ALLEN PARK -- Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young was sent home from the team's facility today because of his selfish behavior and will not play against the Houston Texans on Thursday.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz announced the team's decision a day after Young's self-centered play during a 24-20 loss against the Green Bay Packers resulted in his latest punishment.

"How we go in the future is going to depend on Titus and his behavior," Schwartz said. "How it goes it goes in the future is going to depend on his reaction, and it's disappointing because this is ground that we've already covered, and I thought we would be past this, but we haven't been.

"His behavior on Sunday was unacceptable. It hurt the team, particularly on offense, and it was a distraction. We're going to eliminate the distraction, particularly this week."

Young, a second-round pick in 2011, has been problematic for the Lions, particularly since he had nine receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns against the Seattle Seahawks on October 28.

"It's been recent weeks, and unfortunately, the other thing is it's been after the most success he's had, which is the Seattle game," Schwartz said. "I generally don't go here with doing stuff like this, but it was eventually was going to come out. He was here and was sent home today and won't be active on Thursday."

Young's most notable insubordinate act occurred with 1:43 remaining as Detroit trailed 21-20 against Green Bay.

On 2nd-and-10, Young incorrectly lined up in the slot, and tight end Tony Scheffler was the outside receiver to his left. Lions left tackle Riley Reiff looked up and yelled at Young to get into the correct position, but was ignored. Scheffler tried to get back into the slot position, but Young shook off the tight end. As a result of the confusion, Lions right tackle Gosder Cherilus jumped offsides.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford attempted pass to Young on the next two plays, but both passes were incomplete. Schwartz said Young's actions on second down led to today's discipline.

"I never like to get 100 percent into the things, but that was one of the issues," Young said. "Titus was lined up in the wrong spot in that case, and it caused a lot of confusion on offense. Really, I don't like to excuse any behavior from any player, but with Gosder, he was sitting in the block for way too long.

"Anybody that has ever run track, you can't keep guys in the blocks that long. It was because of the situation of getting aligned."

Lions assistant coach Shawn Jefferson praised Young's maturity 17 days ago, but he apparently was mistaken.



This marks the second time in six months that Young has been sent home from the team facility because of his immaturity.

Young and teammate Louis Delmas fought during one of Detroit's voluntary workouts in mid-May. Delmas and Young got into a confrontation during an offseason workout. Young eventually punched Delmas when his teammate was not looking.

Schwartz would not say this is Young's second strike, but the receiver is running out of chances.

"I don't know if I'd classify it that way," Schwartz said. "His behavior is going to have to change. This is a team sport. It's not an individual sport. Eventually, there are no more opportunities to be able to get it right."