Potential Suitors for Vince Young If He Requests a Trade

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Remember back in 2006 when Vince Young was shredding USC’s defense en route to a 41-38 victory in the Rose Bowl?  Remember how he not only threw for 200 yards, but ran for another 200?  Remember when he was the Titans' starting quarterback?

It was not that long ago that the Tennessee Titans made Young the third pick in the 2006 draft, ahead of highly touted QB Matt Leinart. 

It was not that long ago that Young lead his Tennessee Titans to the playoffs. Now he is holding a clipboard.

But things have really changed for Young as we enter the 2009 season.  Young has not really developed into the passing quarterback the Titans would hope he would. 

The only season in which he led the Titans to the postseason saw Young pass for nine touchdowns and 17 interceptions.  Not exactly stellar numbers for the third overall pick in 2006.

In 2008, Young only started one game before injuring his knee in the season opener against Jacksonville. Young was replaced by Collins, who eventually supplanted Young as the starter. 

Young wants to return as the starter for Tennessee and rumors are that if he isn’t the starting QB, he wants to be traded.  The question is: which teams could be in the mix for Vince Young’s services?

Washington Redskins

This offseason has been loaded with talks of trying to move quarterback Jason Campbell and get another quarterback.  First it was for Jay Cutler, then Mark Sanchez.  Dan Snyder wants to start fresh at the quarterback position and Young could be the guy.

Young (18-11) and Campbell (16-20) have pretty comparable records.  Young does have seven more wins than Campbell, however Campbell has played in a tougher division.

Campbell has yet to lead his team to the postseason in his four year career.  In 2007, the Redskins did make the playoffs, but Todd Collins was starting for the injured Campbell.

With all the money Snyder has spent in the last several offseasons, it is obvious he wants to win right now.  If he feels Campbell is not the guy in Washington, he could look to Young this season.

Houston Texans

This could be an interesting suitor for Vince Young.  Young is from Houston and went to the University of Texas.  Houston has Matt Schaub as their starting QB.  However, with the offseason trade of Sage Rosenfels to the Minnesota Vikings, this team is short on quarterbacks.

This is a highly unlikely destination for Vince Young given the fact that Tennessee is in the same division as Houston.  If the possibility is there, the Texans would have a pretty good three headed monster in Young, Andre Johnson, and Steve Slaton.

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