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QB Vince Young, Tennessee Titans

HT: 6-5, WT: 233, Born: 5-18-1983, College: Texas, Drafted: Round 1, Pick 3

2008 Projections

2007 Game Summaries

Week 1 - Young managed the game by following the game plan of attempting mostly short with some intermediate passes, running at times, while using the threat of his running to set up his running backs who ran very well. Although he made most of his attempts, Young missed open receivers at times, including one where he overthrew his receiver and was intercepted. Young was not asked to take many risks in the passing game, but displayed his escapability and athleticism on several occasions to avoid sacks including his touchdown run, which was a designed play.

Week 2 - Young ran and threw the ball effectively throughout the game. On their final drive of the game, he ran twice and completed two passes but the drive ended after Brandon Jones let the ball tip off his hands on third down. On the final offensive play of the game, QB Vince Young was swarmed by defenders. He tossed the ball back to OL Jacob Bell who fumbled while trying to lateral it. Young also pulled off a 21 yard run in the second quarter. He made three defenders miss tackles before going down.

On the Titans' second possession, he took a hard hit and laid on the ground for a few moments while holding his head before popping up and trying to fire up his team. With less than two minutes left in the first half, he ran out of bounds in the Colts end of the field. After the play he lightly tossed the ball at the gut of a Colts defender and was assessed a 15 yard penalty that effectively killed the drive.

Week 3 - Vince Young came out throwing and had a solid first quarter. He threw mostly short passes and was generally accurate. His one big mistake in the first quarter was a fumbled snap that knocked the Titans out of field goal range. Young did not seem to favor any particular receiver; he threw to eight different players in this game and did not target any of them more than five times. Young found Brandon Jones for the TD pass on the first drive of the second quarter; however, Young's next pass was an INT, his only turnover, which cost the Titans a golden scoring opportunity. His second TD throw was a fourth quarter strike to former Longhorn teammate TE Bo Scaife. The Titans offensive line played very well in this game and generally gave Young all the time he needed to get rid of the ball. Young suffered a minor arm injury late in the second quarter and left the field to get an IV and some treatment during half time. He played the entire second half without incident. Young scrambled a couple of times but generally seemed confident and content to stay in the pocket and let his RBs take the punishment.

Week 5 - While Young threw three interceptions, the Titans still persevered for a victory over the Falcons in front of the home crowd. Young completed just over 60% of his passes, but averaged less than five yards per passing attempt.

Week 6 - Young was steady, throwing 11 of 14 for 120 yards and one interception, and running the ball three times for six yards on the ground, but was unable to make any big plays for the Tennessee offense before leaving the game in the third quarter with a quad injury. On the play, Young was flushed from the pocket and ran towards the sidelines. When he tried to slow down after going out of bounds, he seemed to pull a muscle and ended up falling pretty hard on a concrete surface. He was on the sideline for the remainder of the game, so check his injury status later this week.

Week 7 - Backup QB Kerry Collins got the start, but Young was active in this game and served as the backup. Young is nursing a quad injury he sustained last week.

Week 8 - Young attempted only 14 passes as Tennessee clearly had a game plan designed to emphasize the run and control the clock. He connected on six of the 14 attempts for just 42 yards and added another 11 yards rushing on seven attempts. Young did miss TE Ben Troupe on a sure touchdown pass, just overthrowing his TE in the corner of the end zone.

Week 9 - Vince Young started off the game in good fashion. On the opening drive, he went four for four and had two carries including a three yard touchdown run. The rest of the game was pretty dismal for Young. He finished the game 14 of 23 for 110 yards and two interceptions. He ran the ball eight times for 25 yards. His rushing touchdown came on a play he dropped back to pass. He didn't see anyone open so he pulled the ball down and scrambled into the end zone for the score.

Week 10 - Young was under pressure throughout the game and although he tried his best to keep plays alive, he was inaccurate with several of his throws thanks to Jacksonville's pass defenders. Young was able to escape the pocket at times, but was unable to manufacture many big plays once he did so. When he was in the pocket he proved inconsistent in his accuracy, and had several passes tipped by the Jaguars' defensive backs. Although Young threw his first touchdown pass in his previous 115 pass attempts, he did not appear to develop a comfort level during the game, and as such posted pedestrian numbers.

Week 11 - Young set a new career high in passing yards, and set season highs in completions and rushing yardage. In short, it was his best performance of the 2007 season to date. Young threw the ball accurately, but his numbers suffered from at least four ill-timed drops by his receiving targets, including a few that could have gone for scores. He moved around in the pocket and scrambled confidently, as the Broncos couldn't muster much of a pass rush for the majority of the game. Despite having spies watching his every move, Young managed to scramble very effectively, making defenders miss as he picked up first downs with his feet on a number of occasions. He had a third quarter rushing touchdown that was initially ruled out of bounds, but the play was reviewed after an oddly timed Broncos timeout, and the call was reversed. Young's favorite target was Justin Gage, with ten looks. Five other Titans had between four and six balls head their way.

Week 12 - Vince Young was inconsistent, to say the least. He started out well, completing four of his first six passes, including a great deep throw to a wide open Justin Gage. But, his two incompletions were on poor throws that were well off target, the second of which was an interception. From that point it went downhill. He fumbled the ball on a sack on third and goal from the three on one drive, ending the first scoring opportunity. He would string together two more stretches where he had five straight completions, but one of those stretches came in garbage time when the Bengals had a comfortable lead. The best drive of the game serves as a good summary of Young's day. He was able to move the ball by completing passes underneath the zone coverage until they got in the red zone. They were able to get down to the three yard line on a juggling catch by Ben Troupe, but they were not able to score when Young threw to high to Ben Hartsock in the end zone that would end the last scoring opportunity.

Week 13 - Young finished with a passer rating of 78.4 by completing 68% of his passes for an average gain of eight yards per attempt. Young continued to show his maturation as a pocket passer with a deep bomb down the left side to Roydell Williams, and a perfect pass to Justin Gage's back shoulder in the corner of the right end zone for touchdowns in the third quarter of this game. Young avoided the pass rush for most of the afternoon, and limited himself to just five effective scrambles.

Week 14 - Young wasn't himself after an early second quarter collision with Chargers LB Shawne Merriman. Young was following through on his handoff and looking upfield when he inadvertently collided with Merriman. He came out briefly and would soon return, but Kerry Collins was the man who came out to begin the second half for Tennessee. Eventually, Collins would again give way to Young during the third quarter. But Young simply looked off afterwards. We won't speculate on what area he may have injured, but he seemed woozy after several hits on the field. And nearly every time he retreated to the sideline area, he simply sat on the bench and put his head down. He made one awful pass on the interception, and several more missed their mark by a good margin. Strangely, however, every now and then he would move around outside the pocket and really zip one downfield. And his quick strike to Roydell Williams late in the first half was one of the most well-thrown passes Young has made as a pro. Still, it was obvious that he wasn't feeling 100% for whatever reason throughout the game, and unfortunately for him it was reflected in the stat line.

Week 15 - Vince Young had a very creditable performance. He gained 191 yards through the air on 16 out of 29 throwing, passing for two touchdowns and no interceptions. He also gained 32 yards on the ground on seven carries. Young helped himself with good quickness and smart scrambling as he evaded the strong Kansas City pass rush pursuit. Young showed well against a usually strong Kansas City defense.

Week 16 - Young had a less than stellar day as he completed only 12 of 22 passes for 166 yards and no touchdowns. Along with the goose egg in his TD column, Young also added to his ever rising interception total, throwing his 17th pick of the season. His scrambling ability was also contained as he only managed to gain one yard on seven rushes.

Week 17 - Young started the game and performed well until leaving with a leg injury in the third quarter. He started by completing his first four passes as the Titans established the run. When the Colts countered by blitzing to take away the running game Young was not able to consistently make plays. His passing numbers were good, but he seemed to want to take off and run on some plays where it appeared that there was a small running lane. This running threat was also used to freeze the defensive backs and linebackers as Young would roll out on designed plays where he would have to option to run if his primary receiver was covered.

Week 18 - Young was a game time decision after being banged-up in the season finale versus the Colts a week ago. While he took a few big shots in this game on several occasions and was slow to get up a couple of times, he never once left the game. As for his play, it left much to be desired though it's difficult to tell if it's entirely his fault. Obviously, Young has struggled in his second season, as evidenced by his 9:17 touchdown to interception ratio during the regular season. But there are very few playmakers on this Tennessee roster, and a quick look at the stat line for the Titans receiving corps shows that no one was able to capitalize downfield on what was a porous San Diego defense. The Tennessee passing game as a whole looks pretty putrid, as no one can get any separation and at one point they had two receivers run the same route to the same exact spot down the sideline. They just look very out of synch.

Young was under very little pressure for most of the first half and seemed to be moving around fairly well. He didn't take off and run very often, but he seemed able to elude would-be tacklers like he normally does. At one point, he showed terrific strength in avoiding a sack despite having LB Shaun Phillips hanging all over him. He managed to throw the ball away for an incompletion. In the third quarter there was still very little pressure on Young, and it wasn't until the fourth quarter when the Chargers really started applying any sort of pass rush on Young. It worked very well, specifically on back to back sacks late in the quarter that quelled a potential Tennessee drive.