From what I can tell the Nashville sports media is in 24/7 coverage of Vince Young. (For reference, even the Huntsville sports radio station talked to the AP’s Teresa Walker about Young. Any time a story gets on that station in September that’s not about how ‘Bama or Auburn looks in practice this week, you know that story’s BIG TIME.)
I wish Mr. Young the best off the field, and I know that pulling for others to fail isn’t a desirable character trait. But I can’t help feeling a little vindicated on behalf of the 11th pick and third QB chosen in the 2006 NFL Draft, Jay Cutler. While all Nashville seems to be in a state of buyer’s remorse regarding Young, and Matt Leinart has gotten benched in Glendale, Denver fans and media appear pretty happy with Cutler’s performance to start off 2008.
Potpourri
CFN had a nice item about Ted Cain’s playcalling - is it fair to say you heard it here first? - on Monday and followed it up with panelist Matthew Zemek calling Vanderbilt the season’s best unknown story so far.
The Nashville Scene, a weekly entertainment paper, had a cover story on VU football that touched off a digression about the no-cursing rule on VandySports.
Also from VS, force10jc’s excellent Rice scouting report shows how hard it is to get people to reply to that kind of solid content on a message board. (I admit, I don’t know enough about Rice to agree or disagree with force10jc.) Also be sure to check out the Parliament, Rice’s most active forum.
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1 ORDore // Sep 13, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Being well within the Broncos empire, I can confirm that Denver is THRILLED with Jay Cutler. It’s not even a question as to who got the best out of the QB sweepstakes in ‘06. Young has been the beneficiary of a solid running game and great defense, two things the Broncos have been without since Jay became the starter in Denver.
If early returns mean anything, the Broncos could have a servicable running game, servicable defense, and extremely dynamic passing game this year … who knows, maybe Jay can get them back over the hump. I think many around here are secretly expecting a statement game against the Chargers tomorrow - Huntsville native Philip Rivers (the beneficiary of the leagues’ best running game and great defense over the past two years) talked a LOT of smack on Cutler last year … and I suspect the Broncos have not forgotten, and are collectively ready to put big mouth in his place.
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