Mort: Raiders Were Interested in Vince Young

The Raiders were so impressed with Vince Young's performance against the Redskins on Sunday, they were interested in trading for him. That's the word Chris Mortensen is reporting this morning.

Those couple of plays really instilled confidence in VY, eh?

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Chris
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The Raiders' fallback if they couldn't have landed Palmer? Vince
Young.
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18 via TweetDeckFavoriteRetweetReply