Can we please get excited about Vick?! Can I hear someone, just one person, say that if he carries on like this that he'll be HOF calibre? (Even if he'll eventually be shunned for what his performances between 2006-2008...)
The Eagles were 6th in my mid season power rankings, and there are only two reasons why:
1) Their defense is so far from the best in the league - i.e. they conceded 28 points today even with McNabb throwing three picks...!
2) I'm not wholly confident Vick can stay healthy because I know when something is too good to be true! Additionally, he can't continue to dance out of the pocket in the way that he does and not expect to get hurt.
This aside, if he does manage to stay healthy, I fancy the Eagles for the Superbowl.
Moreover, after watching the Falcons dominate the Ravens last Thursday night, I'm prepared to pick a Vick-bonanza for an Eagles/Falcons match-up in the NFC Championship game in January. Both are heavily reliant on their QBs, but if both Ryan and Vick can stay healthy, these are two unstoppable teams.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Eagles 59 Redskins 28
Mike Vick lit up Monday Night Football with a dazzling record-breaking performance to take the Eagles joint top of the NFC East.Week 10, Monday Night Football: a match-up between a head coach and a former quarterback who played 142 games throughout their 11 years together. This, in addition to the benching with two minutes remaining that McNabb endured two weeks ago, only turned the focus more onto how the famed number five would perform. This focus was pushed even further onto McNabb following the baffling pre-game announcement that he had signed a new 5-year, $78million extension to his contract. But as memorable as a game as this would turn out to be, the Donovan McNabb saga would be vastly overshadowed by brilliance from his replacement, and the youthful team he left behind.
The touchdown circus began with the very first play of the game, with Desean Jackson catching an 88-yard touchdown pass from Michael Vick under man to man coverage. Silence passed over Fed-ex Field.
Things then turned from bad to worse for Washington when, following a three-and-out, the Eagles stormed down the field with first downs from Jackson and McCoy in a drive that was capped by a 7-yard run into the end-zone by Vick.
Washington were only three plays into their second drive of the game before it was prematurely ended with an interception from Coleman. Incredibly, this lead to another drive down the field which finished with an 11-yard touchdown catch from McCoy from a shovel pass from Vick.
After Washington yet again failed to gain a single first down, Philadelphia steam rolled their defense as Jerome Harrison took an inside zone hand-off 55 yards for the fourth touchdown of the quarter.
The first quarter ended with the Eagles breaking the record for the largest lead by a road time at end of 1st quarter in the history of the NFL, but it was only a sign of what more was to come, as Vick began the second quarter by throwing another 65-yard touchdown to Jeremy Maclin.
The 'Skins showed signs of resurgence when McNabb took to the field and immediately threw a 71 yard pass to Davis.
With five minutes gone in the 2nd quarter, Vick finally threw his first incompletion (after 12 successful attempts), which lead to their first scoreless drive. Following the resulting punt, Washington made the most of their opportunity, scoring a touchdown after only a three plays, in a drive which included a 70-yard throw to Armstrong.
However, Washington's resurgence was halted when McNabb threw an interception straight into the diving arms of Patterson on a 3rd an 10, leaving him with 0 completions and 2 picks on four third downs.Michael Vick returned to the field, darting out of the pocket and skipping around flailing defensive backs to lead the Eagles to another touchdown drive; his final play, a six yard dance into the end-zone to tie the most points scored by any Eagles team in a first half.
The Redskins made a brighter start to the second half than they had to the first, returning the kick-off 40 yards to the 46 yard-line, and following up with a long throw down field to full-back Sellers. With McNabb unable to convert again on 3rd down, the Redskins went for it on 4th and 3, and converted, setting up a four yard touchdown run from Williams.
Philadelphia's next scoring drive was capped off with a catch from Jackson in the end-zone after Vick was allowed eight seconds in the pocket before making the throw.
The Eagles increased their lead to 59 points, surpassing the most ever scored by any team on a Monday Night, when Patterson returned an interception forty yards for a touchdown, leaving McNabb with zero completions and three interceptions from eight third down attempts.
The Redskins pulled back a touchdown at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but 28 yards was never going to be enough in a game where they gave up 597 yards and seven touchdowns.
The Eagles jump to a tied NFC East lead at 6-3, as the Redskins fall to below .500 to 4-5.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Tim Tebow
With something like three attempts and one TD, I'm not going to write an article on Tebow just yet, don't worry.
But whilst scouring nfl.com archives, I found an old comment I'd written at the end of a mock-draft by Pat Kirwan, on which he had Tim going 47th to the Patriots. My comment was thus: "This draft is not credible; for the simple fact that he places Tebow with the pats at 47. Heck, yeh, they'd probably take him there, but if he's still in by mid 2nd round (which people are starting to doubt seeing as he's travelling to NY for day 1), then Denver are gonna snap him up at 42. Have you seen Josh Mcdaniels talking about this guy?"
...not a boast, but I feel this is a rare, minor win for me over the big NFL.com writers :)
But whilst scouring nfl.com archives, I found an old comment I'd written at the end of a mock-draft by Pat Kirwan, on which he had Tim going 47th to the Patriots. My comment was thus: "This draft is not credible; for the simple fact that he places Tebow with the pats at 47. Heck, yeh, they'd probably take him there, but if he's still in by mid 2nd round (which people are starting to doubt seeing as he's travelling to NY for day 1), then Denver are gonna snap him up at 42. Have you seen Josh Mcdaniels talking about this guy?"
...not a boast, but I feel this is a rare, minor win for me over the big NFL.com writers :)
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