Former Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow believes that his bolt-from-the-blue termination might have been instigated by quarterback Vince Young.

“[Coach Jeff Fisher] sensed some frustrations on my part with Vince.  So maybe it was Vince?  I don’t know,” Chow said, according to the Nashville Tennesseean.  “I am not too concerned with finding out why.  It doesn’t matter.”

Said Young, in a prepared statement issued by the team:  “I was shocked and didn’t expect the news that I got today about Coach Chow,” Young said.  “I have grown closer and closer to him since coming to the Titans.  He was a big part in the development in my first two years and I appreciate all he has done for me.  I look forward to working with whoever Coach Fisher hires.”

Several readers have suggested to us that Chow might have been the first victim of a Vick-style excuse-making campaign.  In Atlanta, former quarterback Mike Vick’s inability to develop into a passing quarterback was, in our view, consistently blamed on someone other than Vick. 

With all that said, we think that Young can become a far better quarterback than Vick ever was.  But the team needs to take off the training wheels and encourage him to zing the ball down the field with that rocket-strong force flowing from a simple flick of the wrist.