Report: Vince Young joining Eagles a “virtual certainty”
What Vince Young wants Vince Young will apparently get.
Just hours after Young was finally cut loose by the Titans, Clark Judge of CBSSports.com reports Young is “expected” to join the Eagles. Young is a “virtual certainty” to be Michael Vick’s backup.
That sentence would have sounded nuts a few years ago. Or 12 months ago.
But things change fast in the NFL, and Vick is suddenly thrust into the entrenched veteran starter/mentor role. Young smartly wants to go through the Andy Reid quarterback car wash, where guys like Kevin Kolb and A.J. Feeley come out looking brand new.
In Young, the Eagles would pick up the most talented backup quarterback in the league. He’s produced at a high level before, but serious questions remain about his work ethic and ability to handle pressure.
Odds are that Vick misses a start or four in 2011. If Judge’s report is correct, Young is bound to feel plenty of pressure before this suddenly insane-looking 2011 season ends.
If anybody has proven he can get the best out of quarterbacks, it's Andy Reid. This is the best place for Young. He will get playing time, because Vick will not play 16 games with his style of play, but fior the Eagles they replace him with a similar style QB.
cleg wrote:Correction: Reid creates the illusion that he gets the best out of a QB
Like the illusion of the Super Bowl trophies in his trophy case? I get get you.
That's right. Living in Philly the last 10 years I have gotten to know up close and personal the arrogance of the Eagle fans, their management and the media here. This is a team that has not won anything. Andy Reid cozy's up to national media guys like Sal Palantonio and hypes up his back up QB's, they then hype them up on TV and presto - a 2nd round pick and a player for Kolb, a second round pick for AJ Feely, a second round pick for McNabb...
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