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Won-ith By Air, Lose-ith By Feet

Michael Vick's arms vs. his legs.

If the Eagles are to make any kind of NFL waves this season, they are going to have to do so with Michael Vick's arm, and not so much his legs.

Through his career, Vick has averaged more yards per rushing attempt (7.16) than he has yards per passing attempt (7.06) ... Hard to do.

Those numbers are swayed by his years in Atlanta, when he averaged close to 10 yards a carry, but he has managed to gain nearly seven yards a pop running the pill with the Eagles.

By the way, we'd be perfectly fine if his only rushing attempts this season were end-of-game kneeldowns to run out the clock and secure another Birds victory.

Here are Vick's year-by-year rushing and passing averages: