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Vince Young Plans To Shut Up, Get Paid
Posted by Mike Florio on April 20, 2009, 9:15 a.m.
Titans quarterback Vince Young is supposed to be entering his prime. As the fourth season of his NFL career approaches, the third overall pick in the 2006 draft should be preparing to try to take a talented Titans team to the first NFL title in franchise history.
Instead, hes scheduled to ride the pine.
Even more troubling than that, in our view, is the fact that he seems to be OK with it.
I am just going to keep my mouth closed, man, Young said Sunday night, according to Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean. All I am doing this year is shutting up, just shutting up and working. I am going to smile and shut up and continue being Vince Young, a happy smiling guy. I am not going to get into the hoopla any more because of the fact I cant win any more, I see.
He says hes not upset with starter Kerry Collins for taking the job that, a year ago, Young held.
I dont have nothing against Kerry, Young said (which of course technically means that Young does have something against Collins). Kerry is just doing his job and that is the same thing I want to do, take care of my job and wait for my turn when they call me.
Young doesnt know when his turn will come.
I havent the slightest idea, he said. I am just leaving that to other people and trying to get myself in shape and get myself ready. I do know I am healthy and my body feels great and its been a long time since Ive felt that way.
In the meantime, hell just keep smiling and getting paid.
Whatever they want me to do that is what I am going to do, Young said. If they want me to sit on the sideline and be there to watch the game then that is OK with me, but at the same time I am getting my checks and I am fine.
Those checks will be worth $126,470 each, which constitute 17 installments of a $2.15 million base salary.
But this arrangement cant go on for much longer. Next year, those checks will grow to more than $440,000 each, as part of a $7.5 million base salary.
In our view, its about more than the money. Its about a burning desire not only to play, but also to excel. In our view, Young seems to have resigned himself to the fact that hes not going to dominate at the NFL level.
And so he appears content to coast, which at last check wasnt one of the ingredients for a high-end NFL quarterback.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/
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Posted by Mike Florio on April 20, 2009, 9:15 a.m.
Titans quarterback Vince Young is supposed to be entering his prime. As the fourth season of his NFL career approaches, the third overall pick in the 2006 draft should be preparing to try to take a talented Titans team to the first NFL title in franchise history.
Instead, hes scheduled to ride the pine.
Even more troubling than that, in our view, is the fact that he seems to be OK with it.
I am just going to keep my mouth closed, man, Young said Sunday night, according to Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean. All I am doing this year is shutting up, just shutting up and working. I am going to smile and shut up and continue being Vince Young, a happy smiling guy. I am not going to get into the hoopla any more because of the fact I cant win any more, I see.
He says hes not upset with starter Kerry Collins for taking the job that, a year ago, Young held.
I dont have nothing against Kerry, Young said (which of course technically means that Young does have something against Collins). Kerry is just doing his job and that is the same thing I want to do, take care of my job and wait for my turn when they call me.
Young doesnt know when his turn will come.
I havent the slightest idea, he said. I am just leaving that to other people and trying to get myself in shape and get myself ready. I do know I am healthy and my body feels great and its been a long time since Ive felt that way.
In the meantime, hell just keep smiling and getting paid.
Whatever they want me to do that is what I am going to do, Young said. If they want me to sit on the sideline and be there to watch the game then that is OK with me, but at the same time I am getting my checks and I am fine.
Those checks will be worth $126,470 each, which constitute 17 installments of a $2.15 million base salary.
But this arrangement cant go on for much longer. Next year, those checks will grow to more than $440,000 each, as part of a $7.5 million base salary.
In our view, its about more than the money. Its about a burning desire not only to play, but also to excel. In our view, Young seems to have resigned himself to the fact that hes not going to dominate at the NFL level.
And so he appears content to coast, which at last check wasnt one of the ingredients for a high-end NFL quarterback.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/
I'm loving Mario more and more every day.