gtexan02 said:
Al Davis is enamored with Young’s speed and athletic ability. The fact is, Vince Young is a development NFL quarterback prospect that rates as a second or third round selection. A rare athlete that makes plays with his legs. In the NFL you make plays as a QB with your arm. Young hasn’t demonstrated that he can read complex defenses or compete a pass through a small window of opportunity. Will a team invest an early pick and millions of dollars in a developmental quarterback that may not be ready until he is eligible for free agency? A top five athlete should not be confused with a top five position player. If the Raiders don’t take him, he may free fall out of the first round once the total evaluations are tabulated.
heres their full mock:
http://www.ourlads.com/2006NFLMockDraft.html
I am wondering why there is a bias against Vince Young
A lot of people compare Vince Young and Michael Vick because of their running ability. How come VY is held to a different standard? Vick did not display nearly the accuracy that VY did at the same stage, nor did he seem to show the ability to read defenses.
How about the funky throwing motion? Well Phillip Rivers has a pretty funky throwing motion, why did the draft pundits call him a gamer who finds a way to get the ball into the hands of the receivers, while VY is just a "top athlete". You don't go 30-2 by accident.
How about the criticism of the system? Well if I recall, Alex Smith ran the spread offense at Utah, and beat such powerhouses as Pittsburgh. He definitely demonstrated the ability to read complex defenses in the shotgun offense there and it showed in his play this year...So how come Alex Smith got a free pass and VY does not?
Oh wait it must be that he gained a lot of his yards running the football and that he would not be able to adjust becoming a pocket passer? Yeah it's not like an option Qb from Syracuse can transform himself into a pocket passer and lead his team to the Super Bowl. Oh wait, Donovan McNabb did that....
In the past year, VY has taken down Ohio State, who made Brady Quinn (who ourlads would probably call a pure pocket passer) look mediocre. He also befuddled the likes of Bob Stoops and Pete Carroll (yeah they know nothing about defenses, considering that Stoops is the one that tormented Peyton Manning when he was in college, and Pete Carroll who used to design NFL style defenses and had 1 month to prepare for VY).
And apparently they are huge on Jay Cutler. But when Cutler is not playing the powerhouses known as Richmond and Kentucky, these are his numbers against division I teams over .500.
81-151 (53.6%) 6td's 6 int (12 sacks)
If Kyle Boller had a twin, I think his name is Jay Cutler...Remember the pundits on Kyle Boller...Suppodely great attitude (in the Brett Favre mold), great arm, did not have a lot of talent around him, but was a nfl combine wonder, which means that he will be an NFL superstar...Yeah sorry folks, I am still waiting on that one...
And for those of you who say that VY had more talent, then why does no one mention that VY had a higher passer rating than Matt Leinart, although Leinart had a heisman tropy rb behind him, and another first-round rb by his side in Lendale White. Not to even mention possible first rounders TE Byrd and WR Dwayne Jarrett (next year).
I'm not saying the Texans should draft VY, but the criticism of him is a bit tired..
