I know, I know - get over it - but this is what MIGHT have been. If the Texans had made the right FOOTBALL decision and drafted VY #1- When David Carr was benched at Tennessee the back up #1 pick Vince Young could have come in and led the team to a come from behind victory. This started the team on a 7 game win streak behind the rookie phenom. 09/10 10-24 L PHI 09/17 24-43 L at IND 09/24 15-31 L WAS 10/01 17-15 W MIA 10/15 6-34 L at DAL 10/22 27-7 W JAC 10/29 Win at TEN 11/05 Win at NYG 11/12 13-10 W at JAC 11/19 Win BUF 11/26 Win at NYJ 12/03 23-14 W at OAK 12/10 Win TEN Instead of all the division and heartache in the city, we would have been united and proud that Vince wacked Bud Adams twice and has led us to a 9-4 record and possible playoff berth. Anyone who thinks that is an absurd impossible scenario doesn't know how sorry the Titans looked before Vince took over. They looked horrible! The Titans don't have any more talent than the Texans... just VY. I am trying to get over this, but this is why I am struggling to do it. What might have been. It would have been a dream year, a dream team and another Dream player in Houston.
The utterly frustrating thing is that those of us who have followed VY's career knew this was going to happen. VY is a winner, he is magic on a football field, period. The long years of pro qb development do not apply to him. There is only one of him, no one who has gone before is like him. He inspires his team, he wins, and wins, and wins. You can't quite explain how he does it, he just does it. He may not have the best qb ratings, he may not do it pretty, he may not do it until a critical moment in a game, but he will do it, and he will win. That is what he does. Though slow of thoughts, surely the Texan's r****ded "braintrust" knew he was a PR bonanza, they apparently couldn't figure out that he was also a football wonder. I guess they didn't catch the UT-USC game. And no, I will not let up, get over it, or forget about it. The Texan's leadership deserve all the criticism they are getting over this. They were arrogant and condescending to the fans on this one. The fans were right, they were wrong.
criticism is one thing; recasting the 2006 season as a 9-4 campaign with vince young under center is quite another... yes, VY's been, at times during this 6-2 stretch, terrific. but so too has travis henry and pacman jones, helping erase a few the time VY has not been terrific. this titan team is good, VY or no VY; their defense and special teams make a lot of plays and lest we all forget, jeff fisher is a VERY good football coach. none of that has a thing to do with magic and other assorted bull****.
To much credit is given to VY "comeback" against the texans....How about JP losman picking the defense apart from 80 yard with under 2 minutes to go.......
I can't believe no one has said this yet, so since it's entirely accurate I'll say it: Just what we needed; another Vince Young thread. My vote goes to lock this up or merge it or delete it.
Did any of you catch the last two games the Titans played? And I stand by my statement which will be proven again and again in the future: VY is magic on the football field. Admitting this now will save years of embarassment later.
I'll stop, you're right. I felt mean and bad and evil starting the thread. Just give me a couple more days, I will be rooting for the Texans Sunday. And ignoring you know who. I will never be a 'you know who' fan. I tend to be super homer, loyal to Houston teams- (that's why I went ballistic when we passed on you know who) I am still not in my right mind on the game Sunday and as soon as I am I will get out of here and back into GARM and D&D
I guess because we didn't have a chance to draft Losman? It's not really the "comeback", man, it's that he's done so well lately (Texans, Giants, Indianapolis, now Texans again) that it hurts to know we could have had him. MadMax & RM95, wth u talkin'bout, Willises?
I was just fifteen and outta control Lost to James Dean and rock and roll I knew down deep in my country soul That I had to get away Hollywood was a lady in red Who danced in my dreams As I tossed in bed I knew I'd wind up In jail or dead If I had to stay I thought happiness Was Lubbock, Texas In my rear view mirror My momma kept calling me home But I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer In my dreams So I laid out one night in June Stoned on the glow of the Texas moon Humming an old Buddy Holly tune Called Peggy Sue With my favorite jeans And a cheap guitar I ran off chasing a distant star If Buddy Holly could make it that far I figured I could too And I thought happiness Was Lubbock, Texas In my rear view mirror My momma kept calling me home But I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer In my dreams But the Hollywood moon didn't Smile the same old smile That I'd grown up with The lady in red Just wanted my last dime And I cried myself to sleep at night Too dumb to run, too scared to fight And too proud to admit it at the time So I got me some gigs on Saturday nights Not much more than orchestrated fights I'd come home drunk and I'd try to write But the words came out wrong Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth Too much gin and not enough vermouth And no one to teach me How to seek the truth Before I put it into song I still thought happiness Was Lubbock, Texas In my rear view mirror My momma kept calling me home But I just could not, would not hear her And the vision was getting clearer In my dreams Well, I thank God each and every day For giving me the music and words to say I'd-a never made it any other way He was my only friend Now I sleep a little better at night When I look in the mirror In the morning light The man I see was both wrong and right He's going home again I guess happiness was Lubbock, Texas In my rear view mirror But now happiness is Lubbock, Texas Growing nearer and dearer And the vision is getting clearer In my dreams And I think I finally know Just what it means And when I die you can bury me In Lubbock, Texas, in my jeans
or get the hell outta here and go find the nearest Titan board and have one big circle jerk with the rest of the hicks who find Vince so magical but personally and I think I speak for everyone when I say get the ***** outta here.