OK, fair enough, I'll explain. Young appears very uncomfortable any time he's discussing New England, and was very critical when spygate unfolded. His reaction at the time was over the top. Jealousy? I believe he has Marshall Faulk disease in that while he was a great HOF QB, he appears very uncomfortable in any discussion about Brady and the Pats. Now, like many media talking heads of late, he's had to reluctantly acknowledge the extraordinary season the Pats have had, but it's like he's doing so while undergoing a root canal. His unabashed criticism in the beginning of the season outed him, and I'm just not seeing an objective ex-jock whose comfortable enough in his own skin to give credit to another playing his position. It's almost like it's a zero-sum game to Steve, where when another gets credit, he feels it reduces his importance some.
As for Shannon, yes, he too has jumped on the Pats bandwagon of complimentary media heads. What choice does he have, unless he wants to appear to be a complete fool? But even more so, I just don't hear him adding any high-quality analysis to the broadcast. He's excellent at stating the obvious. And by the way, great TV voice and diction!
