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Young

This audio's been making the rounds: Merril Hoge on the radio in Pittsburgh.

Hoge, an ESPN analyst, has been a critic of Vince Young from the very beginning. But he pushes it further here, calling the Titans quarterback a "baby" who has "no clue what he's looking at" and saying both Young and Matt Leinart will be cut at the end of the year.

According to Hoge, Jeff Fisher pushed hard against owner Bud Adams and GM Floyd Reese on drafting Young. But Fisher was a Matt Leinart guy, so it's hard to say the Titans would be so much better off if he'd gotten what Hoge insists he wanted.

Adams' infatuation with Young was no secret, and Fisher was in line with his offensive coordinator, Norm Chow, wanting Leinart.

Right now it looks like everybody was wrong, as Jay Cutler is the 2006 first-round quarterback who's getting it.

Today at LP Field, Young will be in the coaching booth. The team will talk of how he'll be better off getting a wider perspective on what unfolds. But I don't doubt they don't want him on the sideline for people to watch because he'd likely let his mind wander and not be focused on Kerry Collins' play and offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger's coaching on the sideline, opening himself up for further criticism.

Another take on Young: Jeffri Chadiha on Texas stars when they come into the NFL.