Reid: 'Pretty Significant' Vick Concussion
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Reid: 'Pretty Significant' Vick Concussion
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
Eagles coach Andy Reid all but acknowledged that quarterback Michael Vick won't play this Sunday at Washington.
Reid said Vick has a "pretty significant" concussion from Sunday's loss to the Cowboys. He said the Eagles will follow the league protocol, and that rookie Nick Foles will take the practice reps Wednesday.
"Michael's our quarterback, but I have confidence in Nick," said Reid, who danced around the issue of what would happen if Foles played well. He said he isn't thinking in terms of going to the rookie after a certain number of losses.
Reid said right guard Danny Watkins might be back this week. He wouldn't speculate on whether Dennis Kelly might move out to tackle in place of King Dunlap or Demetress Bell.
Ried said tackle Jason Peters, trying to come back from Achilles' surgery, won't practice this week.
Its a miracle Vick lasted this long since he got hit on almost every pass play this year. He's a lot tougher than most people gave him credit. No quarterback will endure with this offensive line.— Boru- @Bedpan, so funny how they are so quick to call you an idiot and point to how greatful we should be becuase he is the winningest coach in our history (he also has more losses then any other coach in our history), yet they are nowhere to be found now. Goodbye to all of them, I would like to start rooting for the PHILADELPHIA Eagles again, not the Reid-Luire Eagles, they don;t represent me— yourdaddy!
- He prob should have done a qb slide. Someone should tell him.— Sidewinder7
- Yeah groundhog day is partially gone for one week, now if they could take the training wheels off and get less predicatable, i.e. screen plays...When was the last time the eagles ran a sucessful screen play? I haven't seen a good one all year. By the way, was it not strange that the ref crew for the Philly home game against the Dallas, Texas Cowboys were from Texas? Some strange calls and no calls out there yesterday.— Atlas
- Good.— Scope33
- Concussions are funny!
— Sidney Crosby - "Significant concussion" my a**. Unless all those hits finally caught up with him, what I watched wouldn't have given my grandmother a concussion. I think this is Reid's way of not having to admit a mistake by taking Vick out voluntarily. And, I think Reid was told by Lurie to play Foles for the rest of the year to see what he's got. Either way, unless Lurie goes back on his word, Reid is gone after the season. Only Reid can be, and MUST be held responsible for putting this train wreck together and for all the clueless play calls the last five or so years.— ghost of callison
- I think everyone calling for Foles to be put in all season are going to eventually regret that Vick got hurt and Foles in now the QB. With the sieve of an O-Line Andy has put on the field, it only a short matter of time until Foles suffers a similar fate. As much as I want Andy gone and Foles as QB, putting him in now, with no change to teh O-Line is just a recipe for disaster. I hope I'm wrong.— Keith C
- Couldnt happen to a more deserving person...............— flyers1000
- Poor dogkiller!!! Now all the whiners with the #7 jersey won't shut up!!!!— MRD
- It gets old Phlly....The NFL is laughing at you, Espcially on ESPN! Talk about something else! Your season is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!— MRD
- Vic paid the price for Mudd's 280 pound get to the second level offensive line. Mudd should be terminated immediately!— jmb53
- Time's gonna be all Andy's in just a few long weeks of bad Eagles football.— PhillySubsMac
- In my best Nelson Muntz voice : "Ha-Ha!"
This isnt going to make vick any smarter....
Hope it hurts mike. I'd like to see him make it back, only to see him take a few more poundings.— charles_j - I thought he was already playing in a fog....— mrjarn
