After hearing quarterback Vince Young entered the revolving door for NFL quarterbacks and would be inked by the Philadelphia Eagles, Michael Vick told media what VY could learn from him.

Vick who tolerated scathing responses from fans and media when he returned to the field after serving almost two years behind bars can teach Young how to grow thicker skin, that’s for sure. No one could say anything worse to Young than was said to Vick yet the player stayed focused and made one of the best comebacks in the history of sport.

With Young’s ability to make plays with his legs, development of QB skills that complement an ability to change plays on the run is another topic on which Vick could opine.

Finally, Young’s “character issues” that included giving a beat-down to a man in the office of a strip club, can be addressed and for Young those seem to be the center of his attention. With Vick being a guy that has “been there done that” then bounced back in impressive fashion, who could be better mentor?

Vick looks forward to getting to work with Young, particularly on the “team comes first” concept. Vick wants to get Young caught up not only on the playbook, but his skills then film study.

Welcome to NFL quarterbacking, team leadership and skill development immersion classes, Vince. That’s how Vick learned after returning to take snaps after being out of the league for two years. He had to accept that the way he went about his business in the pre-prison days was a thing of the past. Will Young be receptive? With his history of trying to buck the system, who knows but he will have a better mentor than Vick did.

While Donovan McNabb was said to have welcomed him, he sometimes seemed annoyed on the sidelines in season one with Vick, when he was pulled to give his back up a couple of reps behind center and who’s to blame him with the competition for starting QB positions in the NFL being so fierce.

Philadelphia is becoming the quarterback incubator of the NFL. Will it make Vince Young into the next Michael Vick?

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Paula Duffy is a national sports columnist for Examiner.com and the Huffington Post and regularly comments on sports/legal matters for radio affiliates of ESPN and Fox Sports. She founded the sports information site, Incidental Contact, is the author of a line of audio books designed for sports novices and in her spare time practices law in Los Angeles.

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