Vince Young = Michael Vick. (1 Viewer)

[Brewzers]

Judging from this thread, looks like a lot of footballguys are starting to get it regarding Young. Last year, even at the end of the season, hardly anyone even here would give the guy credit for reading defenses and almost all said he was a run-first qb. He runs most often when the play or the containment has broken down (a la Steve Young), which is another thing that makes him so dangerous. I don't care what his wunderlich was, the guy is one of the most football savvy players I've ever seen. That 4th quarter OB run was the first mistake of that type I've ever seen him make.

Vince didn't look himself yesterday,whichI'm sure has much to do with the Jax D.I was disappointed with his accuracy yesterday, but he still had a good %. He just missed pretty badly on some of the incompletions. That was one of the 2 worst games I've ever seen Young have as a passer or as a runner, though, and I've seen every snap the guy has ever taken, college or pro. To judge him off one game is ludicrous.

Yes, Jax pretty well bottled VY up, but you see what they sacrificed in the process, right? 241 yards rushing to Brown & White. Ouch. Not everyone will take such an approach, and you'll see bigger plays by VY.

Or maybe defenses now have enough film on him. If so, he better adapt and change.

That's what people said last year after three or four weeks...and what they said in college..."Just account for Vince and you can stop Texas." Right.Exactly how many games of film do you think an NFL DC needs to gameplan someone?

The fact is that Jax has a very good D and has always given VY trouble, but the LBs and DEs were so worried about VY that the Titans gashed them everywhere else in the run game. So send everyone after VY. Spy him. Whatever. He still wins when you do that.

As for adapting and changing...he already has, and will continue to do so.

This was very evident on one of the big running plays, I think it was Chris Brown. Young handed off to Brown and then continued to carry out his fake (like he was running around end). The Jax D player who was responsible for containment, ran right past Brown to get Young believing he had the ball. The threat of having to account for VY on every play will allow Brown and White to produce better numbers than they normally would.

 

[Colin Dowling]

He's not a great downfield passer. Given.

So what? It isn't essential that he throw it deep 5 times a game for the team to win.