The $24,000 Snap
How much Michael Vick made over the last two seasons.
The $24,000 Snap
Bob Vetrone Jr.
If you're having trouble spending all of your Christmas bonus and find yourself with an extra $24,000 or so laying around, here's an idea: Pay Michael Vick to come over to your house ... bend over in front of him ... hike him a football ... and then write him a check. You do that, and all you've really done is imitate Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie.
Assuming he is indeed finished playing for the Eagles, CSNPhilly.com's Reuben Frank tells us that Vick will end up being paid $35,500,000 of the $100 million contract he signed in August 2011. Considering that he took 1,474 snaps since then, that comes to $24,084 a snap. That may be tipping money to people named Vick, Cataldi and Barkann, but it sounds more like college tuition to us.
It is also three times as much as Vick made per snap in his first two seasons with the Eagles ($7,930 for each of 867 plays, including playoffs).
Below are how Vick's numbers for his first two years in South Philly compare with his last two. We particularly like his total TDs to turnover difference (plus-24 in 2009-10; minus-1 in 2011-12) and his passing TD percentage (which dropped off by two whole percentage points since signing the megacontract).
And below that are what Vick was seemingly paid over both those periods for some of the things he did on the football field. (How does $3.5 million per win over the last two seasons grab you? Or the nearly $500,000 earned for the 77-yard passing TD to DeSean Jackson, at $6,492 a yard, earlier this season?)
You read on while we go break open my daughters' piggy banks ... Those property taxes aren't going to pay themselves.
| VICK'S TOTALS |
2009-10 |
2011-12 |
| Snaps | 867 | 1474 |
| Record as QB Starter | 8-3 | 10-12 |
| Comp.-Att. | 240-387 | 438-739 |
| Comp. Pct. | 62.0% | 59.3% |
| Yards | 3180 | 5468 |
| Yds./Att. |
8.22 | 7.40 |
| Yds./Comp. |
13.25 | 12.48 |
| Touchdowns | 23 | 29 |
| TD Pct. |
5.94% | 3.92% |
| Interceptions | 6 | 23 |
| Ind. Pct. |
1.55% | 3.11% |
| Sacks | 34 | 50 |
| Sacks Pct. | 8.79% | 6.34% |
| Passer Rating |
101.35 | 82.42 |
| Rushing Yds. |
771 | 896 |
| Attempts |
125 | 133 |
| Average |
6.17 | 6.74 |
| Rushing TDs |
11 | 2 |
| Fumbles Lost | 4 | 9 |
| Total TDs |
34 | 31 |
| Total Turnovers |
10 | 32 |
| TD/TO Diff. |
+24 | —1 |
| VICK'S PAYMENT |
2009-10 |
2011-12 |
| Salary Earned | $6,875,000 |
$35,500,000 |
| Per Snap | $7,930 |
$24,084 |
| Per Touchdown (All) |
$202,206 |
$1,145,161 |
| Per Passing TD | $298,913 |
$1,224,138 |
| Per Completion |
$28,646 |
$81,050 |
| Per Passing Yard | $2,162 |
$6,492 |
| Per Win as Starter | $859,375 |
$3,550,000 |
He was the guy the Eagles organization had to "fix". That's part of being an Eagles fan and being a fan of this organization that thinks fixing players' shattered lives and winning environmental awards is more important than winning football games. The organization needs to dream up non football stuff to do from Monday to Saturday to keep themselves busy.— Phillies2008WSChamps- Vick is a murdering thug and a cancer to this team. One of the worst moves this organization ever made was bringing that loser on to the team. What the hell were they thinking?? Thank goodness the Vick error is over and we at least have a QB who many of us can cheer for again. Good luck to Nick Foles and good riddance to the ultimate SCUMBAG!!!— dundermifflin
- By your logic, the ASPCA and PETA "murder" 10,000 times a day.— JamesJ
- How much has Nnamdi made per INT or pass defensed? I'm no Vick fan, but he seems like a bargain to this point compared to Nnamdi.— Only in Philly...
- Soon this town won't have it's resident black whipping boy to blame for all of the inadequacies of this football team. Vick has been out three weeks and the team looks so much better under the tutelage of Foles. We've lost every game but he has been an impressive loser. Vick may be gone however no need to fear, you good ole boys can go back to blaming Obama for everything.— mrbuylowsellhigh
- If Lurie keeps Reid, Vick stays with restructured contract. Vick's high risk style is an addictive drug to Andy Reid. If Lurie fires Reid and hires an insecure coach, he will keep Vick too. The only way Vick is out of here is for Lurie to make that decision and release Vick before he hires the next coach. Fans are pushing for Jon Gruden but based on his comments, it seems he would keep Vick. On the other hand, a coach like Josh McDaniel or O'Brien from Penn State would likely want Foles over Vick.— Taser
- Not only the biggest bust signing in all of Phiully sports history performance wise but the absolute worst signing as far as the damage done to a franchise by one individual. Signing the FELON cost the Eagles tons of fans who refused to accept this criminal on their team...cost them Millions in public relations..tarnished the eagle symbol and the City of Philadelphia for years to come...The only good thing to come from his signing was the fact that his creditors were able to recover a small amount of what they lost by this LOSER going bankrupt. At least we will never have to see his face again on an NFL field. Good luck Mike you are goingto need it in the real world. lets see where he is 5 years from now I will lay odds he is back in jail or a hood somewhere— flyers1000
- The author of this piece is a joke and not a journalist.— richardecredico
- Philly sports gets dumber each year--- setting a new "low" just when you think it cannot get any worse.. philly breeds Losers... in every sport. When will this city stop tolerating failure???— toiletofphilly
- VICK IS THE BIGGEST $100 MILLION BUST IN NFL HISTORY...LOL— jim35
- who cares????? the guy did what he had to do to make that kind of money. stop complaining about what other people make and worry about yourself.— NickGeron
- Vick is the absolute worst signing in Eagles history...Vick wa awful 11-17 the past three years......and divided the fans, team and city...Vick is the worst decision in Eagles history.— jim35
- Given how bad the offensive line was I would say Vick was UNDERpaid!!!— MkeC
- Talk about stealing money. It's safe to say that he was the downfall of Reid....Vick was the Philadelphia Eagles greatest mistake. Sad thing is a lot of us knew it right from the start. Shame our management and coach didn't.— RealizticFan
- The signing of a an excon...who never studied and practiced hard...never took the game serious to his own admission....a player that never played a full season but once in his life....a player that NEVER won anything major in his life....always turned it over and was only good early in his career ..in early games that meant nothing.....safe to say was the WORST move ever made in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles. Ultimately a move the ruined Reid and the team. His I dont need to study or practice attitude permeated the team and the younger players and led to this disaster.— RealizticFan
