Vince Young Is A Certified Whack Job

Before we get into today's topic, let me remind you of something outstanding.

The other day I was watching ESPN and the best thing ever came across the bottom line: Michelle Wie to Enter LPGA Qualifying School.

It's about time her own tour figured out she's terrible.

As many of you know, I am a huge Vince Young fan. I love the guy on the field. I think he has an athletic ability and a drive synonymous with about no one I've ever seen. At the same point, he apparently has a mental condition stronger than anyone I've ever seen to go with it.

You know there are issues when the cops are called to find the franchise player of a football team because he's gone missing without his cell phone. I mean, what if this was a false alarm and he just went into Waffle House to grab a bite and his phone was just in his car charging? Is it in his contract to have his phone on him at all times? How much would my new favorite player Chad Ocho Cinqo love that concept? He'd duct tape one of those TAG phones to his helmet.

So Vince is a "Me" guy. He's not a "Team" guy. What gives? Now that I go back and think about it, it was the same thing in college. Except being a "Me" and "Team" guy was the same thing because he was that squad. So today, there are all of these character issues with Vince, and I'm not even going to speculate as to where they really, deeply come from. But what I do know, is that whatever this is, is affecting him to be a game changer on the field.

Living in Nashville, I have to listen to all of these Titans fans and Nashvillians say things like, "I knew all along we should have drafted Jay Cutler." Because Cutler looked good against the Raiders on Monday, who are about the worst team ever (no offense to some readers), he apparently is the best thing since sliced bread. Sure, Cutler may have a better career than Vince, but he wasn't the value pick at #3. In that draft, there were four guys capable of going #1 and none of them played in the SEC.

And to further address my point, Young is the perfect quarterback for the Titans. Why? Look at the Titans and how the organization has been structured since it's been in Nashville. Be a power running team, play solid defense and with on that side of the ball, and keep the budget down. So when you aren't an offensive minded team, basically by business structure, how perfect is it to draft a guy who has the ability to go the distance from the moment he takes the snap? That's an added dimension that you are getting a fairly reasonable value, all things considered, and the guy has won more games than he's lost as a starter in this league with a couple of those wins coming with the natural ability that he possesses.

Sure, he throws some bad balls. He threw two awful picks this past Sunday. But at the same rate, he also had two key balls dropped by his receivers. Does he turn the ball over too much? Yeah, but he's also got a defense that allows you to make a few mistakes. They are that good, believe me. So to me, all things considered, Young is the perfect guy for that team, as a player.

The issue now is how do you take control of your team as a quarterback. It's funny because in the past two weeks, I've heard so much about the two quarterbacks in this state and their reactions to adversity (Vince and the Vols Jonathan Crompton). Vince is a good kid, I think. He's cocky, but he can be, and he's got the swagger of a star. The question is, where is it? Where has it gone? And why is it effecting him on the level that it apparently is, off the field. Because what I see is a guy bringing his off the field problems down the tunnel and on the field on Sundays.

Maybe things are pretty bad at home and in the old neighborhood in Houston as has been speculated. But I saw an interview once with of all people Keith Richards where he said something along the lines of, "Getting out on stage every night is the only time I get some piece and quiet." Meaning to me, that life can be demanding, but he gets out there to do the thing he loves to do, and lets everything else go, and nothing matters. Maybe when he's back on the field in 2-4 weeks, he can use his love of the game of football to get him through whatever other problems he's been having.