Vince Young is known for escaping pressure. The quarterback almost took that to extremes. The Tennessee Titans 2006 Rookie of the Year told NFL.com in an interview posted on Monday that he considered retirement after his first season. "I really thought long and hard about it," Young told the Web site. "There was so much going on with my family. It was crazy being an NFL quarterback. It wasn't fun anymore. All of the fun was out of it. All of the excitement was gone. All I was doing was worrying about things. "My teammates helped lift me out of it. I prayed really hard. And I began to focus on God's calling for me. Play football. Be a role model." Young was installed as the Titans starter in Week 4 of his rookie season and led Tennessee to an 8-8 record. The Titans barely missed making the playoffs, but Young was named to the Pro Bowl. Last season, the Titans did make it to the playoffs, but Young threw all nine of the team's touchdown passes for the fewest of any team in the league. Nonetheless, he learned to live with the pressure of being an NFL quarterback. He proved that to himself when he handled scrutiny that came his way when pictures of him drinking shirtless at a party showed up on the Internet. "I have a stronger circle," Young told the Web site. "Now I can handle this kind of stuff without it making me want to give up football. I learned that 24/7 I'm representing the Titans and, especially, the kids all over I am trying to influence. I look at my man Michael Vick. I learned from that. I look at Pacman [Jones]. I learned from that. I look at some troubles recently for rappers T.I. and Lil Wayne, guys I listen to. I learned from them. I've learned from my life." http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3413244
Yes. I'm no defender of his play (at least not while he's been a Titan), but the fact that he had to apologize was just plain silly. He's over 21. He wasn't driving. It's the offseason. WTF is wrong with people that they would make an issue out of this?
No. It was here in Austin at a bar (not gay) called Canvas. He, Michael Huff (to Vince's left) and some other football buddies of his were there.
This will be his third year as a starter. He'll be much better. I can't name too many QB's that handle a NFL system with ease as a rookie and in their second year.
+ 1 point for your alliteration skills. - 2 points for being a predictable tool. I'm sure you can find a way to make it back to zero if you try really hard.
I like to think of it this way, if Mario Williams came out and said he was considering hanging em up after year one, he'd probably get ripped to shreds too... soooooo..
No offense to you, but I just wish we could have a legit discussion on Vince Young without the buttlickers and the anti-VY asshats derailing it every single time. You'd think I'd know better by now, but no.... I mean, this is an interesting topic to discuss, but intellectual discussion will be damn near impossible because of who it's about. (RANT over.)
i understand. but all that was thrown out as soon Vince Young was drafted by the Titans. as texans fan during their rookie years, we couldn't stop getting an ear full from VY supporters. it's just gone downhill from there.
