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He has tons of potential and all the tools, but it might have been better if he had stayed at Texas with Duane Akina for his junior year. He's young and probably 2 seasons away from being great. IMO he'll be great, but maybe not this year.

I'll be following the Bills by any means neccessary, including stream, radio and TV, but I will be in Reliant Stadium in H-Town, kicking off football-November, yell'n "let's go Buffalo."

IMHO Vince will get better at the passing-game during the preseason and you'll come to see him more as a QB who can improvise/run, instead of a running QB. If Fitz got hurt and you put VY at QB and gave him 8 designed running plays a game, from the wildcat or not, he's going to get hurt before you know it, then you're down to #3. Same with Brad Smith. Neither of those guys are built for that kind of beating in the NFL. In fact the 2nd team 'running" QB would get extra attention from the defense once he crossed the LOS, and Smith and Young are not compactly built like Tebow. At the same time, if Fitz was healthy you could put in either of those two guys for a change of pace or to stick it in the endzone from inside the 7 yrd line. I know Vince is very good at that. So...if Fitz goes down, the 2nd string QB needs to be able to distribute, which means he must be at least a decent hunker of that thing we call a pigskin.

QB Play imo: All three QBs were let down by the lineman and penalties. Fitz: I think he's overpaid and is being given too much responsibility for the offense, based on what he's done. I thought he made a really nice throw on the TD that was called back. He looked fairly sharp and in command for the first preseason game. Don't write him off yet. Vince: was horrible. He threw an interception that was absolutely awful. I think he'll get better though as he continues in the system. First down and goal from the five is almost a gimme TD for a team with VY at QB. Thigpen: Not good. Among other things, he doesn't have any of "that certain something" that a NFL QB should have. He's totally uninspiring.

Life is really unfair sometimes. Wishing the best for the Reid family

Now I see why you answer to "Hopeful." and I'm right there with you. Go Bills!

I was overly defensive. the peeing remark was sandwiched between "quitting" and "temper tantrum," so I took it the wrong the way. No harm done. Personally I think Young could still be a starter somewhere in the NFL. Probably not in Buffalo barring a disaster. But folks can improve themselves. VY might get another chance to be a starter. someday

Dang. you were one of the folks I was trying to win over. It's a message board. I have my mod-given rights. Don't I get points for not responding to all of the exceptionally mean things said about Young? "Peeing on Chan's desk," and that stuff? In my own way I'll respond to those who insist that Vince isn't worthy. peace, and Go Bills.

Just a heads-up with all due respect. Fisher's Tennessee team was 5-11 in 2004 and 4-12 in 2005. Then they drafted VY. and the Titans went 8-8 in 2006. Vince didn't start until Oct 1st. He was the starting QB of that team for 7 of their 8 wins in 2006. That is why he won ROY and possibly saved Fisher's job. That "good team" was not that good until 2006, and they were trending the wrong direction before Vince became a starter. I think the Bills end up with the best backup QB in the league if VY can win the job this summer. That's all.

I agree with you. And I think he'll be a good leader on the field if he has to relieve an injured Fitz. Most players know Vince is for real. Take Mario Williams for instance. He'll be happy that Vince is finally with him instead of against him. There probably aren't many ball players in Buffalo who can say they ever beat a team quarterbacked by Young. But 1st VY has to beat out Thiggy. Go Bills.

Undoubtedly Chan is a straight shooter, more so than just about any coach I've seen, but every single coach uses the press to send messages to players and will sometimes hold things back so as not to unduly enflame or encourage a fan base. If he was extremely confident in his backups he probably wouldn't say so because without a doubt VY and TT need to get better. Chan doesn't want to see an iota of complacency. On the other hand, hypothetically, if Fitz was stinking it up right now, Chan would probably downplay it so as not to shake his starters confidence and stoke a QB controversy.

Don't worry about it. coaches say all kinds of things. They are usually doing more than just answering a reporters question.

There's a theory that Fitz's cracked ribs effectively ended a good season last year. IMO if the exact same thing was to happen this year, but with a healthy VY to step in, the results would be much better. The blockers have to block and the receivers have to catch the ball. The RBs have to run hard. If all that is going on then the offense won't drop off much even if Vince only knows 70% of the playbook. I may be wrong, but I don't think any VY quarterbacked team has ever lost 4 games in a row with him as a starter. Of course he has to beat out Thigpen just to earn the right to sit on the bench. If he does I think the Bills have the best 2nd team QB in the league.

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As someone who has watched RT play over a dozen times, here you go. Hit him hard and he gets jittery. I don't see how he'll stand up to the rigor of the NFL. He knows Sherman's offense, but I still find it hard to believe he was picked that high by Miami. He had one good college season in 2010 (before that he was a receiver), and nothing else. He's a good kid and his wife is lovely. He's smart and he has a good arm. But after some good licks, here come the bad decisions.