Vince Young Takes Steve McNair’s Sons To Pro Bowl

Often times professional athletes are in the news for all of the wrong reasons.

Whether it be arrests, controversial remarks, complaining over their million dollar contracts or simply running their mouths just to be on television. It is nice to focus on the positive side of the players every so often.

This weekend kicked off Super Bowl week with the Pro Bowl being played in Miami. Early headlines were stolen when Vikings offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie skipped practices. He was ultimately dismissed from the NFC squad.

A story that deserved much more attention has flown under the radar. Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young invited the sons and widow of his mentor, Steve McNair, to join him for the Pro Bowl festivities. McNair suffered multiple gunshot wounds was found dead on July 4, 2009.

Vince Young was effected by the tragedy and it was unkown how he would respond. Young has shown great maturity this past season and when he entered the Titans line-up this season he gave them a new hope for the postseason. Young’s play even earned him a playoff berth.

Young has been taking McNair’s sons to the beach and treating them as his own.

“Those are my little brothers, my boys,” Young said. “And I would do anything for them and as long as they’re smiling and happy.”

McNair’s sons, Trenton and Tyler were also present for some of the AFC all-stars practices.

“We’re having fun. He’s surprising us with a lot of stuff,” said Tyler. “He has been great to me and my brother. I think it’s because he cares for us and he loves us like we love him.”

It is always refreshing to see a professional athlete give back and do a good deed. Young deserves to be applaud for his actions — even though he did everything without the expectation of being praised. Young did what he felt was right and it was an incredible way to show respect and to honor his fallen mentor.