Great Expectations
This may seem childish, but I think it has some relevence here. Stan Lee, the great comic book creator came up with this line in his Spiderman series. Peter Parker’s (Spiderman’s) Uncle Ben told him “with great power comes great responsibility”. I think Vince Young should buy some comic books and learn to accept the fact that he isn’t just like everyone else or even like any other quarterback in the NFL.
He was the third pick of the NFL Draft 3 years ago and was paid around 50-million dollars to lead this football team. When someone gets 50-million bucks it’s for one thing and one thing only, results. Excuses simply will not cut it and should not be accepted whether it’s practice, the Pre-Season or the Super Bowl.
Jeff Fisher can make excuses for Young’s 4 for 13 performance against the Raiders all he wants, the fact is for anyone who watched it, it was ugly and not what they expect from the guy with the keys to the franchise and most important keys to this teams playoff hopes. Great players, QB’s especially, elevate the players around them. Steve McNair took the offense to new levels and the Titans to the Super Bowl without a bonafide star in the receiving corps.
No, I’m not condemning Vince as a failure and a wasted pick. Do I think he can still be a successful NFL quarterback? Sure, I still think he can be a star. However, I also think that won’t happen until he accepts the fact he does make mistakes and when you’re the quarterback of an NFL football team making a huge salary people expect more. I can only speak for myself and the scores of fans I heard venting their spleins on the radio after the game. Jeff Fisher still contends he has no worries about Young’s progress, but you have to wonder if that will change if he doesn’t get it going before the Pre-Season ends.
“It’s not always the QB’s fault” may work now, but when Jacksonville gets to town September 7th the Jaguars won’t be listening.
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on August 19th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Nice post Cory, but as long as Vince goes thru his progressions, minimalizes his mistakes and still finds time to shop at Kroger, I am cool with that and you need to be too.
See ya at 2 on Friday. Come Prepared.