VY Forever Comeback Tour Continues Thursday

I watched the game. VY started out very strong, and throughout was better than his numbers appear. The drops really added up, including two by DeSean in the end zone.
The one interception he threw: good read, ball slightly underthrown, DB could conceivably have been called for a PI, and the WR really should have made a play on the ball and broken it up at least.

All in all, it was not painful to watch. (Except for the excruciating drops.)

VY looked pretty good last week. He got jobbed by receivers that dropped balls, with Jackson being the most egregious offender. The NBC crew ran a montage of all the dropped passes toward the end of the game.

If there’s a critique, I think VY still struggled with consistency a bit. He’d make two or three great throws, only to follow it up with a pretty lousy one. He also looks to have lost a step or two as a runner. He would have had a rushing touchdown, but a NE DB was able to bring him down in the open field.

Still, I’m loving the playing time for Vince, and there’s no question he’s looked good enough to be a starter in this league. I will never forgive Jeff Fisher for taking years away from VY’s career. And screw the rest of the league for passing on him this season.

He’s looked pretty damn good for a guy getting no practice time. Thought he played better against NE then NY, but got NO help whatsoever. Andy Reid apparently hates Lesean McCoy, cause he got 10 touches for the game. That wouldn’t be a crazy stat line in a regular game against New England, but Philly had a 10-0 lead!

“If there’s a critique, I think VY still struggled with consistency a bit. "

No one is perfectly cosistent. Except for the 1975 Reds.

Vince played o.k. on Sunday. The interception was clearly defensive pass interference. He should have had 60 more yards and two more TDs if Jackson could catch. He is definitely a top 15 qb, but in the NFL who knows if that is enough to land a starters gig.

The Eagles d is atrocious and they are ridiculously banged up on both sides of the ball. It is a team that seems destined for a complete collapse. VY is one of the few players that might be able to bail them out of this mess, but even then I have my doubts. Hoping for the best for VY.

All that said, I bet he sticks it to Petey again for old times sakes. VY forever, indeed.

The various leg injuries, inactivity, and age have certainly taken a toll on his running ability - he’s not much of a threat anymore. Buy my God, will have ever get to play with decent receivers?

I watched the game until CBS tebowed me.

If Desean Jackson catches the two touchdown passes then VY approaches 500 yards for the game and its a shootout instead of a blowout.

As it stands, 400 yards is good production in the NFL, even against the patchwork New England secondary, and 300+ of that all came while the game was well within reach, so it wasn’t all garbage yards.

LeSean McCoy sitting would be a killer for my fantasy team’s playoff hopes, which are hanging by a thread in a must-win situation.

In another league which I pretty much lost when Jamaal Charles went down, I picked up VY and Leinart for funsies. Guess which one is paying dividends?

I watched parts of the NY and NE games, and I’d have to say he looked surprisingly good against the Giants, and surprisingly bad against the Patriots. I know Jackson let him down big time, but there were some highly questionable decisions made by VY against the Pats. The defense and playcalling did him no favors, but let’s not try to put lipstick on a pig and say that just because Vince passed for four hundy he had a good game.

Thanks to the f-tards at Comcast, I won’t be watching this Thursday. Going to play in Seattle is no joke, though. VY Forever.

He didn’t look very good against the Giants, Vince started playing well enough in the second half to come up with a win. Against the pats VY tore it up but Phillys D sucked, Jackson dropped some balls and there wasn’t enough of an early running game. Overall suckiness of the Eagles, I agree by saying Vince is one of the few competent players on that team.

VY Forever

Lynch has been coming on but this SeaChickens team is downright average, if not pretty bad according to my neighbor, who wears an Earl Thomas jersey every Sunday.

Eagles roll. The fact VY threw for 400 yards to Riley Cooper, Brent Celek, Jason Avant, and the occasional Desean Jackson tells you all you need to know. He’ll run for 60+ and 2 TDs and pass for two more.

34-20 E-A-G-L-E-S.

This is all assuming McCoy plays. If he’s out, forget it. Cancel the season.

I’ll echo what was said above for the Desean Jackson drops. I would say VY had a pretty good outing in both games as a passer. He was inconsistent, but made some nice throws in both. I would bet Mccoy sits as the last two games he has been pretty average. Against the Giants he broke one extremely late and seems to hesitate too much (likely injury imo). I also see VY being a step slower, but I am thinking it is him hesitating b/c he doesn’t want to get injured (either b/c he’s the last good QB on the roster or b/c he doesn’t want to get injured when he knows he won’t be at philly next yr).

I watched all of his last two games. I’ve been impressed with how VY has been staying in the pocket and scanning the field going through all of this options. Especially against the Giants he had the opportunity to tuck it and get 6-8 yards but he chose to stay in the pocket and make a throw and did pretty decent. Everyone has rushed 3, had 1 spy and covered with 7 against him so far and therefore he has a lot of time.

Two of his picks were 50 yard arm punts and the other two picks were derps by Clay Harbor and Riley Cooper. Seattle is tough to beat out West.

DeSean Jackson drops were awful. On one he’s dragging left to right, three yards in the endzone, and ball hits him in both hands. As he’s turning his head, he sees a LB or S waiting to hit him, gets alligator arms, and drops to the field, literally ending up in the fetal position to avoid the hit. The other drop, on the deep ball, hits him in both hands, goes through them, hits him in the breadbasket, and trickles out. Looked a lot like Gideon’s dropped interception against Tech that killed our National Championship hopes.

Then, of course, there’s the 57 taunting penalty the week before that hurt the team and VY’s stats. DeSean Jackson is a punk.

Vince has lost a step but I don’ think he’s really trying to run very much to begin with. He looks great in the pocket though, moves around from the pressure stands tall and when flushed is looking down the field, where he has made some great throws.

I understand it’s a team game, but VY had at least 5 drops against him (I think the montage showed 5, but there were more). Things are situation dependent, but take away those awful drops and he’s 31-48 (65%), for 500 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, and a 111 Qb Rating. Take away the pick (under thrown, but PI and no help from the receiver) and he has a 120 QB Rating. That’s before you add in the 40 yards rushing.

When you consider the circumstances, that’s really elite QB play. I LOVE getting to watch VY on a team that puts trust in him.

As others have said, if Jackson catches those gimme TDs, it’s a game. VY’s throw on the forth and 1 wasn’t great, but he didn’t have any good options. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t just let VY sneak it anyway; we saw him drive the line forward against NY.

I still believe that in the right situation, VY can still be this generation’s Elway.

In case you haven’t seen him play, trackingvinceyoung has every play of Vince’s in a 22 minute video.

http://www.trackingvinceyoung.com/2011/11/29/video-review-vince-young-400-vs-patriots/

I watched the game and as mentioned the number of drops were ridiculous. I also thought he looked a little overweight and sluggish (for him).

Seattle is a much different team at home. With so many weapons missing it might get ugly. I think the Eagles lose big, but Vince will have a solid game throwing to Clipper Cooper and Brent “don’t call me Tom” Celek.

Not saying it just because he’s my best fantasy RB, but Andy Reid refuses to RTDB with one of the best backs in the NFLin Shady. He did it with Vick and now with Vince as well. Yeah, I know the guy (McCoy) has been a fantasy machine and led the NFL in rushing going into Monday’s game, but that’s in spite of Reid and not because of him. My ESPN Fantasy page is saying he has been getting reps, which means he’ll likely play although I’ll be checking on it up until kickoff. I’m already in the playoffs but can move from fourth to third by closing out with a W this week and won’t have to play the top team.

If McCoy sits, Filly is done and it will hurt VY as well. I don’t like the team personally, but if I was a fan, I’d be mad as hell. Jackson is a cancer. Trade him for a couple of guys like Jordy Nelson who aren’t afraid to go over the middle and don’t drop balls. He’s strictly a home run hitter anyway.

I saw both games and thought Vince did a tad better against NE than against the Giants, although the Giants game was a win (which is ultimately what matters, right?). Aaron Ross’ pick (of VY’s pass) in the end zone was one of those ‘somebody-has-to-win-and-somebody-has-to-lose’ plays.

Agree Vince seems to have lost a step, but also improved a passer. Eagles defense looked solid against the Giants but collapsed against the Pats. Eli was pressured by the Eagles front four reasonably well, but NE/Brady managed to eliminate Philly’s pass rush threat by the 2nd quarter (at which point you pretty much knew who was going to get the W).

Definitely hope VY wins against Pete tomorrow night, for old time’s sake. No confetti for the winner this time, however.

I don’t think he’s lost a step, so much as he has become a better pocket passer, and they don’t really have another option past him. You could see him think about it, take a step forward, hesitate, then try to force something. To his credit, while forcing, he had a lot of really well placed passes (where only his guy could get them), unfortunately, the eagles receivers hate stats.

I think he could still run reasonably well if he wanted, but there are far more 4.4 guys in the NFL than at the college level. Therein I think it becomes less effective. So it’s really a catch-them-off-guard play-call.

He played great (he can’t catch the ball too), and I think that if he continues with reps in practice and has a good showing he will at least get an extension, if not a starting position on some roster. Jacksonville anyone? Hurray for slightly less retarded coaches (than Fisher…or a stick….IQ is probably a push in that match-up).

Looking forward to more. God I wish someone would just put him on a halfway decent team, hand him the reins and say “go play”. He could be so ridiculous.

Alas, VY Forever….regardless of outcome.

Speaking of ex-longhorn QB’s that have receivers that hate stats…..

Watching Colt has been painful at best. Dear god, get the boy some receivers. He has progressed so much, and has nothing to show for it. In fact, get him Shipley and an actual home-run threat, and you would be golden. I don’t understand going out and getting 2 different backs last year instead of receivers. To their credit, Hillis has been benched 50% of the time, but they didn’t know that at the beginning of the season. Frustrating to say the least.

Sorry bout the thread jack, but I had to get it off my chest. Carry-on.

Seems like tonight could be a try out for VY? Unless the Hawks are comfortable rolling with Tarvaris and Charlie Whitehurst for the foreseeable future. Who is the general managing wizard in Seattle that thought this plan could work, btw?

“Trade him for a couple of guys like Jordy Nelson who aren’t afraid to go over the middle and don’t drop balls.”

Jordy Nelson dropped three or four passes in the Super Bowl.

I’m not gonna look it up but you may be thinking of Donald Jones. Nelson also caught caught some vital ones as I recall and he’s a more consistent WR on a week to week basis that Jackson has ever been.

Vince hasnt lost a step, he only has a one year contract. Got to protect yourself in that situation and showcase the pocket and arm,But…..

He may see Pete across the field and decide to run at full gallop for old times sake.