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Vince Young (unemployed)

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cincibuck;2357045; said:
OK, you hut-hut coaches out there, coach me up... why can't someone like Vince be turned into a receiver or slot back? It can't be that difficult if Desmond Howard can figure out how to play the position. Too much talent and speed going to waste in my opinion, but then I was a track coach.
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Buckeneye;2357127; said:
Because in the NFL the athletes will destroy him in space. He won't run past
CB's or safeties and he'll never create seperation from being a [censored]- poor route runner. Plus I'm sure he doesn't have natural hands for catching. His work ethic is questionable and he clearly has issues reading coverage as a QB. No reason to think he won't struggle equally being on the same page as a WR/QB combo.
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Buckeneye covers it. VY goes about 6'5 / 230...he's too big to play RB or slot. At this point in his career, it's a little late to be changing positions. Plus, like said, he doesn't really have the speed. He had decent speed for a QB, not a WR. Also, Desmond's career was mainly as a return specialist. He only caught 123 passes over a 10 year career, and only 31 over his last five years.
 
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NFBuck;2357311; said:
Buckeneye covers it. VY goes about 6'5 / 230...he's too big to play RB or slot. At this point in his career, it's a little late to be changing positions. Plus, like said, he doesn't really have the speed. He had decent speed for a QB, not a WR. Also, Desmond's career was mainly as a return specialist. He only caught 123 passes over a 10 year career, and only 31 over his last five years.
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Not nit picking here, but why too big? Wasn't Eddie George (6'3, 240) in that range?

I understand a coach's dilemma when you have a QB who just doesn't fit your offensive scheme, or if you change your scheme to fit the skill set of a VY, TP, RG3, and even Tim Tebow... you realize you have a scheme that works only when that player can be in the game and once he goes down, you're screwed.

But someone who took as many snaps as VY did should have good hands. We know he has great size, jumping ability, and open field running skills. Why not ask him to be a receiver and take the pay cut? Some money beats no money.

Seems like a lot of talent to waste - which, unfortunately, is what I see happening with TP.
 
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VY ran a 4.58 at the combine. Good speed for a QB. Poor speed for a WR, especially one with no experience at the position
Not nit picking here, but why too big? Wasn't Eddie George (6'3, 240) in that range?
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Which makes him exceptionally rare.
But someone who took as many snaps as VY did should have good hands.
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He catches snaps and holds onto a football. That is nothing like reliably catching bullet passes while knowing that he's about to get crushed by a defender (at least until the lawyers ruin the sport entirely)
We know he has great size, jumping ability, and open field running skills.
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No, he actually has a mediocre 30.6" vertical and once again, you're judging him against as a QB. Breaking free from DL and occasionally LBs is a far cry from separating from the greatest defensive backs in the world.
Seems like a lot of talent to waste - which, unfortunately, is what I see happening with TP.
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Because TP was so found of taking hits :roll1: Yet that never seems to matter in the frequency of this prediction.
 
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Safe to say his NFL days are over.

Vince Young’s stay in Green Bay a short one
Why did the Packers opt to release Young on Saturday, less than a month after signing him to compete for their No. 2 QB job?
“They have to,” an NFL personnel director told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Bob McGinn. “He stinks. Looks like he can’t retain the plays. He freelances.”
Young’s ability to improvise and create outside the pocket has long been a big selling point for his game — he tortured defenses during his college days at Texas in that fashion. He has never been able to translate that style of play to NFL success, though, and Green Bay’s decision to go with B.J. Coleman (for now) as Aaron Rodgers’ backup is a rather damning indictment of Young’s game.
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