I Think We Will Kick Ourselves if We Don't Fight to Get Him

If we sign a FA QB it would have to be a vet QB with a 1-2 year contract so Harbaugh can develop his own qb while implementing his offense to the rest of the players. Young does not have the maturity to help develop a young QB and is not a pure passer which is what a WCO qb would have to be. Plus this team does not need their starting QB to pout… he was a little punk in Tennessee and I would hate to see him in Red and Gold, ever.

I don’t see what makes that article so important that it matters whether it’s buried in the official QB FanPost discussion. His QB coach likes him. That’s great and all but I don’t think it tells us anything of sufficient significance. Now if Johnson was the 49ers QB coach then I could see value in it. That might be important breaking news. It’s certainly nice that somebody thinks highly of Young, but I just don’t get how this is “breaking news.”

Personally, I always thought Vince Young was overrated, going back to when he came out of Texas. He’s got some skills but the throwing motion and the fact that he struggles to complete over 60% of his passes are red flags for me. He isn’t an awful QB but I think people give him a little too much credit.

I don’t see any revelations as far a Young is concerned. It’s not an in depth article that illustrates where Young is at, where he could go, and project any sort of arc as far as his career.

Statistically, and I’m just going by the usual stats, not the DVOA or such, Young is not very good in that department. He looks worse than Alex Smith. I agree with Fooch regarding his mechanics, and I also agree he may have a problem with maturity, as well as handling adversity. I dare not even try to compare him to Vick. That’s a reach at this point.

Really, there isn’t much here to go with outside of what your opinion of Young is, and that can be debated to no end seeing your responses. I’ll side with the others here.

… if Fisher is willing to give up his job by saying it either him of me , well Enough said about this transatory head case …!!

Everyone was giving VY his props when he first got in, and ESPECIALLY last year when he helped the Titans win their last 8 games of the season after Collins got benched. I think that VY just had an issue with Jeff Fisher, and to be honest, I don’t blame him. Everyone wants to sing Fishers praises because he’s been the Titans coach since Jesus walked the earth, but I can absolutely believe that Fisher has SOMETHING wrong with his coaching. In 17 years he’s only made it to the post season THREE TIMES! Don’t believe me? Look it up. Someone already mentioned it earlier, but I agree that if Harbaugh sees enough in VY to pick him up I’d welcome him to the Empire with open arms.

I may be the one kicking somebody.

- I want to point out one thing.

Harbaugh has been clear that he wants a quarterback with an intellectual approach to the game. As much as you might like Young, he’s an instinctive QB, not an intellectual one.

It doesn’t seem that he’s what Harbaugh wants in a QB. Now, there’s more than one way to be a good QB in this league (nobody would call Roethlessburger an intellectual QB, either) but it seems to me that we should look for a QB who fits the mold Harbaugh is looking for, and not just grab the next “good” QB available, even if you happen to think Young is a good QB.

Look, I know I write a lot of comments about QB’s on this site. And some of you don’t like what I haev to say. That’s fine, however, I think I may hold a little insite as to why I say a vahement “No” to Vince. top of the list is I live in TN and have watched VY over the years since he left Texas…so I know the deal.
1)“0” work ethic:Since he left Texas, Vince had had a couple of O-Coordinators to work with in TN and he has progressed some. Unlike Alex, his co-ordinators have tryed to get some of the kinks out of Young’s playing skills. Some hae shown improvement. However, these may surface for a play or 2. Then he reverts to old Vince and screws it up. In the same breath, Vince claims to work harsd in the offseason. But, he then invariably soften his schedule, thus putting himself out of optimum shape. The Niners don’t need this headache.
2)“Diva” factor: Let’s face it. Once he got here, like most really good players from college, the residents here gave him “EVERYTHING”! Including rope to hang himself with. Because of this, Vince has a “Diva” mentallity. Thinking whatever organization he’s with has to kiss ass and cowtow to his every whim. If he then doesn’t get his way, he’ll go on tears of self destruction that take away valuable tiem and energy from the rest of the team. The Niners are in the state of flux after Alex that only the strongest will be (or should be) crowned the starter. Not some guy who has a National title to his credit and thinks that’s a Visa Black card that allows him to walk on the field and win the starting job.
3)Ball delivery: Vince is a huge guy. Standing tall in the pocket, and has the ability to look over the defense once the ball is snapped and the line starts to move. Unfortunately, his throwing motion is a very low, side-arm throw. Almost like a high slider. Therein lies the problem. His release point is so low, many of his balls either sail high due to overadjustment, or get batted at the line os scrimmage, thereby changing the trajectory or falling harmlessly to the field. because he can’t or won’t change his throwing style, this hasn’t been fixxed after almost 4 yrs in the league, and will only get worse as the yrs go by. No thanks.The Niners don’t need another project signal caller with mechanics issues.
4) Inability to keep chains moving via throwing: I know what many of you are saying….“but, Micheal Vick moves the chains running.” To an extent, you’re right. However, the thing that caught so many teams off guard this season was his accuracy throwing from the pocket. an attribute that he show often in ATL. Vince’s best pass catcher the last few seasons has been Bo Scaife, the TE that went to Texas with Vince. Yet, he has also had a few receivers at his disposal that he consistantly overthrows or can’t find. Thus leading to him running way too often. And more than that….into trouble. Many fans here in TN have wondered why Chris Johnson and VY keep running headlong into 8-9 man fronts? The opposition figured that if you cover Scaife and force Vince to throw…..you have the game in the bag. They unfortunately were right.

Don’t get me wrong. As a person, I think Vince is a really cool guy. His off the field antics not withstanding. I also am not so stupid as to see Vince has a ton of untapped potential. However, I think at this point, we owe it to the organization, the fans as well as Jim Harbaugh not to burdon ourselves any longer with reclaimation QB’s. At this point, the NFC West is still very winnable, and the team nucleus is young and more tralented then it’s been in a long while. In our win now mentallity, we aren’t that far from being on the cusp of getting back to the playoffs. No sense in taking 5 steps further backward acquiring a guy who still has so many unanswered and questionable attributes.