Will Eagles de-activate Vick?

[KillaK]

Yesterday I had some guys come in to my job and bitch about the Eagles not using Vick properly. It was pretty annoying because they just put up 40 on the Giants without him. I don't see what Vick can do that McNabb cant, maybe other than being a little faster.

[Fox1994]

I wish they'd cut him and Crazy Old Al would sign him. JMarc might be one of the few QBs less accurate than him... Plus, Vick can actually move behind a terrible O-line, whereas Russell isn't fast enough to scramble well behind that aforementioned terrible O-line... And Vick is used to having subpar receivers... Or maybe they just look subpar because they're playing with JMarc, like Manning is making superstars of those two cats I can't name.

[NAHSTE]

As great as the Wildcat can be I don’t think it’s a good system for Vick. The majority of Vick’s success as a runner came on broken plays or on plays where the team was still in a passing formation. The problem with the Wildcat is that teams know if Vick is behind center he more than likely is going to be running the ball. Vick is a QB with the ability to run….not a runner who can throw a football sometimes.

I agree with this. But who says you can't throw out of the formation? And who says Vick lining up in a Shotgun absolutely has to be "Wildcat"? Can't Vick just take a snap out of the QB spot and throw or run as needed?

Not that the Eagles should be wasting their time trying to get him involved right now when they are in the thick of a division race, just saying that there are other ways to effectively utilize him and I don't think the Eagles have fully realized them.

Perhaps Vick will move on to a new team and find a more ideal situation.

Here's a thought - maybe Vick isn't what Vick used to be.

So far (and I watch every Eagles game religiously), I've seen nothing from Vick that reminds me of the old Vick, save for the 7 on his jersey.
He seems tentative, slower, etc...

The Eagles should not be wasting their time on him when they're trying to win a title. If they were an 8-8 team, Cleveland or a team trying to fill the stands, ok, but they're not.

I agree he doesn't look as fast or explosive. Prison time can do that to you though. I'd imagine he's still getting his confidence back as well since the long layoff.

I agree with your last point too, Philly isn't a great situation for him at the moment.

[dave]

I agree he doesn't look as fast or explosive. Prison time can do that to you though.

You'd think it'd be the opposite.

[Prodigal Son]

Why is it even called the fucking wildcat when a quarterback is the one taking the snap? Stupid ass people.

[NAHSTE]

Why is it even called the fucking wildcat when a quarterback is the one taking the snap? Stupid ass people.

Been saying this for years. But just to warn you, the idiots will say "Because the line is unbalanced and there is jet motion pre-snap!"

But to that, I say, it's just a shotgun formation with an unbalanced line...Without the fancy name, it's still just a formation like any other.

[USCChifan]

Michael Vick is useless to the Eagles. He's only used in the Wildcat which they seldom use, and when they do they don't gain much yardage. The only team that's good at running the "Wildcat" is the Dolphins w/ Ronnie Brown at QB.

[Tengo Juego]

I think they should just release him, re-sign Garcia and be done with this experiment.
Nothing against Vick, but the team shouldn't be dealing with these kinds of questions when they're a serious NFC contender.

OR, just let Vick be the fuckin backup. Why does he have to be part of the gameplan?

[Bear Pand]

I wish they'd cut him and Crazy Old Al would sign him. JMarc might be one of the few QBs less accurate than him... Plus, Vick can actually move behind a terrible O-line, whereas Russell isn't fast enough to scramble well behind that aforementioned terrible O-line... And Vick is used to having subpar receivers... Or maybe they just look subpar because they're playing with JMarc, like Manning is making superstars of those two cats I can't name.

Vicks dad (Tony Dungy) already told him not to sign with the Raiders.

After a reel of lowlights from Sunday's 44-7 Raiders loss, the NBC Football Night in America roundtable took aim at the state of the Raider organization. "I advised Michael Vick not to go there," Dungy said on the broadcast. "I said, 'Mike, you might be able to start there but that is not a good place for you."

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/Tony-Dungy-Nixed-Vick-to-Raiders-64063772.html

OR, just let Vick be the fuckin backup. Why does he have to be part of the gameplan?

This. He's a solid third quarterback, and even though he's probably overpaid to be a third stringer, he did have really high jersey sales and can come in every now and then. Eagles should let him sit back and learn for a while and hope they eventually get something out of it.