I sat near the Titans sideline during the
crazy Titans-Texans game which is kind of nice because you can watch the game within the game. If Titans quarterback Vince Young is going to miss many other games with
his quad injury, he might want to pay attention to his demeanor on the sideline. When the Titans offense was on the field, Vince Young stayed to himself, not talking to people, not feigning holding a clipboard or talking to coaches much at all. He might have "It" and be the face of their franchise, but quarterbacks are under a microscope, and standing away from his team during the game is the sort of thing fans look at when a quarterback struggles.
Nationally, people believed that the Texans should have picked USC running back Reggie Bush with the first pick of the 2006 draft. In Texas, people believed that the Texans should have picked Texas quarterback Vince Young. I was one of those people, until the Texans chose to pick up David Carr's option in the February before the draft, making it salary cap prohibitive to take Young.
In Tennessee, Titans owner Bud Adams was happy to stick it to Houston by picking native Houstonian Vince Young. However a number of the Titans fans wished that they picked Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler. With Vince Young going to the Pro Bowl in his rookie year, and winning 11 out of 18 games as a starter, the Titans choice seem vindicated. The Titans with
Vince Young were 3rd in the league in 3rd downs this year, and Young helps open lanes for the running game by keeping defenses honest.
Last year, Deadspin highlighted the issue of wimpy team nicknames and highlighted these as the wussiest. It was an incredibly popular subject, and Deadspin's commenters found some truly awful names. Recently I gave some thought to what the worst team nickname of all--high school, college, professional sports included. 
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