomas points out that Chris Givens, Brian Quick and Austin Pettis are the Rams' ONLY WRs under contract right now. Fisher did say that Amendola is one of the UFAs he wants to have back, and emphasized there's still plenty of time (3-1/2 weeks till free agency opens) and the sides are communicating.

Well, RamView's more concerned than Fisher is, I guess. And there's only three weeks till free agency? Crap!

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