Vince Young Lays the Smack on Donnie Nickey

by Jimmy on Aug 1, 2007 9:51 PM CDT in News Comment 16 comments

Things got a little spicy at Titans training camp today. Vince Young took exception to what he preceived was a dirty hit that Donnie Nickey laid on Cortney Roby.

A furious Young moved toward Nickey, hollering "Donnie, what the hell are you doing, quit that (expletive), man."

When Young got in range he threw a right hand that landed on the side of Nickey's helmet before teammates encircled them.

A melee insued that was eventually broken up. Roby received attention from the medical staff but eventually returned to practice. All was well as the team left the field at the end of practice.

After practice, Fisher talked with Nickey, Roby and Young. Hamming it up for photographers and TV crews as they left the field, Young hugged and kissed Nickey and gave a thumbs up to the crowd.

Jeff Fisher doesn't seem to worried about. He did have the quote of the day though:

My preference is not to see my quarterback throwing punches with his throwing hand.

Thanks captain obvious. This is why guys will run through a wall for Vince. They know that even though he is a superstar he has there back. He is not going to let stuff like that go.

I have some advice for Donnie Nickey. Getting into a fight with The Franchise is not a good way to secure a spot on the roster.

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Sounds familiar

Didn't Donnie get into a preseason squab last year?....LDW spat on Dirty Donnie

Not cool Donnie, not cool....

http://www.realfootball365.com/nfl/articles/2006/08/white-nickey-titans110806.html

by TrenchantTitan on Aug 1, 2007 11:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Donnie is choosing a bass ackward time to try and fight for a roster spot. The guy's been nothing but a special teamster stooge since he's been with the team. If tackling a guy by his neck is all he's got then he needs to be let go.

Superman was an amateur.

by MilkyWhiteNegro on Aug 2, 2007 12:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Video

Man, whoever is in charge of uploading the videos to that website needs to learn when to cut off the vids. I mean, Fisher was mid-sentence, when the video got

by fulmersbelly on Aug 2, 2007 12:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Have to say

I like what Donnie had to say

"Said Nickey: "I didn't need to take him down. If it was on Sunday it's a great play, forced fumble. But against my teammates, you can't do that, I can't hurt my own teammates. I'm going to pull off when I can. At that moment, I couldn't.

"I apologized. I realize that it wasn't clean. It wasn't the right thing to do. ... If somebody comes at me, I'm not gong to back down. I don't care, Vince, President Bush, that's just instincts that comes out. But I respect him for it. I didn't want that to happen. I think it's over. We put it to bed.""

This is the game of Football, a hit is a hit and sometimes they aren't timed right. that's the nature of the sport, Add in the competition for roster spots and this is going to happen.

I take it as a good thing (not the potetial for injury) Because you practice as you play. If you are lazy and slow on the practice field then you will be lazy and slow on the game field! simple as that

by white02slpss on Aug 2, 2007 6:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't know if ya'll saw this quote

but I love Keith Bulluck

Linebacker Keith Bulluck: "It was good for whoever was out here to see that, to know what type of leader we have at the quarterback position. When I saw him run out there I said, 'There goes the little skinny boy.' They did something to irk him and he didn't like to see his teammates on that side of the ball get knocked around."

'There goes the little skinny boy'

Go Titans!

by gramsey712 on Aug 2, 2007 8:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i love it

great stuff...

by zackmann on Aug 2, 2007 8:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Seemed like a clean hit?

What am I missing here?

Hogs Haven

by Skin Patrol on Aug 2, 2007 9:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i disagree

looked like a forearm to the neck/head to me, which would probably get a flag in a regular season game...

and then add on to that that Roby has been the standout WR in training camp (on a team with huge questions marks at WR) and the (borderline) illegal hit injured him, it seems reasonable for Young to get mad at the scrub...

It also gave a good situation to exert more control over the team. Being a 2nd year player trying to be a bonafide leader, situations like these are going to solidify his status in the locker room...

by zackmann on Aug 2, 2007 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

about that! Had his hand cupped Roby's chin or the arm gone all the way around the neck I would say it was deliberate. But when you job is to stop the WR from catching the ball and running away and you are with him it's not easy to place your hands in the exact spot. To me it appears the hand is lower to the chest than the next and that was the only position for him to make the play.

Yes we don't want to see a player hurt in practice, but how you practice translates to how you play on the field and as a defender, if you start being more concerned about how you tackle someone other than putting the hit on you might as well not be on the field! because you aren't going to make the play when needed

by white02slpss on Aug 2, 2007 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Having watched it again

looked like a forearm to the neck/head to me, which would probably get a flag in a regular season game...

I still disagree. Legal hit.

What does Roby's status in TC have to do with anything? He's not wearing a red jersey.

Hogs Haven

by Skin Patrol on Aug 2, 2007 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

IMO, i'm not upset with hits like that in general...

but with the strict rules the league is using against illegal hits, i'm pretty sure it would get a flag...you can't wrap someone up with your arm around their neck...that was a wrestling move not a football play...

and how does Roby's status come in to play?

It goes along with why Vince got so upset...that wasn't some scrub getting hit, it was the WR that VY has developed the most chemistry with thru training camp...you don't think Vince would be extra concerned with one of his top WR getting a cheap shot (even if only in his eyes) compared to say a scrub that is likely to get cut?

by zackmann on Aug 2, 2007 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I try to imagine

how I would feel if, say, Vernon Fox laid out Santana Moss with a big hit that injured the latter. It isn't the same, since Roby is no Santana Moss, but I'm trying.

I see why the quarterback is upset. I see why you're upset. I don't see how any of that makes Donnie Nickey a bad guy, means he was wrong to make the play, means that he even deserved to be attacked by Vince Young. From the looks of it, it was a legal hit during practice from a guy who is trying to make the roster. The only thing noteworthy about the hit was that Roby got hurt and Vince got mad; beyond that it doesn't look abnormaly vicious or questionable at all. I would expect to see hits like that frequently, even in practice.

Hogs Haven

by Skin Patrol on Aug 2, 2007 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Will

You have to learn one thing....Vince can do no wrong in any of our eyes. He will get backed in this situation 100% of the time.

I don't really care about the hit. I just liked it that Vince is willing to do that for one of his guys.

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles

by Jimmy on Aug 2, 2007 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

neck

not next

by white02slpss on Aug 2, 2007 9:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ok!

Where is this Forearm at?

you can clearly see that Nickys right arm and red glove are in the chest area of Roby. His left arm is under Robys left arm. He basiclly jumps on his back and wraps up. His momentum takes him over Robys back and and carry's him to the ground. It looks bad because of the angle robys legs are in.

that is a very clean hit and I pray that the NFL won't start fining and throwing flags for hits like that. because if they do we might as well start watching women play

by white02slpss on Aug 2, 2007 11:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

kinda

That's a tough clean hit in a game, but not in a semi-padded practice on a player who is most likely going to make the roster and play.

For my money, Donnie Nickey is a bitch. If he had the cajones to hit like that in a game, he might get some playing time outside of kick-off and punt coverage.

We've got 5-6 safeties that are better, and they don't have to get bush-leauge like this.

by Benjamin on Aug 2, 2007 11:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs