Sep 23rd 2008 9:05AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Titans, AFC South
Merrill Hoge has been one of Vince Young’s biggest critics ever since Young was getting ready for the 2006 NFL draft. While he’s not saying I told you so, Hoge isn’t exactly pulling back from any of his criticism now that Young is planted on the Titans’ bench. In fact, he’s piling on in an interview with Pittsburgh radio station WDVE.
“He’s a baby. He’s a soft baby. He’s been a baby since they …. I stumbled across people who recruited him in college. They really tried to get him to go to Oklahoma. One of reasons they stopped their recruiting process was because he was such a baby . . . He was the most immature crybaby they ever met. He was soft; he wasn’t tough.”Hoge then said that his Titans teammates are happy to see him benched. And in the process he basically sold out his friends at NFL Films–who are the ones who put microphones on players. Hoge heads into the NFL Films offices every week for his work on the State Farm NFL Matchup show. While he said he couldn’t say how he knew this because it would violate confidences, it’s pretty clear what’s the source of this information.
“On the sideline the players were talking about what was going on–people are mic’ed. Players defensively were talking when he threw the second pick. They were saying ‘that guy comes out and points to the crowd, when things are going great he’s right out in front. But when it goes bad he’s nowhere to be found’. Then he gets hurt the next series and they turn to each other and say ‘We now have a chance to win this game and be a better team.’ “Continue Reading
