NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -The NFL Players Association will not appeal Albert Haynesworth's five-game suspension for stomping on the head of Dallas center Andre Gurode.

The Tennessee Titans defensive tackle was suspended Monday for kicking Gurode in the head twice in Sunday's 45-14 victory by the Cowboys. The unprecedented suspension is more than twice the previous longest, a two-game suspension for Green Bay's Charles Martin in 1986.

Haynesworth announced through his agent on Tuesday that he would not appea

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Albert Haynesworth wanted to say he's sorry. All he got was a lot of unanswered ringing and a voice mailbox that was full.

Determined to apologize to the man whose face he tore open with his cleat, the Tennessee Titans defensive tackle spent Tuesday trying to reach Dallas center Andre Gurode's cell phone, and his agent said he won't give up until he does.

``Albert will continue until he gets through to him,'' said his agent, Chad Speck.

Haynesworth was suspended five games withou

Meanwhile, Texas is without its star from last year's game, quarterback Vince Young. Now the starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans, Young threw for three touchdowns and ran for another last year against Oklahoma.

``There's no denying with Vince Young back there, it's just different. They run a lot of similar plays and again Colt McCoy's doing an excellent job. But you're talk

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Albert Haynesworth's temper has landed him in trouble with teammates and coaches before. By stomping another player's head, the Tennessee Titans defensive tackle not only disgusted himself, he also drew a five-game suspension - the longest for on-field behavior in NFL history.

And that may just be the beginning of the grief for Haynesworth, who fell to the Titans in the middle of the first round of the 2002 draft because of maturity questions.

The 6-foot-6, 320-pound Haynesworth st

Oct. 2, 2006 - The NFL suspends Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth five games for flagrant unnecessary roughness. He was ejected from a game against the Dallas Cowboys after he stomped on Dallas center Andre Gurode's face.

May 12, 2006 - Haynesworth charged with reckless endangerment after another motorist complained he tried to run a car off the interstate. The charges were later dismissed after prosecutors declined to press the case. Haynesworth claimed he was a victim of road rage and

Things didn't go so well for the talented Vince Young, whose first start as the quarterback of a bad team went pretty much as expected.

Badly.

Overall?

Dallas' 45-14 win over the Tennessee Titans was the best thing that could have happened to the Cowboys. It was the perfect game to prepare the Cowboys for next week when Terrell Owens returns to Philadelphia to play the Eagles.

And it was the perfect game to shake off whatever lingering eff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Terrell Owens ran around the field and caught passes Sunday morning, and the receiver will start for the Dallas Cowboys against the Tennessee Titans.

This caps a week in which Owens was hospitalized for mixing painkillers prescribed for his broken hand with his usual supplements, then denied a police report that he had attempted suicide. Dallas police closed their investigation Thursday, calling it an ``accidental overdose.''

Owens wore a glove over his broken right hand, which he

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Internet buzz, the head coach angrily blasting a player, fans upset over the direction of the team and a rookie quarterback making his first NFL start against a team he grew up watching.

That's just the Tennessee Titans.

Now mix in the Dallas Cowboys and the traveling T.O. circus, and what seemed like just another NFL matchup now features the kind of drama and attention not even soap operas generate.

The Titans (0-3) only hope all the attention over receiver Terrell Owens' hospit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Rookie quarterback Vince Young will make his first NFL start for the Tennessee Titans on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.

The first quarterback taken in this year's draft at No. 3 overall, Young had spot duty in the Titans' first two games. But the winless Titans are 0-3 and hoping the quarterback who led Texas to the national title in January can provide a spark to their offense.

The Titans said they chose Young over Matt Leinart or local favorite Jay Cutler in the draft because

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Vince Young will make his first NFL start for the Tennessee Titans on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.

The No. 3 overall draft pick played in spot duty in each of the Titans' first two games, but the Titans are 0-3 and hope the quarterback who led Texas to the national title in January can provide a spark to their offense.

The Titans drafted Young over Matt Leinart and local favorite Jay Cutler because of his potential.

Coach Jeff Fisher had promised he wouldn't start Young unt