The buzz is awry already on Vince Young. Mike Vick was supposed to be the only one able to do what he does on the field for a long time. There was talk of Vick being the best quarterback in the league after his stellar showings as a rookie and second year starter. In 2003, he became the man to take in fantasy football drafts, only to shock owners with a preseason injury that stopped his season. Since then, Vick’s fantasy value and overall talk as a quarterback has dropped. His legs can no longer get it done running, and when he does they aren’t for the long gainers like they used to be. More times than ever he pays the price for scrambling, because of all the extra spies to shut his legs down.

Vince Young made the right decision by forgoing his senior season. He left Texas as perhaps the greatest athlete to perform there. At least for now it seems that way.

The comparisons between Vince Young and Mike Vick are obvious. The game changes drastically though from the college to pro level. Can Vince Young make the phase change to the NFL as smooth as people are saying? It’s going to be a true tough test for Young, as Mike Vick has already made it more difficult for him.

Young quarterbacks love to use their legs, especially when they have the speed and size of a quarterback like Vince Young. He’ll have to try to stay away from being single minded or scared to throw the football. We saw it so often with Vick. He would only play the part as a throwing quarterback, by dropping back. There were plenty of times he would just take off without even giving his receivers chances. Lots of times he looked great, by turning third and fourth downs into serious gainers. That was then, and that experiment has since been wrapped under control tremendously.

The schemes to shut down Vince Young’s legs will be there. In fact, defensive coordinators will be drooling once they see Young’s on the slate. Preparation will be easy from the get go. Young’s main job over the summer and summer’s on, will have to be to excel on reading NFL defenses and have a solid accuracy. A job that Mike Vick has not done, and appears to be on the brink of a career busting or booming.

Young is an extreme talent, that boosted his stock overwhelmingly with one game. Who knows, what would have been the case if the Longhorns were blown out and Young had a horrible game against USC. He likely would have stayed for a redemption his senior season. Everything happens for a reason, and the team Young lands on will have a gem.

We just hope Young is prepared to not want to take off and think the same results will happen all the time, like his game winning fourth down run. People love to forget, that four to five plays earlier Young almost threw the game away with an interception. The ball was lobbed up horribly, and a couple of Trojans had a shot at it.

Big time college players can get away with that in college. In the NFL, no matter if you are a rookie or star veteran, that is picked.