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I wouldn't scurry to pickup Vince Young if I had to play without a QB, because Young will no doubt get you negative points.
If you happen to have Greg Jennings, Calvin or Marshall, can you trade them immediately? thanks.Figures. To the bench Vick beside, Best, Andre johnson, Miles Austin, Peyton Hillis and hopefully not AJ Green. When it Sucks it sucks really bad doesnt it.
Gotta give the guy another shot. He won't affect my FF team so I say bring on vince.
the injury had nothing to do with his "style of play". his oline lets him get hit on a staggering 1/3rd of plays. (not just pressured - HIT)
That is not totally true, they were watching tape on the NFL Network and Vick holds the ball way too long trying to make a play, that leads to the high number of hits that he takes.
However, Vick does run the ball a lot, and once he becomes a ball-carrier it is perfectly legit for him to get hit - there is no doubt that his body has an accumulation of wear and tear due to the much higher number of hits that Vick takes in any given game than someone like, say, Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees, who mostly stay in the pocket (and on the occasions they do run, they slide and generally don't get tagged by 250+ lb defensive players). Bottom line here: over the last three games Vick has posted 58/100 for 620 yards passing, two TDs and three interceptions, with 20/163/0 rushing. 58% completion rate, and more interceptions thrown than TDs. He's lost two of three games, with zero TDs thrown in the two losses. Now he's banged up severely, and will either be A). hampered by injury for the next few weeks or B). sidelined by injury. This was always the downside risk that fantasy owners drafting Vick faced. He has played a full slate of 16 games once during in his entire NFL career, and his max number of games as an Eagle has been 12, including last year's "career" year.
Dude...what? He got hurt in the freaking pocket while completing a pass.And he does get hit nearly 1/3 of his plays, not including the scrambling plays. Why? Because the oline can not pass block for ###.
He's gone soon. btw, he is really fat. However, I'd love to have this guy as the HC of my FF QB.Another built-in excuse for the Teflon Reid!
It could only hurt. McCoy is an amazing talent but Vick as a dual threat definitely opens up the lanes.
Sure, if they get bonus points for interceptions.'steelwind said:
Did you see Kafka play?
May I ask where you gained such a mastery of the English language?'Gabbo88 said:
I guess You could never take the the the "con" out of convict, lol hey Mike conVick you scammed everyone thinking you were worth $1 of that 100 million dollar contract.Hey Noodle Dicka if you're grading my Anglish grammour paper I ll purposely take an Inc...plete lol I guess you've mastered how to take the bate. Idiot lol
Most Illogical!
haha...that's the team I have...except I have felix jones as well =\Well, that and i wasn't dumb enough to draft vick.Figures. To the bench Vick beside, Best, Andre johnson, Miles Austin, Peyton Hillis and hopefully not AJ Green. When it Sucks it sucks really bad doesnt it.
These boards have gone so far down hill in the past couple years. I'm so tired of reading all the name calling and derogatory comments, but you can't make it through a single thread without crap posts like this. How many 15 year olds post here now? Gabbo...go do your home work and leave the commentary to the adults.
If you come back after your time off next week, be way cooler. TIA.J
It's because Tony Romo won the game against SF. If Vick had played with broken ribs and lead the team to a win he'd get similar props. The media have their favorite players. Often (but not always) those players have played extremely well over a solid chunk of time so they gain the benefit of the doubt. Vick is not one of those players. I'm surprised he hasn't received a LOT more negative publicity for his play.
I disagree there. The next game there was non stop talk about Romo was going to gut it out and play and how heroic that was. Romo to his credit never said any of that - he downplayed it saying everyone played hurt. Just interesting to me to see how dramatically different the coverage has been.J
Personally I think the Eagles are trying to cover up for a poor performance by stating that he broke his ribs much earlier than he really did. I think it happened in the 4th Q when he took a helmet to the side on a scramble - and left the game for a short period. When he came back after that he looked even worse than he did earlier. I could of course be wrong, but it was my first thought when it was announced.I think maybe because Romo punctured his lung in addition, it could have something to do with it as well - although your observations are accurate and obviously show some bias in how the media handled the two situations (perhaps not racial but more based on Vick's transgressions).
1) Romo punctured a lung. That's a bit more than just broken ribs.2) Romo won that game. If he had lost there would have been stories about whether his injury cost the Cowboys a win against a bad team (SF was not getting the love they now are) and if the the backup could have performed better. I am certain if Vick had marched his team down the field like Romo did and ended up with a win the media would be calling it a "gutsy" performance and commending him for playing through the pain.
I've only seen speculation that he'll sit. Should hear something from the team this afternoon as they start their prep for the Giants.
We all know the punctured lung was overplayed. It was a tiny hole that healed nearly instantly. By mid week, it was not an issue. If anything you could make the case Vick did the more difficult thing staying in the game instead of leaving like Romo before coming back at the end. If you truly think Vick would have received the same treatment as Romo did if the Eagles had won, we'll just have to disagree.I like Tony Romo and I'm definitely a Romo apologist. I just find it interesting how the dislike for Vick is playing out in media coverage. And certainly the love for Dallas as a "national" team is a factor too. It's no surprise. Just interesting. J'Dr. Awesome said:
We should know more today and tomorrow. That team is a wreck so nothing would surprise me right now. My guess is that he'll play though. But that's purely a guess right now.J'pantagrapher said:
For sure - I don't think it's a race thing. I think it's the dislike thing. And with good reason for many people. It's all about the Dog Fighting and very little about race I think. J'Dr. Octopus said:
I'm not disagreeing the media often makes a minor injury sound more drastic than it is. But if you think the media has a crush on Romo I agree we'll have to agree to disagree.
Tony Romo is often beaten up in the media for being a nice guy but not the guy to lead your team to a Super Bowl. He's received a lot of hate for being a so called choke artist. Heck, he was vilified for taking a quick vacation a year or two ago (Mexico I think). I don't understand how someone can make the argument Tony Romo is loved by the media.
I'd personally be very surprised if he does not play.'pantagrapher said:
For sure - the consideration that I'm way off is always a valid one.
I'm not sure how supporting Reid in the past is a "mother hen mentality" 
but I do think he's facing some real and valid criticism. A coach is always defined in my opinion by what they do given what they have. And by all measures, Reid's come up way short here this season.
