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Young or Leinart?

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Who would you rather have directing your offense?

  • Vince Young

    Votes: 56 60.9%

  • Matt Leinart

    Votes: 36 39.1%
  • Total voters
    92
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Captain Hindsight

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With the NFL Draft a couple months away, and many quality players entering: there's one question that I think is very intriguing. That is which QB would you rather have to build your franchise around? Matt Leinart or Vince Young? Matt Leinart is a great passer with questionable arm strength, and concerns on his shoulder. Vince Young is a big, mobile QB, but some people are not completely sold on his arm strength. So I ask you... which QB would you rather have to build your franchise around?
 
Both of these guys have their strengths and weaknesses but I would take Vince Young over Leinart because of his upside and other reasons. That being said, I think in the right situation they could both turn into solid NFL QB's. Vince is a guy who is a dual threat who can hurt you with scrambling as well as rolling out and throwing on the run rolling out. While he does have questionable arm strength and he needs a ton of work on his passing mechanics, the mechanics part can be fixed with a good NFL coach. To me, players like Leinart come around more often than players like Vince Young. Not often do you find a QB who is extremely fast and agile at 6' 5''. Both of them are great leaders who command respect in their respective huddles. Like I said, I think both of them will turn out all right in the end, but I would take Young as a project because I think he has a higher ceiling than Leinart.

Oh, and I'm a fan of fast dual threat QB's... :biggrin:
 
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jimotis4heisman said:
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Really? You'd take Quinn over both of these guys. Well, actually now that I think about it; Young and Leinart had a ton of help from great offensive lineman. I think in the long run out of these "three" :biggrin:, I would take Vince Young, but if the team was hoping to make a playoff run in three years, I'd take Leinart. I think it all depends on what the owner's goals for the team is.
 
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Young in a sec over 200 rushing and over 250 passing on a USC d against him

He won that game himself

Quinn didn't do that against OSU even though I like him

past heisman winner better home he has an o-line in the pros he's a stiff drop back
 
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Vince Young got pressured once all night and he threw one up for grabs on that play. How long will it take Vince Young to develop proper mechanics. Better yet, how long will the window be between him developing better mechanics and him slowing down from the grind that all mobile QBs go through?
 
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methomps said:
Better yet, how long will the window be between him developing better mechanics and him slowing down from the grind that all mobile QBs go through?
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My question to you is, how many other QB's have you seen that are 6' 5" and 233 pounds? I'd be willing to bet that that kind of frame can take a little bit more pounding than other mobile QB's we have seen in the past.
 
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aurorabuckeye13 said:
My question to you is, how many other QB's have you seen that are 6' 5" and 233 pounds? I'd be willing to bet that that kind of frame can take a little bit more pounding than other mobile QB's we have seen in the past.
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Yes, but how much do you want to bet? 50 million dollars? The future of your franchise? Your job and career? How bg is that window?
 
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methomps said:
Yes, but how much do you want to bet? 50 million dollars? The future of your franchise? Your job and career? How bg is that window?
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That's a very valid point. I chose Leinart, earlier, and I'm sticking with that. I would much rather spend 50 million dollars in the draft over Young in the draft. If Young was a better passer, I'd risk it on him, but I'm also guessing that with Young being a big runner that he would most likely get hurt easier than Leinart.
 
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methomps said:
Yes, but how much do you want to bet? 50 million dollars? The future of your franchise? Your job and career? How bg is that window?
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Good point, but I guess this is the type of decision an NFL GM has to make. There's two things that could happen. It could end up as you say it might and Vince Young could struggle his entire career in the NFL because he is one dimentional, and he could hurt your franchise for a few years. On the other hand, he could quickly grasp the teachings of a solid NFL QB coach and improve his mechanics to a point where he is almost as good of a pocket passer as he is a scrambler. He could become a Hall of Famer, or he could be a bust and be out of the league in 7 or 8 years. It's a tough decision for sure, but I guess that's why these executives get way overpaid...
 
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In the NFL, I would think you would want a QB that is a better passer first. I say that because in the NFL, especially as the years go on, you will not face NFL defenders that will let you truck them over, or blow by them at the QB position, and get away with it enough to carry a team through the playoffs. You want a smart, passing QB like Peyton Manning, or Tom Brady, etc, that you can pick apart defenses and lead a team. And if he can pass well, and then scramble around and run effectively like a Donovan McNabb type, that is even better. But a QB can not dominate in the NFL with his running ability like he can in college, just because of the level of play.

With that said, I would probably take Leinart. Young or Quinn would still be great prospects though. And by the way, you can't compare Young's situation in the bowl games to Quinns. Young had an amazing offensive line, and I think its safe to say that the defense Quinn played is just a little better.....:biggrin:
 
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