The Continuing VY Saga

[dadmg]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3579504

The mother of Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young said he's "hurting inside and out" and indicated he might not want to play football any longer.

Felicia Young said in Wednesday editions of The Tennessean that her son is tired of all of the negativity he's faced after being booed during a 17-10 win Sunday over Jacksonville.

"What would you think, if you were tired of being ridiculed and persecuted and talked about and not being treated very well, what would you do? What kind of decision would you make?" Felicia Young said. "He may not want to deal with it [all], but you have to get to that point before you make that decision first.

"But we're not talking about football right now. We're talking about what would make him happy, and that is the most important thing."

I was wrong about a lot of things with our 2007 draft (I wanted D'Brickashaw and, seeing we weren't going in that direction, if not I wanted Bush), at least I was smart enough to pray that I never saw VY in a Texans uni. This man will never make it as a quarterback in the NFL.

[dadmg]

Half an hour after I post that, I found more to the story.

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/10/vince-young-may-be-extremely-depressed-may-not-want-to-play-f/

While I do feel bad for the guy, when you combine this with inability to read a defense and I don't think there's any chance he even becomes a decent starter in this league. Hell, I think there's a strong chance he's retired in the next year or two.

[KJ3]

yea, it seems like of all the things he has going for him (incredible athleticism, great arm, decent team, so on) the one thing that you CAN teach is how to read defenses....

....but he can't? and now he just wants to quit?

there are people everywhere, including some of us typing on this message board, or this post even, that would do almost anything to have the size, skill, and general makeup to even be IN the NFL, much less good enough at any part of football to make one a stand out. so when i see this guy who has everything, granted he's worked for it, but gives it up or teeters on the brink of giving up i feel more agitated than sorry for him. it's just a game. i suppose if anything it means he cares about the game and his performance...

[NBT]

Vince was never what you would call the intelectual type. Just ask his professors at Texas. Not that he was incapable, he just wasn't interested. So why listen to the coach and watch all that film. If he ever realizes he is not a child phenom anymore, he will eventually morph into a decent QB.