The Vince Young saga has grown very tiresome. But the most important aspect of this whole debacle has to be the fact that Young will have to try his absolute hardest to win back the respect of his teammates after the other 52 players in that locker room were left with no choice but to question his heart and leadership skills. Even if Young is able to get back on the field and play well, there are still going to be teammates with doubts. Furthermore, it's still a question whether or not he can handle booing by his hometown fans, something every other athlete in team sports must be able to handle.
The Buccaneers look to be done with Jeff Garcia as their starting quarterback. Coach Jon Gruden wants Garcia to heal mentally and physically, thus handing the job off to Brian Griese. For a guy who was the 7th-rated quarterback in the league last year and who rescued the Eagles two years ago when Donovan McNabb went down and promptly won five straight to get the Eagles into the playoffs--and then won a playoff game--Garcia sure does get discarded pretty easily.
Oakland Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin told reporters yesterday that defensive coordinator Rob Ryan and owner Al Davis gameplan the defense. Lane, please take your inevitable firing with glee and get as far away from Oakland as possible. It's one thing to hand over duties to your D-coordinator. Bill Walsh did it, as well as Joe Gibbs and Mike Ditka. But to have your owner interfere with coaching and to be involuntarily out-of-the loop like Kiffin has become is absolutely insane.
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