Quote:I've probably seen him more than you.  He was atrocious in a couple of the games that I got to see him.  He gets rattled and confused too easily when he stays in the pocket and takes and awful lot of sacks for a running QB.  If teams can keep him contained, he is not all that good.  Then he runs and he gets hurt.  So where's the bonus?  

 

I'm sorry you were offended. That's fine, you see Michael Vick as being a good quarterback.  My opinion is that he isn't.  You'll find people on both sides of the argument.

 

Forget this is Michael Vick,  Tell me this is a top ten quarterback.

 

In my opinion, people are in love with what Michael Vick is supposed to be, rather than what he is.  And what good is he if he misses so many games?  I didn't count the percentage of games he's a actually played, but I did see that's he's played exactly one full season, and that season wasn't all that good.

Vick took a lot of sacks because Vick is a running quarterback. That kind of comes with the territory, and I can name running quarterbacks off the top of my head who have been sacked far more than he has. Randall Cunningham and McNabb both come to mind as far as that goes. I don't think Vick has ever even led the league in sacks.

 

Containing Vick was easier said than done. If it were easy he wouldn't have anywhere near as many rushing yards as he has. When I see his stats, I see a guy that did everything himself because he had no other option, which means every turnover, every touchdown was directly a result of him unless his defense kept him off the field. The '00 Falcons WERE Michael Vick on offense. I will admit that I believe his play simply declined after his second year with the Eagles and his health is a big problem, but I think his effectiveness on the field in his prime was at least better than 22 other quarterbacks, and I cannot name more than 9 quarterbacks from 2001-2006 that I'd take over him.

 

The biggest problem here is that I believe we have two totally different definitions of the quarterback position. I don't care if a guy can't pass the ball as well as he should. If he can make plays, he's a good QB, just in a different way. I suspect a lot of people will disagree with me on that, but overall I think Vick did well considering what he has had to work with his entire career.

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