Vince Young Considered Retiring Last Year?!?

[Mr. Peabody]

A sign of immaturity. He should have stayed at UT one more year and worked on his skills. , he'd probably have won another championship and beat out Troy Smith for the Heisman.

Young focused on winning, being role model

NASHVILLE -- Despite coming off a 2006 season in which he won Offensive Rookie of the Year and helped to double the Tennessee ans' win total from the previous year, Vince Young said he felt lost in training camp last summer.

He was hurting. He was overwhelmed.

At age 24 -- only one year into his NFL career -- he said he considered retirement.

"I really thought long and hard about it," Young said on Thursday after practice. "There was so much going on with my family. It was crazy being an NFL quarterback. It wasn't fun anymore. All of the fun was out of it. All of the excitement was gone. All I was doing was worrying about things.

The scrutiny -- standard in the life of a star NFL quarterback -- is intense.

For a black one -- considering the history at the position -- and especially for Young, when taking into account his exhausting roots, the mind can be twisted and tricked. The focus suffocating.

In recent days, pictures of Young surfaced on the Internet drinking shirtless at a party back in his college town of Austin, Texas. Young said the party was a private one held by his former University of Texas teammate and current Oakland Raiders safety Michael Huff after Young had participated in Huff's charity softball and football camp for kids.

Among the unflattering captions, it was suggested that Young was not focused on football.

[Spurs da champs]

Vince Young is not a quarter back he should just be a running back. It's sad that he just runs and rarely passes.

[midgetonadonkey]

Vince Young is not a quarter back he should just be a running back. It's sad that he just runs and rarely passes.

According to a majority of the posters here, he is the greatest QB in the NFL. Better than Manning, Brady, Farve, etc...because "he just wins games".

Vince Young. He should retire. He will never be more than a great NCAA QB. Just like Ryan Leaf, Charlie Ward, Tim Couch, Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch and Troy Smith.

[johnsmith]

I think that would have been a better idea then going out and sucking as bad as he did last year.


VY will suck again this season and UT fans around the country will have to finally admit that he is not meant to be an NFL quarterback...................OVER RATED...................OVER RATED.

[GaryJohnston]

And UT jealousy rears its ugly head

Id think you'd be hard pressed to find anybody that says Vince Young is a better QB than Manning, Brady or Farve. Thats just a stupid statment by you Midget.

Don't worry about Vince. He'll be a successful QB for the ans.

[BigDaddyMatty]

Somehow Vince keeps winning in spite of his terrible passing. He'll probably keep doing it too.

[2centsworth]

black quarterback gets 2 games to prove he's good while white quarterbacks get several years. Vince was decent his rookie season, but regressed last year. Lets see how it goes this year.

[timvp]

Vince Young is turning into Vince Carter.

Sad.

ROFL @ the "i contemplated retirement" card.

[Spurs da champs]

The thing is quarterbacks like that will not last long.

[Evan]

Pretty disturbing comment.

[PacerFan]

He contemplated retirement? What a pussy.

[FlavoredIcecream]

Heres a video on the great Vince Young

http://files.filefront.com/VinceYoun.../fileinfo.html

Mad Skills

[ATRAIN]

According to a majority of the posters here, he is the greatest QB in the NFL. Better than Manning, Brady, Farve, etc...because "he just wins games".

Vince Young. He should retire. He will never be more than a great NCAA QB. Just like Ryan Leaf, Charlie Ward, Tim Couch, Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch and Troy Smith.

+1

[jack sommerset]

He is gay

[stretch]

And UT jealousy rears its ugly head

Id think you'd be hard pressed to find anybody that says Vince Young is a better QB than Manning, Brady or Farve. Thats just a stupid statment by you Midget.

Don't worry about Vince. He'll be a successful QB for the ans.