Thursday night, Michael Vick completed 4 of 4 passes for 19 yards and rushed for 1 yard in the Eagles' preseason win over the Jaguars. I think I speak for most people outside of Philadelphia when I say: Who cares?
Look, I get that Vick is an intriguing story. He just got out of jail, and now he's back in football. Woo hoo. When Vick signed with the Eagles, it was a big deal and newsworthy. But Vick going 4-for-4 for 19 yards in a preseason game is not a big deal and it's only moderately newsworthy.
During Vick's time in prison, people seem to have forgotten that he wasn't that good of a quarterback before he got busted for his role in a dogfighting operation. His career passer rating is 75.7. By comparison, Donovan McNabb has a career 85.9 rating and, because I know you're dying to know, Tom Brady is a 92.9.
Vick has never thrown for more than 3,000 yards or 20 touchdowns. He has a crazy strong arm. But if he tried to knock a beer can off someone's head from 10 yards, he'd need multiple tries.
Vick had one really good year (2002), when he threw for 2,936 yards, 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions, and rushed for 777 yards and eight touchdowns. He also led the Falcons to a 27-7 win over the Packers at Lambeau Field in what was seen as a somewhat shocking upset. Despite four so-so seasons since, that seems to be the lingering perception of Vick.
Hopefully, Vick's game soon will rear its ugly head again and we'll all remember that he isn't, and never was, all that good.
2 comments:
Whether you like him or not, you have to admit that - as a football fan - it'll be interesting to see what he can do: with his legs and not with his arms.
I think it's safe to say that Donovan McNabb is the guy there and will be for at least the next three seasons. But Vick adds a completely new dimension to an offense that has yearned for a playmaker (and that's not a knock against Westbrook).
Vick was overrated BEFORE prison and he's overrated AFTER prison....sure,he pulls off some exciting runs now and then but he WILL NEVER lead a team to the Super Bowl until he learns to read defense's and pass the ball more accurately.....and as he admited in the 60 Minutes interview he's not exactly the hardest worker..
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