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With news that Reggie Bush had microfracture surgery on his knee I thought this would be a good time to revisit the 2006 NFL Draft. The reason being is I said back then I would give it three years before I made firm commitments on the five major players from that draft. There has been much debate over Reggie Bush, Mario Williams, Vince Young, Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler so it is time to put some things to rest.

1- Mario Williams

I thought the Texans made a huge mistake not drafting Reggie Bush and taking Williams who I figured would be a decent, but not dominating defensive end. Williams has turned out to be a dominating player worthy of his #1 Pick status, but the Texans though haven't been very successful on the field. The question begs would they have been a better team with Bush than Williams? Probably not, so in hindsight from a pure performance issue it was the right pick even if it hasn't translated to playoff appearances.

2- Jay Cutler

I was on record saying that he would be a colossal bust and would be the worst out of the three main quarterbacks taken. A couple of things are obvious now. First he is the best out of the three. He still has a lot of flaws, but you can see the potential of a franchise Quarterback. He isn't there yet, but he is on the right path. The next coach that Denver selects will be critical in his development. At worst he becomes a Boomer Esiason type at best a Jim Kelly. Either way it was an excellent choice for the Broncos.

3- Reggie Bush

This Vince Young story is getting crazier and crazier. Now we find out that he mentioned suicide to the therapist he spoke with. Of course we don't know the details; talking about it could simply mean that he said 'no, I'm not suicidal', but we'll never get all of the info there. But now the war of words has begun, with a major grenade being thrown by the always controversial Jason Whitlock. Whitlock, as he is wont to do, criticized Young in the same vein that he rips into a lot of young black men and athletes for their style of dress and choices of whom to associate with. He also rang the alarm for the millionth time about the day when white team owners and general managers will permanently close the door on professional athletes who dress, talk, and run around with rappers and/or thugs. He even went as far as to refer back to a piece he wrote for ESPN.com where he predicted failure for Young based on he saw from him in the days leading up to the 2006 draft. He saw Young walking around with a crew of his boys and thought there could be trouble down the road, and spoke of Young's use of an untested associate to negotiate his contract as being unwise. So is Whitlock a prophet here or is he adding up two plus two to get ten?

By now you have heard various reports about Titans Quarterback Vince Young. Let me provide a timeline of the events for you to get an idea of what is going on and then give my thoughts.

Late Sunday Night: Reports come out that Vince may have told Jeff Fisher that he did not want to reenter the game after being booed lustfully by the home crowd. After some prodding Vince goes back in and injuries his knee that will keep him out for 2-4 weeks.

Around 7ish Monday Night: Young leaves his house in what was describe as an "emotional" state and family members very concerned about Young's mental state contact the Titans.

Around midnight: After the police put out a bulletin on Young's vehicle. Young came to the Titans facility and were met by Jeff Fisher and the police.

Here is a quote from the police:

"Given the totality of the circumstances, a bulletin was issued to all on-duty officers to be on the lookout for Young's vehicle," Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said. "Police negotiators were also placed on stand-by not knowing what his emotional status was."

Aaron also acknowledged that "Young had been emotionally [sic] all day when he abruptly left his Williamson County home without his cell phone and sped away."

Today: The Tennessean reports that Young had an "unloaded" gun in car at the time he was found.

Now that you have a complete and total idea of the events that happened let me give you my take on the situation.