While on the Philadelphia Eagles team, quarterback Michael Vick has done really well with leading his team to the NFC East Title, throwing passes for large amounts of yards, running for large yard gains, and completed many passes. Despite those positive traits, Vick tends to struggle with his amount of touchdown passes he is able to throw in a game, passes thrown that result in interceptions, fumbles, and turnovers. Additionally, he is also known for being injury-prone.
For these reasons, Michael Vick is overrated as a quarterback and not overly beneficial to the Eagles’ success. Michael Vick does make some positive contributions to the Philadelphia Eagles’ success. According to the article “Reid: Vick’s job in jeopardy,” the Philadelphia Eagles are 9-9 in games Vick’s has started in since he led them to the NFC East title by bringing them back from a 21-point deficit with 8:17 remaining to beat the Giants 38-31 on December 19, 2010 (D1).
While beating the New York Giants, Vick had thrown about 108 yards and had run at least four times to get 94 yards. He had finished that game with a total of 242 yards passing 130 more rushing. These positive contributions, however, are outweighed by his shortcomings as a quarterback. According to the article, “Reid: Vick’s job not in jeopardy” in the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, “Over all his last 18 starts, Vick has 23 TD [touchdown] passes, 22 interceptions, nine lost fumbles with a passer rating of 80. and a 58. 5 completion percentage” (D4). During the September 23rd game against the Arizona Cardinals, the Eagles had 12 turn overs, in which Michael Vick had caused 9. Along with his turnovers, he completed 55. 2 percent of his passes for 905 yards and three touch downs. Additionally, one out of his three touchdowns he had 94 yards. Also during that game, Vick had thrown about 6 interceptions and lost 3 fumbles. It’s been said on several sports channels that Michael’s passer rating of 66. 3 has been the 4th worst in the NFL.
Michael Vick had stated in the article “This feels a whole lot better” by Rob Maaddi that, “Missing the preseason did affect me to a certain extent, but now I’m getting into my groove and seeing the field a little better” (C3). During the second preseason game this year against the New England Patriots, he had a rib contusion caused by defensive end Jermaine Cunningham. Not only did Michael Vick get injured during preseason, he got injured during regular season as well during the third quarter against the Atlanta Falcons when he suffered from a concussion and spit out lood while he was walking off the field. More recently against the New York Giants, he suffered a knee contusion after sliding after the game. As can be seen from the information from the articles, Michael Vick does make some positive contributions to the Eagles’ success. However, the articles show more information that shows how many negative traits Michael Vick also has. Because of these, Michael Vick cannot be considered an irreplaceable part of the Eagles.
