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What exactly did the Titans do this season to "give Vince Young a chance to succeed?" I've heard plenty about the Texans' failure to put the tools around David Carr necessary for him to be successful. What tools did Vince get? Ben Troupe? Travis Henry? A lockdown defense? I don't think so. Andre Johnson is a definite #1 WR, right? Domanick Davis was a 1,000 rusher, right? I realize that the line had definite holes and Corey Bradford stinks, but the pantry was not complete empty, was it?
Maybe it's not a fair question. If not, let me know. I'm just not totally convinced that such an injustice was done to DC. Not many first-round QBs are handed the keys to a gassed up Ferrari their first few seasons in the league, basd on the fact that they're being drafted by a team with a bad record the season before. Sure the team had a lot of holes, but my feeling is that a lot of QBs would have fared much better than Carr did under the same set of circumstances.
Maybe it's not a fair question. If not, let me know. I'm just not totally convinced that such an injustice was done to DC. Not many first-round QBs are handed the keys to a gassed up Ferrari their first few seasons in the league, basd on the fact that they're being drafted by a team with a bad record the season before. Sure the team had a lot of holes, but my feeling is that a lot of QBs would have fared much better than Carr did under the same set of circumstances.
posted by Scott | 8:09 PM
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Dont you mean Domanick Williams? :)
Also, not to defend Carr or belittle anything that Young has accomplished this season... But Travis Henry rushed for over 1200 yards this season and averaged 4.5 a carry. I think most teams in the NFL would have enjoyed that consistency in the backfield. Young may not have been loaded with big name weapons, but I do think its safe to say he has an underrated receiving corps and an offensive line that played a pretty damn good season. Also, I wouldnt say that their defense is great, but they were certainly opportunistic this season and played well in some big games.
Sometimes a quarterback gets too much credit for a teams success. And other times, a quarterback gets too much blame for a teams struggles. At this point though, I think the Texans and Carr are like a bad marriage. I think Carr cound use a change in scenary and likewise, I think the texans need to go a different direction at QB.
You make some very good points. Having an extremely mobile QB does command the attention of the defenders thus possibly making things easier on a RB. However, I think you speak way too dramatically about Young's involvement in the Travis Henry resurgence.
Henry has never been a slouch at the tailback spot when given the chance. Last year in Tenn, he had only 88 carries on the season because the Titans were hell bent on Chris Brown being thier feature tailback. Similarly the year before that, in Buffalo, Henry only had 94 carries because a young and healthy Willis McGahee was decided to be their feature tailback. If you look at Henry's numbers the two years previously, you see a 13 and 14 hundred yard season!
Therefore, I dont think Henry's rushing numbers last year compared to this year based on McNair or Young as QB is a very fair assessment. In fact, if you pro-rate Henry's rushing stats from last year to this year in # of carries, then he was almost an 1100 yard back last year. Thats not too shabby with McNair at QB...
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