So with the two-game suspension that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell applied to quarterback Mike Vick now expired, the Eagles will be using him this week, right?
Um, maybe.
Coach Andy Reid wouldn’t say whether Vick will play Sunday against the Chiefs.
Surely, Reid is engaged in a Mangini-style ploy to keep the Chiefs guessing. Or maybe the showman in the head coach is hoping to build a little suspense for the game.
Either way, it’s highly unlikely that Vick won’t play, especially since he’s the best quarterback on the team who doesn’t have a broken rib.
Reid’s coyness also has extended to the question of whether Vick or Jeff Garcia would be the backup to Kevin Kolb, if Donovan McNabb can’t play for a second straight week. Well, unless Reid plans to devote three spots on the 45-man game day roster to quarterbacks, Vick will be the backup. Otherwise, he can’t disrupt the rhythm of the base offense enter the game as a Wildcat quarterback until the fourth quarter.
If Reid doesn’t give Vick a chance to play, it’s safe to say that Vick will be sorely disappointed.
“I’m very excited to have the opportunity to go out there and play football, regardless of my role,” Vick said Wednesday, per the Associated Press. “This is a dream come true for me.”
Vick also referred to himself Wednesday as the “Wildcat Originator.” Which has a much better ring to it than the “Pit Bull Terminator.”
Sorry, Mike. But you kind of walked right into that one.
Now that was funny Florio. Welcome back. Stop trying to be clever and just be your dumb ass WV hick self. It’s your best side.
Kolb threw for 391 yards on Sunday.
While Vick will probably play some snaps, maybe in a wildcat formation, I would bet that Kolb will start and play most of the game
“Either way, it’s highly unlikely that Vick won’t play, especially since he’s the best quarterback on the team who doesn’t have a broken rib.”
No, he’s the best running back on the team who’s not injury prone and can also kinda throw a football.
Florio, when you say “Reid is coy….”, do you really mean Reid is starving? Reid is hungry? Reid has Golden Corral on his mind? Reid once ate a coy fish?
“especially since he’s the best quarterback on the team who doesn’t have a broken rib.” Let see here, he has been out of football for 2 years, it may be safe to say that he lost some of his football speed, he mostly like doesn’t know all the plays, and when he was playing in the NFL he was an AVERAGE AT BEST QB. The history of the NFL has shown that a run first QB such as Vick, Cunningham, Tarkenton (just ones that come to mind) can’t win a championship. So with respect I disagree with that statement.
Vick also referred to himself Wednesday as the “Wildcat Originator.”
Because he can’t really play the QB position all that well.
Watch out for the Spread Eagle Offense.
Coming to a field near you.
Vick will play, Vick will surprise.
If Kolb sticks it up again the Eagles will be in a predicament. It would make sense to have Garcia as the backup and Vick the 3rd string but once Vick enters the game at qb, Kolb and Garcia cannot return. With Vick as the 2nd string he can enter the game as much as he wants but if Kolb gets hurt or plays poorly they would have to go to Garcia at qb since Vick is not ready to be an every down qb yet and once Garcia enters the game at qb, Vick and Kolb are done for the game. So this begs the question; how can the eagles get Vick into the game without compromising the qb position if Kolb were to have another horrible game? A healthy McNabb would do the trick.
Who cares, he sucks anyways and will have no impact in a positive manner.
I’ll wait until Vick starts choking before i claim he’s better than Kolb or Garcia.
Vick the 2nd best qb?
He’s the fastest qb, he’s the convicted felon QB, but he certainly isn’t the 2nd best qb.
You must be smoking the stuff Vick failed a drug test over, and has yet to be punished for.
Time to boycott the Eagles!!!
I think you’re missing an option the Eagles have as far as the three QB’s go. This is all assuming McNabb sits out one more game of course. You start Kolb and put Vick in as your second QB and Garcia as your emergency QB…
…The thing everybody (including you above) is harping on is that Vick would then HAVE to be the QB if Kolb goes down. I think the plan would be to use Vick strictly in the spread eagle formation and if Kolb does indeed get hurt, you would bring on Garcia and sit Vick for the rest of the game. Right? All you would lose is a few spread eagle plays.
Eagles are complete and utter garbage.
Raiders 27 Eagles 10
2 time Super bowl losers
Vick also referred to himself Wednesday as the “Wildcat Originator.” Which has a much better ring to it than the “Pit Bull Terminator.”
You’re about as funny as the clap. Also the struck out text thing is tired.
This “disrupt the rhythm of the base offense” stuff is nonsense. If a wildcat play had this effect, then wouldn’t the same be true for running plays, end arounds and anything other than a vanilla drop back and pass or play action pass?
People (including me) have a right to be uncomfortable with Mike Vick being back in the leage and idiots like Terrell Pryor that still don’t get it. But give me a break..Miami got into the playoffs and beat the Patriots last year by “disrupting” their base offense. After last week’s game, the entire Eagles’ base offense/defense/special teams play needs to be disrupted!
Wow you have been on some incredible drugs this year as apparently game footage, statistics and what any 5 year old could surmise from the preseason…
“Either way, it’s highly unlikely that Vick won’t play, especially since he’s the best quarterback on the team who doesn’t have a broken rib.”
Wow.
Vick is NOT the best QB on the Eagles without a broken rib. Both Kolb and Garcia are better QBs than he is. Even two years ago when he was a mediocre NFL QB, Vick wasn’t as good as Garcia, but was probably better than the then-rookie Kolb.
What has Mike Vick ever done to make you think he’s a good NFL QB?
Vick also referred to himself Wednesday as the “Wildcat Originator.” Which has a much better ring to it than the “Pit Bull Terminator.”
Sorry, Mike. But you kind of walked right into that one.
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Wow, Pit Bull Terminator? What a zinger. You got him there, Florio.
If they start Kolb instead of Garcia, they either don’t really want to win, or they are afraid McNabb will get pissed if it’s Garcia or Vick instead of the less threatening (to McNabb) Kolb.
Nothing against Kolb, but if you have Garcia and Vick there, you have to play one of them. Preferably Garcia. He’s ready, knows the system, plays well under pressure, and has his football legs under him already.
Who friggin cares about Vick. I wish the media would stop cramming this guy down our throats. I am so sick of hearing about this human waste. I don’t care about the dogs, I just think he is a thug who was never focused enough to live up to his potential. Die already.
“Kind of” walked into that one… in the way that your joke wasn’t funny and there’s nothing to link your joke with his statement other than the vague assonance between originator and terminator?
With all the easy Vick jokes, you reach too hard for a bad one.
Prediction:
Kolb starts, is ineffective, Vick enters the game in the second quarter. Eagles smoke the Chiefs, Vick dazzles everyone with his playmaking ability and earns the starting job for the rest of the season. Vick leads his team to a Superbowl berth and is rewarded with a HUGE contract next summer. McNabb retires.
@chibears5
Why did you bother reading the story then if you dont want to read about vick? You can read right? There isn’t a bunch of pictures here for you to look at. You did see the title of the thread right? It mentions Vicks name in it. So how can anyone be cramming Vick down your throat when YOU CHOSE to read a thread you KNEW would be about Vick.
Grow up, I hope Darwin comes and finds you.
Here in Philly, the King of Bling coined Vick’s wildcat offense as the WildDog offense.
“Prediction:
Kolb starts, is ineffective, Vick enters the game in the second quarter. Eagles smoke the Chiefs, Vick dazzles everyone with his playmaking ability and earns the starting job for the rest of the season. Vick leads his team to a Superbowl berth and is rewarded with a HUGE contract next summer. McNabb retires.”
You left out the fact I will bed the entire Eagles cheerleader squad one at a time and then ‘harem style’…
I’ll take that bet MastaFace.
Vick will suck as he has always sucked.
Mary Jane fumes, and on the football field.
It should be interesting to see how Vick does with the wildcat. We have already witnessed what he did with wild dogs.
I guess he gets along with fat pigs.
@MastaFace
I guess you work for Sports Illustrated, known for their head-first predictions?
Raiders own Steelers- maybe its time to get who you’re playing this week straightened out, jackass. Your QB is terrible.
MastaFace- you’re smoking crack, right?
“Vick leads his team to a Superbowl berth and is rewarded with a HUGE contract next summer. McNabb retires.”
Hah. This is the NFCEast. Good luck with that.
Ever heard of the Wing T ? Retard.
I heard they signed Plaxico Burress to a future contract.
Cut it
Frame it
See you in January
In case anyone was wondering…
@MastaFace = Michael Vick
“wildcat originator??” really?
Given that the wildcat is a single-wing formation with the RUNNING BACK under center & the QB, if on the field, out wide, then that must mean that Vick is either incorrect, or he is labelling himself as a running back instead of QB.
i guess this just points to his amazing intellect of the game of football. :rolleyes:
this formation has been around long before Vick even played football. the Dolphins didn’t invent it either, but at least they never claimed to have done so.
Can’t wait for the Eagles to play on SNF.
Al Micheals: here’s the Eagles offense
Micheal Vick a.k.a Ookie a.k.a Ron Mexica a.k.a the wildcat originator a.k.a the pit bull terminator Virginia Tech….
If you act coy about your QB situation vs. an opponent like the Chiefs……..you must not be very confident in your football team.
I suppose it is a better strategy for Reid than applying Mike Tice’s “Randy Ratio” to Michael Vick.
“Surely, Reid is engaged in a Mangini-style ploy to keep the Chiefs guessing.”
It’s the Chiefs. Philly should be able to beat KC even if they announce their plays at the line of scrimmage. Why does a professional team need to keep KC guessing? One of Andy’s kids could be the starting QB and Philly would still win in a blowout.
straverse
Russell is better and more complete than Big Ben or McCrap.
c’mon PHINS. The formation is close to the old single-wing, no doubt about that. However, you can’t argue that Vick was the guy that kind of changed the possibilities of what you could do with a QB in the modern NFL. People point to his short comings as a pure passer and make comments saying that he’s below average. He’s only below average if you try to turn him into Peyton Manning.
This is probably getting boring and long, but the NFL is a very stubborn league. Vast change rarely happens. If a team would take a chance and run an offense around Vick he could easily be one of the best players in the league. I mean look what he did by simply improvising while in Atlanta. They made it to the NFC Championship Game. I’m disturbed by the ignorance some people show when talking about Vick. Maybe once Gruden takes over a team and drafts Tebow we’ll see someone willing to test what the spread can do in the NFL. I’ll be looking forward to it.
Reid is Coy about his twinkie abuse.
Vickie referring to himself as the Wildcat Originator shows that he has no better understanding of the wildcat than the other 95% of fans and sports-writers who also mis-label it on a regular basis…
Great joke…but do you really think Vick > Garcia/Kolb.
Guy’s not a quarterback, never will be.
Eskin said it best…Guy’s merely a video game seller.
Come on Reid start Vick, let the dog torturing thug earn the money he is paid. Make him play.
@raiders over the steelers.
Let me start off by saying I hate the Steelers. Now let me say, what in your right mind thinks that Russell is better that Ben? I mean seriously. I have dealt with my share fair of Homers, but you take the cake. Wow.
birdman: Vick is a below average passer compared to Chad Pennington.
As for him “changing the possibilities of what you could do with a QB in the modern NFL”……..um, Randall Cunningham ring a bell? By the way, he’s being inducted into Eagles HOF this weekend.
I think expectations gotta be buttoned down a bit. Remember, he hasn’t played in 2 years and in the preseason didn’t have his old burst. If he can’t outrun guys, he will be in a bit of trouble. There’s no coincidence that the Falcon receivers were better after he was subtracted from the equation……
birdman: vick is a dynamic player, but what does that have to do with the wildcat? my comment made no claims either way as to vick’s ability. only to do with his claims as the originator.
if you agree with vick on that, then you are just showing your lack of knowledge about football.
if the QB is behind the center, it is NOT the wildcat. period.
just because the QB can run doesn’t mean he is a wildcat QB. I have the same beef when people speak of Pat White as “running the wildcat”. No he does not. He might be in during those plays, but he doesn’t run it. Ronnie Brown does. On the Eagles, if Westbrook is taking snaps, you can call it the wildcat.
i think we need a dictionary of football terms for 95% of the people that read this site.