zonabb Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 I said in a post yesterday that VY is the next Mike Vick, an overrated running machine who the league will catch up to. For some reason, people on this board and especially ESPN and the national media love this kid, despite his TD-INT ratio, poor passing rating and poor completion percentage. Sure he won a couple games last year with his feet (remember, that doesn't win Super Bowls) but this league with the scouting they do will catch up and make this dude a one-dimensional overhyped below-average QB like Vick. Anyway, he's the new Madden poster boy despite a handful of starts and no playoffs. Nice.... this is why the NFL is becoming more of a joke every year..... money, money, money and skills and character and winning be damned. Now it’s Vince Young’s turn to take on the Madden Curse. The Tennessee Titans’ quarterback was selected to appear on the cover of EA Sports’ “Madden 08” video game. Last year, Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander appeared on the video game cover and became the sixth consecutive cover star to suffer an injury during the season. Major Adams, Young’s agent, said that he and his client didn’t fear the socalled curse. “We don’t believe in no jinx,” Adams told the Nashville Tennessean. “People said when they put Vince on the cover of Sports Illustrated [that] it was going to jinx him in the Rose Bowl game, and [Young’s Texas team] won the national championship.”
silvermike Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 Vince Young is an exciting player. I don't think he deserved the cover, but he's probably going to be the most fun player to control in the game. Also, it's a freaking video game. The NFL didn't collapse in 1991 when Bo Jackson was an automatic touchdown in Tecmo Super Bowl, and it's not going to go to hell because Vince Young is a coverboy for Madden '08.
The Big Cat Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 “We don’t believe in no jinx,” Adams told the Nashville Tennessean. I would fire any agent who used this type of grammar.
buckshot Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 I said in a post yesterday that VY is the next Mike Vick, an overrated running machine who the league will catch up to. For some reason, people on this board and especially ESPN and the national media love this kid, despite his TD-INT ratio, poor passing rating and poor completion percentage. Sure he won a couple games last year with his feet (remember, that doesn't win Super Bowls) but this league with the scouting they do will catch up and make this dude a one-dimensional overhyped below-average QB like Vick. Anyway, he's the new Madden poster boy despite a handful of starts and no playoffs. Nice.... this is why the NFL is becoming more of a joke every year..... money, money, money and skills and character and winning be damned. Now it’s Vince Young’s turn to take on the Madden Curse. The Tennessee Titans’ quarterback was selected to appear on the cover of EA Sports’ “Madden 08” video game. Last year, Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander appeared on the video game cover and became the sixth consecutive cover star to suffer an injury during the season. Major Adams, Young’s agent, said that he and his client didn’t fear the socalled curse. “We don’t believe in no jinx" Adams told the Nashville Tennessean. “People said when they put Vince on the cover of Sports Illustrated [that] it was going to jinx him in the Rose Bowl game, and [Young’s Texas team] won the national championship.” Does this mean he actually believes in the jinx?
X. Benedict Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 Does this mean he actually believes in the jinx? The double negative is the bane of American society. We don't like to admit that we ain't got no drooling thick-necked brother.
silvermike Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 “We don’t believe in no jinx,” Adams told the Nashville Tennessean. He then went on to add, "And I ain't afraid of no ghost."
Rubes Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 "...and became the sixth consecutive cover star to suffer an injury during the season. " Right. And what percentage of NFL players suffer an injury during the season? How many players play all 16 games without an injury?
CJPearl2 Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 From PFT: TITANS NEEDS A TUTOR It's been a bad week for the English language. Especially in Tennessee. On Friday, cornerback Pacman Jones referred to himself as a guy who "hadn't been charged with nothing." (Technically, his double-negative was correct.) On Monday, the agent for quarterback Vince Young addressed the superstition that the person who appears on the cover of the Madden video game franchise might have his season cursed. "We don't believe in no jinx," said Major Adams, according to the Nashville Tennessean. Now we know how Young got a six on the Wonderlic. (Actually, it was a seven.) It's not that Adams didn't get Young prepared for the exam -- it's that Adams apparently prepared Young for the test personally. Hysterical!!!
NorthWesternBill Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 Right. And what percentage of NFL players suffer an injury during the season? How many players play all 16 games without an injury? Yah this is a good point but... they downplay how much the production from each player dropped the year they were on the cover in this article.. look up the stats its not turf toe 2 games... its normally alot more than that.
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