Vince Young - Season One Analysis

Hey dude, are you Roland of Gilead?:geek:

That was the key IMO that affected Vince the most in his poorer performances.

The Pats use a lot of unusual formations especially when it comes to moving Vrabel around & at times Vince looked lost.

His improvement against the teams in our division 2nd time around was particularly impressive. The Jags were an exception of course but his 2nd game aginst them wasn't an straight forward one to evaluate.

 

The accuracy will come with experience. It isn't so much that he's not accurate, as much as it is things are going a little faster than he's used to right now. He's not 100% comfortable with the receivers and the offense and the defense.

I can remember watching him in high school, every single ball was on the money. He hit his receiver ins tride every time. I thought this guy looks like Joe Montana with Randall Cunningham legs. Fast forward to his rs freshman year at Texas. It looked often times like he couldn't hit the broadside of the barn. A lot of Texas fans, yes they know who they are, were ADAMANT about keeping Chance Mock in there. I knew what Vince brought in the intangibles department, and what he could become given the time to get comfortable. Even Vince's sophomore year at Texas wasn't that great. His last 4 or 5 games of his sophomore campaign were when he started to really come around.

If you have any of the games available to you, go back and watch the difference between Vince's freshman year when things were too fast for him and he was uncomfortable. Then, compare those games to the games his junior year when he could stand back there and do whatever he wanted to do whenever he wanted to do it. This is the type of improvement you will undoubtedly see in his pro career. I knew from day one that it would take Vince a little while. I am one of the biggest Vince fans there is, and even I am amazed at the job he did this year. I didn't expect it to be this easy for him this soon. Not to say he's making the NFL his playground, but he is doing much better than I thought he would for a rookie. Give him to year 3, and all the naysayers will be quieted. It's not an "if" or a "maybe" or a "possibility," there's not a single doubt in my mind.

 

excellent post.. nice analysis

 

Good to have another viewpoint. I will give you a B+ on the post. All in all pretty accurate.

 

excuse me he didn't play for UT..he played for Texas :ha:

 

Just to clarify, we're talking about the UT that wears orange. Hope that helps... :ha:

 

Both UT's were wearing "burnt" orange this year.