Talkin' VY

Tennessean columnist David Climer is asking just what is VY doing and more importantly, what is he learning. After a couple of excellent points about VY, Climer heads into pretty familar territory for columnists, player bashing. He points out that VY is taking reps with only the 2nd team and is listed as the #2 quarterback.

Climer then tries to play pop psychologist.

Says Climer: "These days, the most prominent questions about Young are not about his health (The knee’s fine, thank you) but about his attitude.

Specifically, fans and those in the media keep noticing Young’s conduct and body language on the sideline during games. He seems detached.

He participates in pregame warm-ups then appears to retreat into his own little world after kickoff. When the offense comes off the field, you see starter Kerry Collins huddling with offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger as they examine photos of the opposing defense that are transmitted from the press box to the sideline. No. 3 quarterback Chris Simms is an interested participant.

Young?

He’s usually found several steps away, uninvolved. He either doesn’t want to be part of the process or is not invited. And I seriously doubt it’s the latter."

I'm not a big VY fan, I think he's too inaccurate and thin-skinned right now to be a great NFL QB. But I also believe that the NFL is littered with guys who had to play through some rough patches before they understood how to be an NFL QB. More than a couple of QBs had to learn how to deal with not being the best player on the field or had to learn how to prepare before they got to be great NFL QBs.

Kerry Collins had early success then became radioactive, bouncing around the NFL before being cut by the Raiders and landing in the Titans' laps when they let Steve McNair go. McNair had to play through some tough times before he became the QB he was. If you want to talk about a QB who was tough and a leader, we can talk McNair all day. He never had the WRs and defense that the Titans have now, he had Eddie George but he never had the Chris Johnson who could get you six anytime. I'm wandering....

I don't watch VY in practice, I don't have any idea how he looks with the 2nd team if he's getting more accurate or not. I do know this, we have no idea how good or how bad VY will be until he gets the chance on the field and until he does we're all just talkin'.