John Clayton showing VY some love!

Or, February. :wink2:

 

I was a Oiler fan back in 1978 until they left Houston. Stopped watching the NFL for the better part of a decade but came back when Vince came into the league.

As for the last draft, I touted Jamal Charles for the same reason I also liked Chris Johnson, they were the two fastest guys in the draft and I have said all along the thing this team was missing has been team speed. I liked Sweed and the receiver from Kal simply because they were the two fastest (well Sweed is both big and fast)

I don't remember saying much about Okam outside the fact that he was dropping like a rock and in the later rounds would be a steal since I believe he was a legit 3rd round talent.

I did a mock with the Titans picking all Texas players but in that I made it clear (to those with reading comprehension skills) it was sarcasm.

BTW the reports about Sweed in Pittsburgh and Charles in KC are pretty damn good right now so I have no remorse in thinking they would be good picks.

BTW looking at Next years draft there isn't a single Longhorn I would consider drafting. The following year is a different story.

 

Damn!!! That's nice to read. I just hope we aren't getting pumped up just to be let down.

 

Okay 2 days till the next game! I can't wait to see "The Burner".

 

I am going to take the glass-half-full approach and say we are getting pumped for good reason! :wink2:

 

ColtKiller -

Understand these things: I like Vince as a person. I think he is a guy that's hard to root against. I like the fire he has when playing well. And of course - I hope he's the best QB to ever play the game, one way or another.

However I also have a friend of mine that I also wish would get his life together. He has so many good qualities, but he just doesn't have the motivation, patience, or plans to become something other than a pot-smoking fast food employee.
Every day I hope he breaks that stance. Every day I want to hear he's cleaning up and getting a foot in the door to reach his potential, but he's 27 years old now...odds are, it's not going to happen.

Vince is the same. I'll always hope he proves me wrong, but he never gives me reason to be optimistic. He's a guy that has potential, but can't pass the ball to save his life. He's not quick enough (brain-wise) to make reads, so the odds are, it's not going to happen.

 

And you gather this after 1.75 seasons as a starter? You do realize he has better stats as a starter than Terry Bradshaw, Eli Manning and Payton Manning had at this point in their careers. Don't give me the garbage that Bradshaw played in a different era Vince plays in a run oriented offense same as Terry did.

Hell, McNair has about 2 or 3 starts by this point in his career, Vince had a great Rookie season and a tough 2nd season. I have seen great strides in him going back to him at Madison HS. Even last year he didn't regress as bad as he looked he still played better in year 2 than in year 1. Now if by year 4 if he still looks like he can't make plays with his arm then I can understand your feelings but to say it since day one of his rookie season speaks more about you then it does about him.

 

His rookie year he won ROY now because of the usual sophmore slump some are paniced or giving up him a little. Come on guys!

 

Are you serious? Eli Manning sucks too, so I wont even factor him in to this, but:

Peyton Manning -
Rookie Year -
3,749 yards passing
26 TDs
28 ints
71.2 rating

Vince Young's Rookie Year:
2,119 yards passing
12 TDs
13 ints
66.7 rating

Uhhhhhh...so rookie years aren't even close. Let's try the next year to see if we can find a plug for that thing you talk from...

Peyton Manning Sophmore Year:
4,135 yards passing
26 TDs
15 ints
90.7 rating

Vince Young's Sophmore year:
2,546 yards passing
9 TDs
17 ints (jesus christ...)
71.1 rating

So uh...basically, Vince doesn't even have better stats in his sophmore year than Peyton did in his rookie year. Better stats. hahaha

So we end up with this difference:

yards passing: 3,219 in favor of Manning
TDs: 31 in favor of Manning
Ints: 13 in favor of Vince

I'm not even going to bother looking up the others after you blindly pulled this one from who knows where...

He didn't play better in year 2. He regressed. He threw more ints, and less touchdowns. Pacman wasn't there to win games for him while he gets all the credit this time.