May 18
QB Vince Young didn't call the Buffalo Bills a "Dream Team." He also didn't say that playing backup to Ryan Fitzpatrick, a former seventh-rounder, was a dream come true for someone who was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2006 draft.
What he did say was all the right things when conducting his first news conference after signing with Buffalo as its latest high-profile free agent.
Young, whose fame rose and faded with the Tennessee Titans, signed a one-year deal with the Bills worth a reported $2 million after one forgettable year with the Philadelphia Eagles backing up Michael Vick. So unimpressed were the Eagles, they're going with former Bills bust Trent Edwards as their No. 2.
So where does that leave Young's career? Hopefully on the rebound, he said, being ultra-careful not to rock the boat and undermine Fitzpatrick as the new guy in town.
"I'm pretty much used to it," Young said of accepting the role of backup. "All you can do is come in and work. This league is crazy injury wise, all kinds of things. I'm not wishing that on him (Fitzpatrick). He's our starting quarterback and I'm behind him 100 percent. The biggest thing is and not just at my position but any position on a football field, you have to be always ready because you never know what's going to happen."
