Comments on: Vick feels fine, cartilage being checked today

By: qwerty007qwerty007

qwerty007qwerty007 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:05:53 +0000

No matter if you’re an Eagles fan or not; either a Vick hater or you love the guy – he does play the game hard.

Reminds me of the way Allen Iverson would play, going into the paint and getting killed.

Problem is, this isn’t the NBA. Those guys will kill you.

He’s got to learn to go down, slide, throw it away otherwise he’s going to be constantly beaten up.

Tough way for the Eagles to maintain consistency if your #1 guy is hurt all the time.

By: gabe77

gabe77 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:44:34 +0000

No one talks about the terrible play-calling and game-planning. That was a 7 step drop that Vick took the hit on. Andy is the only west coast offense that calls for so many 7 step drops and slow developing plays. They’re constantly setting up players like Vick to take those hits, which makes the post game press conferences so much fun because Andy preaches “putting players in position to succeed”. The media doesn’t criticize Andy though for putting Vick in that position, instead it’s about Vick’s decision making.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:58:19 +0000

It’s hard for an offensive line to play well in the heat. After all, it is the dog days of summer (see what I did there?).

By: taekwonkat

taekwonkat — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:43:17 +0000

As amazing as it sounds, it’s entirely possible that he feels fine today. I received a rib cartilage injury in March in a taekwondo tournament that my doc said would take months to heal. I’m tough on pain…it takes a lot to bring me down…and I trained all summer despite the injury. About a month ago, I took another hard shot to the ribs and the pain dropped me. I couldn’t move all day and in a lot of ways the pain was worse than the initial injury. Surprisingly, I was completely fine the next day, no pain, no bruising, no issues. He’s an idiot for not wearing rib padding or a flak jacket considering he has a history of this, but yeah, totally plausible that he feels fine today. But, tells me he’s not healed completely (and may never) and any little hit to that area will continue to put him on the turf. Good thing Nick Foles looks so good!

By: haansel82

haansel82 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:39:06 +0000

Trade him to Arizona. This Eagles team is a lot better without Vick.

I’d rather spend a few years on a promising QB like Foles with Edwards as the backup, than continue wasting time on embedded” superstars” who cant control a tempo or make adjustments at the line. Mike Vick has to be one of the slowest learners this game has ever seen.

By: natelan69

natelan69 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:25:35 +0000

orakpownd says: Aug 21, 2012 10:45 AM

Just put him down.
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I see what you did there! And I like it!

By: frankfordyellowjackets

frankfordyellowjackets — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:10:38 +0000

Getting Vick to slide is like getting Florio to stop making snippy comments about the Eagles.

By: hewitt52

hewitt52 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:09:55 +0000

It wasn’t Kyle Love that hit Vick, it was Jermaine Cunningham. See what I just did there? Correct the “expert”.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:26:56 +0000

Watching Vick take that shot to ribs warmed my heart. It just could not happen to a better guy. I will never forget what a sick SOB Micheal Vick is and I will never tire from watch him get punished. I only wish he could receive that shot to the ribs on a perpetual basis each and every day for the rest of his life.

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:23:24 +0000

The fact is, his brain doesn’t move fast enough to decipher what his eyes are seeing. He ends up hanging on to the ball and running around. That’s the option he can figure out in the short amount of time given to NFL quarterbacks.
It’s not a style of play, as much as it is inability to play the position.
I look for him to be holding a clipboard by week 5.

By: geniusfan

geniusfan — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:46:31 +0000

Vick needs to live to fight another day sometimes.

It’s just the preseason. If this was the regular season i’d understand but Vick needs to either get down or throw the ball away while backpedaling instead of going for it all.

The offensive line blew multiple protections that is true but Vick needs to recognize that and get rid of the ball the Eagles need him to be successful.

And i’m not buying Foles…… yet. I need to see him against first stringers before I’m ready to have high hopes in him. There’s been many quarterbacks who look like legends in the preseason but are absolute garbage when the real games start.

However with Vick’s frailty and reckless playing style he’s more than likely going to have a few games to prove something against the best of the best.

By: drobstad

drobstad — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:33:45 +0000

Nick Foles is not leading the Eagles to anything that matters in the NFC east. Not with Eli Manning in the division. Eagles fans better hope Vick can stay healthy or else they have no chance in what will be the toughest division in the league this year.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:28:03 +0000

First of all, there is no way in hades that he feels fine today, unless he is doubling up on the Vicodin.
He doesn’t wear rib pads, and there is no way he didn’t suffer at least severe bruising from that hit.

Secondly, it is looking more and more like he is not the best QB on this roster. You could dismiss what Foles did last week if you want because he played with and against backups, but last night he played at least part of the time against starters. He already appears to have a better pocket presence than Vick and a stronger, more accurate arm.

Based on Vick’s so-so stats last year and whats go on so far this year, can you really make the argument that the Eagles would be THAT much worse with a Foles/Edwards QB combo?

Sure would save a lot of money and allow the few Eagles fans who are still uncomfortable with having someone like Vick as the face of their franchise breath a little easier.

By: golonger

golonger — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:10:06 +0000

..both Andy Reid and Mike Vick will be gone after this season when they finish last in the division!

By: righton989

righton989 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:05:47 +0000

Vick is a tough hombre, a true grit fighter. Give him a better OL and Game Plan and he is an electrifying player.

By: gjwnuke

gjwnuke — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:03:16 +0000

Vick was actually hit by Cunningham but we’ll let that one slide…

By: vcupats

vcupats — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:01:39 +0000

I think Vick was trying to revive “Tebowing” which died on the same field in January.

By: steele203

steele203 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:56:37 +0000

Good news! Love Vick but glad we drafted Foles

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:54:38 +0000

Though Jim Everett was ridiculed for taking dives, Peyton Manning is celebrated for having the presence of mind to know when to go down. No one will question Vick’s toughness if he starts bailing out.

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Vick is a below average QB in normal circumstances. If he can’t run around and use his legs he is done. If he does run around he get’s hurt and is still done, the difference is he’ll get paid for being on IR.

You are correct in that he is not “wired” to go down. He has been praised endlessly for “not going down”. He get’s on ESPN by “not going down”. He got his mega-contract by “not going down”.

Vick changing the way he plays is about as likely as Tebow changing his throwing motion.

By: richndc

richndc — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:51:38 +0000

I hate the Eagles, period. But, I will say that I was extremely impressed with Foles, seriously. He stood in there, and fired some amazing passes in traffic that were right on the money, and looked calm doing it. I aint saying he should start, just saying he looked very, very good overall, and I would like to see him play more, which I anticipate we will.

By: hansenbrothers

hansenbrothers — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:48:08 +0000

He won’t slide

By: sevensgottago

sevensgottago — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:45:59 +0000

Those footsteps Vick hears are not opposing defenders, they are Nick Foles’, coming for the starters job! I HOPE..

By: orakpownd

orakpownd — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:45:05 +0000

Just put him down.

By: richndc

richndc — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:43:34 +0000

@mrheavychevy:
it seems they are letting him do that–indirectly blaming others for his own issues, not taking responsibility, babbling in incoherent and incomplete platitudes. Same as he ever was.

By: patriot1285

patriot1285 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:42:53 +0000

the hated part would of been good if it was true

By: eagles83

eagles83 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:39:25 +0000

They are letting him “do what he knows best”, he’s being inconsistent and a liability.

By: flaccodelic

flaccodelic — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:36:52 +0000

I doubt very seriously that Vick feels “fine” today.

By: dlc618

dlc618 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:35:03 +0000

He’s always hurt…

By: suhnum1fan

suhnum1fan — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:34:23 +0000

Its going to be a long season for the dream team.

By: bennyb82

bennyb82 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:33:52 +0000

What is left to say that hasnt been said? The dude shouldve used the preaseason to practice throwing the ball away, throwing it to the easy option, or sliding (feet first). He did none of those so why would it change in the regular season? I am rooting for him but he will be injured again this season, no doubt.