It turns out that Vince young won’t be playing against the Bengals Sunday do to physical and mental problems. When your mother has to come out and say to leave her son alone, there must be serious problems going on. I think that obviously Vince young has had something horrible happen recently with his family that he must deal with on a day to day basis. My best guess is a death in the family. Although for all I know she can be referring to the fact that he is known as a player who doesn’t LOVE the game. Therefore his mental problems can be Ricky Williams-esk in that he just doesn’t want to play football for the rest of his life and is content with the money he has made/ saved.
A lot of commentators think that even though Vince is out, the Titans will still be a great team, if not better then where they were with Vince. Thus him being out can be seen as a good or bad perspective for the Bengals Sunday. Although seeing Flacco scramble for a touchdown and knowing Vince is a running quarterback puts my mind at ease a little bit.
Another good sign is that new addition Antwan Odom should have a lot of motivation to take down his old team. He states on Bengals.com "I think it's personal for the whole team. We need to get a win and get going in the right direction."Probably the best sign is that Chinedum Ndukwe will be active Sunday. While he was a late round draft pick last year, he is s hard hitter and he has the potential to make big plays. Also Dexter Jackson broke his thumb against the Ravens so we need another safety back there with Marvin White.
While the Bengals defense is next to last against the run, I think we can hopefully move up a few notches against Tennessee and hopefully get a few sacks at that (we haven’t gotten one this season). While I feel we have gone down a few steps this year and have a lot of doubts about the Bengals ability, I feel we can at least stay in this game if not win it.
Keywords: Antwan Odom, Defense, Dexter Jackson, Ndukwe, Ricky WIlliams, Sack, Titans, Vince Young
