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The Reemergence of Vince Young

The NFL Comeback Player of the Year deserves to be Vince Young.

Not just for what he’s doing for the Tennessee Titans on the field, going 5-0 in his starts after the team started 0-6 and bringing them back into the playoff hunt when things looked extremely bleak.

For his comeback off the field.

Young went through a lot in 2008, after being booed by Titans fans for his second interception, and after his pride was crushed and the sprained MCL that followed, he postponed a doctor’s examination and was gone without nobody knowing where he was. With his family worried, Jeff Fisher was concerned and called the Nashville, TN police. Although Vince’s agent, Major Adams, downplayed the incident, his therapist told Fisher that he mentioned suicide a few times and drove home with a gun, and that led to the call. His mom, Felicia, also said that he was “hurting inside and out”. Obviously with all of this going on, Fisher benched Young in favor of Kerry Collins, who led the Titans to a 13-3 mark.

This season, Vince Young was on the bench, and Fisher was in favor of Kerry Collins, and said Young would have to “earn his job back”. After Collins was ineffective, and the Titans went 0-6. Young, at the urging of Bud Adams, the fans, and reluctantly by Fisher got the job back, and it has been good times since then, including the game-winning touchdown pass to Kenny Britt to win the game and improve the Titans to 5-0 since he took the job and put them in the thick of the playoff hunt and a game behind the Ravens for the final Wild Card spot in the AFC.

Off the field, VY was affected greatly by the death of former Titans’ great Steve McNair, and promised that he would always be there for his sons, Trenton and Tyler. He attended a father/son dinner with the boys in honor of his former mentor, and is always playing for him as well. The spirit of #9 is in him, and it is showing on the field.

Vince Young has been perfecting the comeback by being perfect since taking the starting job back. Regardless of what he has done on the field, he has come back in life, and that is much more important.

2009
12/01
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AFC South Preview- Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans dethroned the Indianapolis Colts a year ago in 2008, posting a NFL-best 13-3 regular season record and going to the playoffs before losing to Baltimore in the divisional round of the playoffs, leaving a very bitter taste in the players, coaches, and fans alike.

This year, they are hungry for more.

Tennessee had a huge loss in free agency in regards to Albert Haynesworth, who departed Music City for the Nation’s Capital, and the Washington Redskins. Despite his loss, the defense is still strong, and offense has made strides to improve. It’s no reason to say that Tennessee could and should repeat as division champs. Only this time, this team is thinking Super Bowl.

Offensively, as of right now, the best QB option for the team is Kerry Collins over Vince Young. Collins has had a history of struggling the season after the playoffs though, and if Young’s mind is clear and he’s focused on football, he will definitely be waiting in the wings. Head coach Jeff Fisher has always made decisions in the best interest of the team, and until Collins does so poorly that a change is warranted, expect him to be the starting QB. Chris Johnson and LenDale White (the artists formerly known as Smash & Dash) are back and White has lost a lot of weight and combine that weight loss for his faster speed with his already bruising power, he’s going to dominate on the inside and Johnson on the outside. One good pick up the Titans made in free agency was Nate Washington, who is looking for a starting job at WR after being the #3 guy for the defending champion Steelers. Expect him to start opposite Justin Gage, but don’t be surprised if first round pick Kenny Britt gets the starting job as well.

Defensively, the Titans have a new coordinator, Chuck Cecil, who replaces the departed Jim Schawrtz, who left to take over as head coach of the Detroit Lions. The in-house move has been received well by the players and not much will change on defense. Despite the loss of Haynesworth, this defense is still going to be hard to score on, they have Keith Bulluck, Kyle Vandenbosch, Cortland Finnegan, they signed Jovan Haye from Tampa Bay to replace Haynesworth. The defense is still in good shape.

The Titans definitely have the tools to repeat as AFC South champions, and go deeper in the playoffs than last year. If Collins doesn’t have a slump, or if Vince Young does not have another breakdown, this team is in good shape to exceed expectations like they always have been known to do.

2009
08/29
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