I can hardly wait to read the NY newspapers tomorrow. The columnist and player comments will be delicious! I don't hate the Giants and feel kinda bad for looking forward to it so much. BTW, Coughlin is a dead coach walking. If the Giants don't at least make the NFC championship game, he's good as gone. I thought he was a good hire for them but had no idea of the extent to which he alienates players. The lack of a probing press hid some of his extremism in Jacksonville.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=kretz_doug&id=2676922 Young's game is growingBy Doug Kretz Scouts Inc. Archive Since taking over the reins from Kerry Collins in Week 4, Vince Young has led Tennessee to a 4-4 record. With Sunday's come-from-behind win over the New York Giants, we have seen a major indication of his maturation. Here are five signs that Young has matured in the last eight games. Come-from-behind win: As he did in last season's Rose Bowl win over Southern California, Young brought his team back to win in the last seconds against New York. Contrast that with Eli Manning, who threw an interception late in the game to give Young his opportunity. Ball security: A quarterback must learn to avoid interceptions at all costs. In perhaps his worst game of the season, Young threw three interceptions against Jacksonville four weeks ago. He has thrown only one since, in a narrow loss to Baltimore. Spreading the wealth: Young has learned to spread the ball around. While he has connected with WR Drew Bennett more times than with any other receiver (19 times), he has also hit TE Bo Scaife 18 times, Brandon Jones 16 times and Bobby Wade 15 times. Ability to read coverages, use expanded package: When Young first took over, Titans coaches had to limit how much of the field he was able to scan. They asked him to just read half of the coverage, and if the receivers in that half of the field were unable to get open, he would tuck the ball away and run. He is now starting to read an expanded part of the coverage and use all his receivers. Poise in the pocket: When you watch Young on tape, it becomes evident that he is no longer wide-eyed and nervous as he scans the field. He does not appear to get flustered. He does not panic and make stupid rookie mistakes. Young is not the veteran, poised QB Peyton Manning is, but he does appear to be on his way to being a quality NFL quarterback. Doug Kretz scouts the AFC South for Scouts Inc.
Borrowing From His College Days, Young Sparks Comeback By RAY GLIER Published: November 27, 2006 NASHVILLE, Nov. 26 — Vince Young was dazzling again, but this time LenDale White did not have to watch Young ruin another one of White’s teams. “I’ve been on the opposing end of this stuff from him and I didn’t like it,” White said. “I’m way happy he was on my team this time.” In the Rose Bowl last January in college football’s national championship game, Young led Texas to a 41-38 comeback victory against White and Southern California with a touchdown run with 19 seconds remaining. At LP Field on Sunday, White and a frenzied crowd watched the rookie Young orchestrate another impressive victory as the Titans rallied from a 21-0 deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the Giants, 24-21. “Hey, get used to it,” said Titans tight end Bo Scaife, who played with Young at Texas. “This is what he does.” Young threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in the fourth quarter. After an interception by the Titans’ Pacman Jones with 23 seconds to play, Young completed two passes in two attempts to set up Rob Bironas’s game-winning 49-yard field goal with six seconds left. “It’s a sneak peak, not just for me, but for the team in general,” Young said when asked if the victory Sunday could ignite a franchise that has struggled through a 4-7 season. The best of Young’s highlights came on the drive for the tying touchdown. On fourth-and-10 from the Tennessee 24 with 2 minutes 44 seconds to play, Young ran 19 yards for a first down after the Giants’ Mathias Kiwanuka inexplicably let Young out of his grasp. Young then completed a 20-yard pass to Roydell Williams. On the next play, Young ran 16 yards for another first down. He completed a 7-yard pass to Drew Bennett before firing a 14-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Jones for the tying score with 49 seconds to play. “He did this to Oklahoma State my senior year at Texas,” Scaife said. “We were down, 35-0, scored just before the half, then came back to win it. I’ve seen it. Nothing new for me.” Young, who is 6 feet 4 inches and 233 pounds, ran for 69 yards on 10 carries. He completed 24 of 35 passes for 249 yards. Young said he had no answer to the Giants’ coverages in the secondary when the Titans tried to pass earlier in the game. He came to the sidelines several times befuddled by the coverages and asked Kerry Collins, a veteran and former Giants quarterback, what the Giants were doing to confuse things, but Collins did not have an answer. The answer, it turned out, was for Young to run and let the Giants be confused. It is because of his running ability that when one door is closed, another opens. “I did a good job using my legs when it came time to use my legs,” Young said. When Young missed the team’s flight to Philadelphia last week before a game with the Eagles, there were immediate questions about his maturity and leadership ability. There were no questions about Young being the leader of a young team in the locker room after Sunday’s game. His teammates were certainly willing to back him up when the Giants roughed up Young in the fourth quarter. Straining for a first down at the Giants’ 20 with 12 minutes remaining, Young was hit by Frank Walker as he was going out of bounds. Walker was flagged for a personal foul. There was a near fight on the sideline as White jumped in to support his quarterback. “It was one of their cheap shots,” White said. “They were twisting ankles in the piles, stuff like that.” The penalty was part of the ill will evident throughout the game between the teams. The Titans, according to cornerback Reynaldo Hill, were also irritated about Giants running back Tiki Barber demanding more carries. “It was like he was telling his head coach, ‘I can run over the Titans, give me the ball,’ ” Hill said. In the end, the person who did the running over was Young. “I’ve never been around people like this guy,” Titans wide receiver Bobby Wade said. “He just looks you in the eye and tells you how it is. He’s just a playmaker, that’s all, a playmaker.” http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/sports/football/27blue.html?ref=football
More fuel to the fire...Wish we would have drafted VY...He is just a special type of player...I still can't believe it was a 4th and 10 and the guy just let go...crazy...this is the stuff legends are made of...
Originally Posted by MR. MEOWGI .....wrong website. Agreed. Maybe you guys aught not read threads with Vince Superfreak Young in the title since they clearly irritate you so. I got news for you, as much as you may wish it were so, such threads are not going away soon.
I'm not irritated at all. I'll read whatever thread I like, and post in it, too. And, this was the wrong forum.
In other news from Sunday... The Cardinals returned the opening kickoff for a TD, got a 99 yard fumble return for a touchdown, and Leinart threw for 405 yards... but he also threw an endzone interception (his 2nd INT) on the last play of the game to seal the defeat by 5 points. Rex Grossman had the benefit of 5 NE turnovers and a great defense, but he threw 3 interceptions and the Bears lost. David Carr was 19-of-24 for 162 yards in the final 8:05 and led his team to an 11-26 defeat.
LMAO Even if it was posted in the wrong forum. A moderator could have easily moved it. Not a big deal. But to say it was posted in the wrong web site is crazy.... Sorry if some of you just can't stand the sight of the Titans led by Vince Young. Get used to it for a long time to come.... What is a big deal is the game from yesterday. As it was posted in this thread already. This is the stuff that legends are made of. Vince Young is that man and I am sure this is just the beginning of great things for him and the Titans. He is now 4-4 as a starter. Two of those losses could easily have been wins as he lost by a point to the Colts and by a couple of points to the Ravens. One of the best wins in the history of the Oilers/Titans franchise. A game that I am sure many of us diehard fans will remember for a long time. Still smiling about the game. When I was watching that USC/Texas championship game all I could think was for Vince to lead them back and get the victory so it would only make him entering the draft that much of an easier decision. That and him playing for my Titans!!!!! The other person that has gotten lost in the headlines of this game has been Adam "Pac-Man" Jones. The guy is turning into a huge playmaker in front of our eyes. I think Fisher has done a great job of coaching this team this year. He has handled Pac as well as anybody could have. I still have to pray that he keeps his head screwed on straight and matures. But on the field Pac is a true playmaker and has really turned himself into a legit shutdown corner. He is right up there with the tops in the NFL. He has had a very nice season. Plus the Titans will have $41 million to spend on potential free agents this off-season which is also a plus. Granted the free agent market is not the best but it is sure nice to know that we have money to spend after being in Cap hell for all these years. Add to that another a solid draft class which could include a deep class of receivers and the Titans future is looking brighter every day!!!
The Texans would probably be better off if they had drafted either Young, Leinart or Cutler. Of course the problem could be the Texans. Joey Harrington is starting to look like a winner now that he is playing for the Dolphins and not the bad news Lions.
I didn't take contention with the wrong forum comment, which any ole knucklehead with too much time on their hands and looking to up their post count can gladly take on. And outsted Culpepper, who everyone thought he was the bomb while racking up mega stats (and playoff failures) for one of the most loaded offenses in this milen. Got to look at context-- who is around them. Given there are so many holes in the Texans team, and that I don't see any Vince Young type talents around for the Texans to get radical with (draft or FA), might as well still roll with Carr for now and mix in flyers who might supplant him. I was for drafting Young because I thought he was just too talented to pass up and had showed impeccable leadership ability to boot, but I was not for rolling with Leinart or Cutler over Carr. From what I have seen out of Leinart given his supporting cast, I am not convinced he would do better than Carr. I guess we will see about Cutler, but he is going into a super favorable situation akin to what Big Ben went into, and by the way Big Ben now has 19INTs to 12TDs on this season where his cast around him (defense, running game, Wrs) has become merely average. If Cutler does anything but not absolutely suck he will look good to most others' eyes. If Cutler does average individually given the numerous strengths of the Broncos team (good running team, excellent receivers, excellent defense, superior tacticians) we will be hearing over and over again about the genious of the Broncos scouting.
