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[Bandwagoneer]

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Mawae: Young Still Needs to Learn the ans Offense

Remember all the controversy over Vince Young's first Wonderlic score, well Kevin Mawae may have just reopened that can of worms.

Talking on a Nashville sports talk show, the ans center questioned whether Young knows the playbook well enough to run the offense effectively. To quote from KFMac70, who summarized Mawae's comments on the ans' official message board:

Mawae was very outspoken, as usual, but in these comments noted that much of the ans problems on offense centered on Young's lack of progression to develop as a thinker in the huddle and also seems to very seriously question his grasp of an NFL offense.

Mawae noted that Vince wants to win more than anyone on the team, but that he believed that he could do it on ability alone and that in this league, the talent gap is closed by the thinkers of the game and the intelligence of the players.

Mawae said that Young often called the wrong plays with the wrong formations, or when he did call the wrong play and caught it, he was confused as to what to do and didn't call timeout, resulting in a busted play. Mawae said he also questioned the fact that the ans had so many young players in the huddle that rarely did one of them step up and correct a wrong play call (as Wycheck noted that Eddie and he used to do that to Steve when he messed up).

We're relying on a second-hand summarization here, so it's possible that Mawae's comments may have been a little softer than that, but it does seem to explain some of the ans offensive problems. There's also the question of whether Mawae should be making those comments publicly. But it's possible to understand why Mawae might be speaking out. He doesn't have many seasons left in what's been a long career. If Young isn't spending enough time in the film room, speaking out might be a way to spur him to put in more hours.

So apparently there are two big things for the to-do list this offseason. The ans need to get Young some help by improving the receiver corps, but Young needs to work harder to learn the offense.

[fyatuk]

That was a big concern of mine, and I think he would be better off in that department now if they didn't play him last year, at least not as extensively as they did. He had a very very simple playbook at UT, and even the simplest NFL offenses would completely dwarf that.

He definitely needs to spend the offseason studying the playbook and watching film with the coaches. Young is a hard worker that wants to improve, so Mawae's comments might have been for the best. If Young knows he needs to improve in an area, I'm sure he'll work his butt off to do it. He significantly improved his accuracy over last offseason apparently (by his huge jump in completion percentage), and this offseason the work needs to go towards reading defenses....

[johnsmith]

and this offseason the work needs to go towards reading.

fixed