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QB Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles

HT: 6-1, WT: 215, Born: 6-26-1980, College: Virginia Tech, Drafted: Round 1, Pick 1

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Stats and Week 21 Projection

WK	OPP	RES	CMP	ATT	PYD	Y/A	PTD	INT	RSH	YD	Y/R	TD	FPT
SEASON TOTAL			253	423	3303	7.8	18	14	75	589	7.9	1	292

Week 21 Injury Status and Other News

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Week 21 Matchup Info

The Philadelphia Eagles have a bye this week.

Game Summaries

Week 1 at STL - Vick was hot and cold in this one. When he was moving the chains, he made it look easy; and when the Rams were able to contain him, he really struggled. He set the tone on the opening play, scrambling for a 9 yard gain. Vick didn't go down easily, which helps him to put up big rushing numbers but is also exhibit A in why he won't likely be playing 16 games for your fantasy squad: when he went down, it was often the result of a very hard hit. His longer throws were alarmingly accurate, and he wasn't afraid to throw into coverage -- even double coverage -- if he thinks his receiver has a chance to win the battle. In the first half, he established a pass-first mentality, but then switched things up in the second and gained a lot of yardage on the ground. The good overshadowed the bad, but on the down-side, he was blind-sided and lost a fumble inside the red zone, after a long, drive from inside their own 20. His favourite target was far and away DeSean Jackson, who rarely disappointed when he threw it his way. One way to look at Vick's game is that he had a good but unspectacular stat line; another is to realize that he had three golden missed opportunities -- such as a perfect long throw being dropped, that easily would have been a 90 yard touchdown. For all of his first half struggles, Vick toyed with the Rams in the second half, running for first downs at will, and finding Jackson all over the field when he had to scramble.

Week 2 at ATL - Vick was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for 3 quarters for before bumping helmets with a teammate and departing with what team officials are calling a 'slight concussion'. The uneven part of his performance was due to the Flacons game plan which called for someone from the front 7 to shadow him on every play. When forced from the pocket Vick seldom had room to explode and he often felt pressure from all sides. This pressure forced 3 fumbles (2 of which he lost) and an INT (a result of a corner blitz). On the good side when he choose to stay in the pocket he mostly made good decisions with the ball and was feeding the ball very heavily to Jeremy Maclin en route to 2 TD tosses. All in all he was headed for a 300 yd night before he left the game and finished with 242. It remains to be seen whether Vick's concussion will force him to sit out week 3.

Week 3 vs NYG - There is a good argument to say that Michael Vick should have been sat down for this game. Vick was coming off a concussion the previous week and takes a lot of hits for a relatively small body which is never a good combination. Vick did not look comfortable in this game from the start and you could sense he was not right. He turned the ball over only once but was very lucky and could have had a lot more. A simple deflected pass that could have easily been intercepted by NYG fell harmlessly to the dirt early on. Vick was almost picked off again by LB Boley as he did not appear to see him in the throwing lane and threw it right to Boley who was just out of reach to make the play. Vick was lucky again as a NYG almost intercepted a pass in the giants end zone and LT Peters was in the right place at the right time to catch a ball that was fumbled by Vick and flew wildly in the air. Vick did make several terrific throws on the run as he moved horizontally to avoid pressure a lot. He also made an amazing throw with touch over NYG defenders to Maclin. Vick's athletic ability bought him a lot of time outside of the pocket to make throws but he paid for his at times by taking several big shots. The Giants were also able to stop Vick twice on the goal line as he tried to sneak it in for the touchdown. Vick was completely out of synch with his teammates and was not in the right frame of mind as the Giants were battering him down in a game he would have been better served on the bench healing.

Week 4 vs SF - Vick did everything he could to get the win for Philly. In the first half, he was vintage Vick, spinning out of pressure, running for first downs, avoiding a relentless pass rush, making amazing plays just to get in a position to throw the ball out of bounds. Vick tossed two touchdowns, hitting Clay Harbor in the endzone for a score and throwing a shovel pass to Lesean McCoy. As the game hit the 4th quarter though, the Eagles held a precarious 6 point lead. In three straight drives, Vick's teammates let him down. On the first drive, Vick had the Eagles driving, only to have a holding penalty kill the drive. Vick still was able to get enough yardage for an easy field goal, but Henery missed the kick. On the next rcapitalized, the game was in Vick's hands. Vick started the drive out great, rolling out to avoid pressure, hitting receivers on the outside, and moving the ball. Then on a short 5 or 6 yard pass to Maclin, Maclin turned it upfield and fumbled the ball, which ended the drive. Vick did toss one INT, but it was at the start of the game on a deep ball. After that, he was basically flawless. His passes were sharp and crisp, he was hitting Desean Jackson deep downfield, and looked great avoiding a very fast San Francisco rush.

Week 5 at BUF - We saw both the good and bad sides of Michael Vick in this game as he accounted for over 400 yards of total offense and a couple touchdowns, but was also charged with a career-high 4 interceptions that ultimately cost his team the game. While he was only sacked once, the Bills generated some pressure with the blitz and were very opportunistic. The first interception came on a pass that was tipped at the line while the second came on an errant throw after Vick was hit. Perhaps the key play of the game, however, came in the second quarter when Vick passed the ball directly to LB Nick Barnett and he returned the ball 31 yards for a defensive touchdown. After some clock mismanagement at the end of the first half, the Bills scored on their first drive of the second half to go up by 21 points. From that point forward, the Eagles started moving the ball at will but were undone by a couple of crucial turnovers. Vick responded almost immediately with a touchdown drive that included a 53-yard run by him, and he later pulled the Eagles within 10 on a screen pass to DeSean Jackson that wound up going for a 31-yard touchdown. Then, with time winding down and the Eagles driving for a game-tying touchdown, a Vick pass was bobbled by Jason Avant and picked off by Barnett. The Eagles offense with Vick looked nearly unstoppable at times, but could not fully recover from the early mistakes.

Week 6 at WAS - We may have seen the beginning of the transformation of Michael Vick (and the Eagles) in this game today. Vick started the game by throwing deep to DeSean Jackson, last year's preeminent deep threat, and missed him badly. The rest of the quarter, and the majority of the game, was spent on dink-and-dunk passes and the running game. Vick was pressured relentlessly throughout this game and the Eagles' answer to that was a compilation of hitches, TE screens and seam routes, none taking near as long as the traditional long ball. The Eagles' first TD drive included one connection with DeSean Jackson for 23 yards and a beautifully drawn up play-action fake screen to TE Brent Celek. It was on the next drive, however, that Vick finally seemed to get comfortable with the new plan in completing 4 consecutive passes to three different WRs leading to the second Eagles' TD of the day. For the first time all day his timing was right and he was not getting hit on every snap. As the half wore on he continued to find Celek and WR Jeremy Maclin open against lackadaisical coverage, but every time the Eagles got to the red zone, the Redskins brought the heat, greatly affecting Vick's timing and decision making. He did escape one time for a vintage 26 yard run, but was also stuffed on a goal line carry. The second half started promising with a 59 yard pass to Maclin on the Eagles first play from scrimmage. Unfortunately, 3 plays later Vick threw an interception (ball bounced off of a defensive lineman's helmet) and the Eagles wouldn't venture into Redskins' territory again. With 8:34 left in the third quarter Vick left the game with what looked like a head injury but he was back 2 minutes later and the Eagles reported he simply had dirt in his face mask. The rest of the game was spent mostly running out the clock with LeSean McCoy and a combination of short passes from Vick. Vick played more game manager in the second half than anything as the Eagles seemed determined not to let another lead slip away.

Week 8 vs DAL - Vick was strangely un-electric against the Cowboys. Despite rushing for 50 yards and completing 75% of his passes, the game seemed downright simple for the Eagles quarterback on Sunday night. His passes were crisp and his evasion of the Cowboys pass rush seemed to come very easily. His best throw came on a pass to Jason Avant on a crossing pattern. Avant was crossing from right to left 12 yards downfield. Vick threaded a hard pass between three defenders to hit Avant in stride for a nice gain. Michael Vick looked very comfortable in the pocket all night and despite being sacked four times by Demarcus Ware, he avoided most of the punishing hits that have felled him in recent weeks. Both of Vick's touchdowns came close to the goalline and showed excellent touch and awareness. On his first touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin, Vick astutely recognized the corner blitz and quickly side-armed the ball to Maclin where a screen play had been set up. Maclin took the pass and weaved through his blockers to score untouched. Vick's touchdown pass to Brent Celek showed a rare patience. Vick took the snap and faked a pass to the right. When the pocket began to break down, Vick remained patient. Instead of breaking to run, he threw a hard pass to the center back of the end zone to Celek resulting in a touchdown to give the Eagles a 21 point lead.

Week 9 vs CHI - It was not Vick's best day under center but he did not get much help from either his receiving core or his offensive line. Vick threw just 3 passes in the first quarter. One just missed Jeremy Maclin, who made a poor effort for the ball, and another was tipped at the line of scrimmage due to pressure he would feel all day. The second quarter didn't start much better as Vick was absolutely clobbered on a deep pass and then caught from behind by a linebacker on his first run. Two plays later Vick made an absolutely terrible read and was picked off on a pass that could have been caught by one of two Bears defenders. After a dump off to McCoy, Vick narrowly avoided his second pick on a throw that was much closer to the defender than his intended target. Vick did complete his next pass, a well thrown ball to an open Maclin, but again he was lit up. No quarterback can take the kind of abuse Vick was taking in this game and not have it affect their play. After getting hit hard again and having another pas dropped Vick started to look to run early but there was just nowhere to go. Trying to rally for a score before the end of the half, Vick threw a dart to Jeremy Maclin who was wide open across the middle of the field...and dropped it. Like Cutler, he came out in the second half and looked like a new man. He first showed his classic speed around the outside to pick up a first down and then threw back-to-back completions to Brent Celek, the first a beauty over the middle. Vick sprinted out to the left side and threw a strike on the sideline to Jason Avant before the Eagles finished the touchdown drive on the ground. That was the last feel good moment for either Vick or the Eagles as the Bears ratcheted up the pressure and Vick continued to get pummeled. He easily could have had 2 more interceptions in the 4th quarter and despite a couple of good throws under pressure, Vick clearly grew weary from the beating and began to hurry even when he wasn't pressured.

Week 10 vs ARI - Vick was forced to pass all day, as the Cardinals did a fine job of containing him on the ground. News of cracked ribs came out after the fact, and might explain why his passes were off the mark so often. To make matters worse, the Eagles were also missing his star receiver, DeSean Jackson, and lost Jeremy Maclin early on as well. Vick focused on short passes to his tight end and fullback early on, which wasn't enough to do much damage obviously. He overthrew a wide open Brent Celek on the opposite side of the field, and ended the first quarter 3-for-10. Vick caught a lucky break near the end of the half as he threw an interception that was then called back on a questionable interference call. He then broke free for a rare 14 yard gain on the ground, taking the ball down to the 3 yard line. Same drive, he got the ball to Avant at the goal line, but not in. In the second half, a combination of poor throws and poor receivers spelled his doom. He got lucky again with an interception that was reversed to an incompletion, and he threw a couple that should really have been caught. But the overall impression is not that it could have been better, but that he`s lucky it wasn`t worse.

Week 14 at MIA - He made some key plays but his OL just looked terrible for most of the day. On one of Vick's 1st passes he had Jared Odrick come crashing in untouched and he almost threw an interception deep within his own territory. Fortunately he didn't throw the interception and things got better for him when Miami imploded with a lot of turnovers in the game. Vick was sacked a lot to start the game from guys like Jason Taylor and when not sacked was still under a lot of duress. He managed to make a few play here and there but he mostly was contained. He led 1 long drive to start the 2nd quarter and managed to find McCoy and Celek along the way but then Philly had 10 points gift wrapped via turnovers to get up 17-7. Vick had 1 big play in the game and that was when he was scrambling around and then found DeSean Jackson all alone on coverage that had broken down for a big touchdown to take a 24-7 lead to the half. He threw an interception to start the 2nd half and then the Eagles tried to run the football for pretty much the rest of the afternoon. Vick was coming off broken ribs and will probably have a stronger game next week.

Week 15 vs NYJ - Vick just keeps taking a licking and keeps on ticking. No matter how often he gets hit--and he was in this game--he just gets off the turf and lines back up behind dubious coverage and then runs into open space and takes another hit. It'd really be good for him to learn to hook slide and one wonders if it's worth risking him game after game. The Eagles are still in the playoff hunt though, so Vick is still out there. He continues to throw the ball well and is a threat to run, keeping any defense on it's toes. He finally got some roughing the passer calls as well, though they were borderline penalties. Still, he's not gotten them before on much more egregious hits. Vick has improved his down-field accuracy and is more patient in the pocket which just makes him more dangerous. He showed this on his touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek in the first quarter. On the play, Vick faked a handoff, then stepped up into the pocket. He waited for Celek to get open on his route and threw a strike to the tight end while taking a hard shot from a Jets defender. Celek caught the ball and fought his way into the end zone. While it's been a rough season, Vick is reminding teams they can't just try and contain him--he can beat them with his arm as much as his legs.

Week 16 at DAL - Michael Vick had a solid but unspectacular in a game that seemed to lack a sense of energy and competition, perhaps not helped by the news that they had been eliminated from the playoffs. Philadelphia's defense gave QB Vick and co. numerous opportunities with the ball as they forced a lot of punts. Vick had little to no running game to work with as McCoy was heavily contained and ended up using his arm far more than his legs in this game. Vick was able to make big plays down the field, scrambling around the pocket and simply buying time for various receivers to uncover downfield. He kept a lot of drives alive with this play making style and proved very difficult to take down in the backfield. Vick spun out of many tackles in very close quarters with Dallas defenders but just managed to elude them enough to find targets over the middle and convert these chances. A touchdown pass was "taken away" from Vick as WR Avant fumbled a pass into the endzone and it resulted in a touchback which could have added Vicks total touchdowns to 3. Vick adopted a short passing game from the shotgun, with simple reads and taking what the defense-gave-him approach for most of this game. His big strikes, which included a deep corner route pass to WR Jackson, made the difference for him and his team on Saturday. Vick's first touchdown pass came on a bullet seam route to Celek, fitting it nicely in between two defenders and allowing his TE to score easily. Vick's second touchdown pass came on another very nice throw into the back of the endzone, finding WR Maclin who displayed great effort to stay in bounds.

Week 17 vs WAS - Philadelphia was playing with a much greater sense of urgency and effort on Sunday then the Redskins and this was shown in Mike Vick's play. Vick treated this as any other game and was slinging the ball all over the field, showing his competitive nature and determination to win every game. Vick got TE Celek heavily involved this season and especially in this game which makes a difference from last year. Vick found Celek on numerous pass plays, such as screens and slants for decent gains and first downs. Vick was also able to hit him deep on a go pattern as Celek got behind the defense. Remaining as a passer and not looking to run with the ball past the line, Vick was calm and took what the defense was giving him. He looked downfield often to try and test the secondary but gladly took shorter options in his progressions when they were open. Vick threw quick strikes and slants/curls all game over the middle to WR Maclin and WR Jackson. He got them involved early and kept them involved throughout the game. Jackson's focus seemed to have returned and Vick took advantage of this. Vick was able to hit Jackson on a deep post route, as Jackson got huge separation and Vick led his WR perfectly across the field for the touchdown. Vick also hit Jackson deep again and their chemistry looked as solid as ever. Vick could have had another touchdown but Maclin failed to hold onto the laser pass from Vick in the back of the endzone. Vick owes one of his touchdowns to a great effort by WR Hall who broke out of two tackles on a simple out pattern and turned it into a touchdown. Vick did have a silly turnover as he threw into triple coverage on a deep attempt and was easily picked off by the Safety Atogwe. Vick then shook this off to execute a perfect backside screen pass to TE Celek for a touchdown to seal the game and give PHI fans something to look forward to in the New Year.