Comments on: Eagles plan to move quickly with Vick decisions

By: bartlettruss

bartlettruss — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:27:22 +0000

Even the casual fan doesn’t need to watch Vick to know that he has limited availability, diminishing skills, makes way too many turnovers and is over-priced. Go with Foles next year and take what you would have paid Vick and use that money in free agency. Maybe they could buy some offensive linemen which would in turn give us a clear view of what Foles is worth and Foles still has a couple more years making rookie money…

By: philly911

philly911 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:17:42 +0000

Hilarious! I wonder what percentage of you couchgaters and Monday morning quarterbacks could remain injury free, be brady/manning/RGIII esq with precision passes and read defenses like Einstein with basically no line in front of you? The fact remains that when protected, Vick is well above average and perfectly capable of dominating defenses. Forgotten in all of this is how the team quit on Andy! You dont win ball games without a team effort.

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:01:49 +0000

Vick is a scrambling QB, scramblers don’t play the whole season because of all the punishment, so it’s useless to have scrabmlers…

if he were simply mobile so he could play smarter, that would be different… but he’s not

move on

By: 1phd

1phd — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:53:39 +0000

They’re paying him $3 million to give them time to determine if they want to keep him? LOL Must be nice. For that much money I could know by next week.

By: perkdogg2000

perkdogg2000 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:40:59 +0000

Mr. Vick, welcome to the Minnesota Vikings!

By: halohonk

halohonk — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:32:56 +0000

Vikings

By: phinfan

phinfan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:22:12 +0000

Drop him and that stupid corner back. Pick up Alex Smith and a respectable Defensive Coordinator… they are back in the playoff hunt IMHO

By: whatnojets

whatnojets — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:13:50 +0000

Well, you just flabbergasted Brett Farve!!

By: rmbronson

rmbronson — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:47:58 +0000

Didn’t we hire him? We own the bitch. Just let him go. It’s not even news. Foles is ok to start out with. Reid had Petterson. And then there was change. What Kelly needs is a QB or two to develop, keep and or trade. JJ had two. How’d that turn out? For as bad as the Eagles were I think Foles did remarkably well. He was a rookie on a de-compensating franchise. I think he will be better this year for a multitude of reasons. So I would cut Vick without blinking, plan on starting Foles and take a second round development QB. If Foles is #1 going forward, and he sucks, we will be drafting high again in a better QB class. I say trade down, preferably with Jeff Fisher. On the trade charts the Eagles #4 is worth the #16 & #22 picks. We might have to enrich the pot a little. But if we stay at #4 then draft Loutulelei, OT (Joeckel/Fisher), or Milliner. Otherwise trade out. It will take a season to figure out what and who. We need pieces. Good pieces.

By: bkostela

bkostela — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:25:27 +0000

this is why teams should be forced to hold true to their contracts for all non-injury and non-conuct related purposes. not that i think vick deserves to be paid anything, but when a player whines about his contract, he’s labeled greedy, yet teams do this every year to guys. the eagles should be stuck (at least in terms of salary cap) for $15 million this season

By: umainebearman

umainebearman — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:41:42 +0000

Save the headaches and just cut him. No team is going to pay him the 15 mill and anything more than a 4th round pick is tooooooooioo much.

By: chiefnofoldem

chiefnofoldem — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:40:32 +0000

I really have to question the Eagles or any so called Football Expert if they think that keeping Vick would be a good idea.

Can’t say healthly
Bad decision maker
Turnover machine
Does not have the ability to read defenses
Is not able to call audibles
Finally, saying the word Dynasty and Eagles is not really smart.

By: Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop

Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:32:04 +0000

Dump him now, save the 3 Mil.

By: plumbstupid

plumbstupid — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:20:42 +0000

I like Vick but its time to move on. I like Foles in the redzone but have yet to see this “cannon” arm that I constantly here about. His deep balls are underthrown rainbows. Not impressed.

Foles will make a good band-aid for the next couple of years. Now is the time to build the O-Line and Defensive Backfield.

By: olcap

olcap — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:19:13 +0000

The “Comeback player of the year” for 2010 was a purely political choice in Vick. He got that “honor” because of mostly the politically correct media wanting to prop Vick up as some kind of hero, which he never was, and never will be.

I can’t see Kelly wanting Vick for his QB, and, even worse, I don’t see ANY team that would make Vick their starter, unless you’re talking about the Jets.

By: EJ

EJ — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:18:55 +0000

I have a feeling Kelly will pass on the third coming of Vick. Vick has shown that he cannot play football without putting himself in situations to get injured. It’s just not worth the time and effort to get 10-12 games a year out of him.

By: crp63

crp63 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:17:21 +0000

Should’nt take anytime to see he’s not worth the money…maybe they can fleece AndyReid….

By: anonymouslyanonymouscommentor

anonymouslyanonymouscommentor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:16:35 +0000

It’s possible, in theory, that the world will end tomorrow.

By: bh83

bh83 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:14:29 +0000

Wasn’t your headline last night something to this effect?

“Decision on Michael Vick likely not coming soon”

By: jb0621

jb0621 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:11:43 +0000

But if Mike takes a pay cut then Marcus will have to take an allowance cut!

By: nicholaspidgeon30

nicholaspidgeon30 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:11:30 +0000

3 Stories ago you guys said “Decision on Michael Vick likely not coming soon” C`mon man

By: lovedabirds

lovedabirds — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:09:57 +0000

Kelly isn’t going to stop Vick from being a turnover machine. No matter how good the offensive system is (after all, many QB’s have won Super Bowls in the WCO Vick just couldn’t run effectively), he will still turn the ball over. Vick’s lack of ball security will drive Kelly crazy.

By: buddysguys

buddysguys — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:07:14 +0000

literally 3 articles before this it says the decision isn’t coming quickly?

Do you people discuss your articles before you slap em’ up here or do you just write it and post it. It seems like you just write and post.

By: shlort

shlort — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:07:02 +0000

If Chip decides he wants Vick, he is giving up on the 2013 season already.

Not only is Vick no longer mobile enough to run the option, he is and has always been, injury prone. Vick is soft.

Accuracy and ball handling is another issue. A 50% completion record and turning the ball over once for every TD isnt all that great. Fumbles? Yeah, he fumbles the ball a lot.

Upside? I dont see any other than Jersey sales. Jersey sales probably went out the window when the fans realized they got the short end of the stick with Vick.

I think the Eagles would be stupid to pay the 3 million next week. They’d be even more stupid to keep him instead of rebuilding on offense.

By: Land Snark

Land Snark — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:05:40 +0000

Drop him like a bad habit. Start fresh.

By: jr4real

jr4real — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:02:10 +0000

wasn’t there an article like 5 minutes ago saying Eagles decision on Vick won’t be soon?