Vick 100 Percent? 'Getting There' He Says
Asked today if he feels he is 100 percent with the quad injury he suffered last week against the Vikings, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick said he is "getting there."
Vick 100 Percent? 'Getting There' He Says
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
Asked today if he feels he is 100 percent with the quad injury he suffered last week against the Vikings, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick said he is "getting there."
Vick, who will lead the Eagles against Green Bay Sunday at the Linc in a wild-card-round playoff game, said handling the blitz "is not an issue," that he is learning as he goes. Vick said he does not need to adjust to the way teams are playing him, even though the Eagles' offense has sputtered in recent weeks.
"I don't have to do nuttin'. I'm still going to be me. I'm still going to play my game, still play with confidence, still try to rally the guys around me, and make sure they're focused and in tune with what we're doing, what we're trying to accomplish," Vick said. "That's what's important. You can't change your game around this time of the season ... You just go out and play your best football. It's the playoffs."
Asked about the fact that the offense's best work lately came in the final eight minutes of the Giants game, in which it was otherwise ineffective, Vick said: "As long as you find a way to win at some point, that's all that matters. It's doesn't matter what happened in three quarters. I you pull it out and you win, enough said."
Vick said his playoff experience as an Atlanta Falcon was so long ago, it has no bearing on this situation.
Earlier, Eagles coach Andy Reid said guard Max Jean-Gilles' left ankle injury didn't seem too serious. He said it would be a stretch for middle linebacker Stewart Bradley (elbow) to return this week.
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The PEagles re-signed S Jamar Wall to the practice squad.
Wall has spent 11 weeks on the Eagles practice squad this season and was promoted to the active roster on Dec. 21, but was released Dec. 31.
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To read our post on Stewart Bradley, click here.
We NEED TO RUN THE BALL TO HANDLE THE BLITZ— elijah29
IMO Eagles need to go with 2 tight-ends, the whole game! Do we still
have the Florida guy(acl) on the taxi squad? He shud be healthy I think, and he was a good blocker in college. If not him they need to pick-up somebody cause Clay Harbor is brutal.
— larryv
footbball!— drerock6- Is he serious? You change you should adjust your game for every opponent. Otherwise, you just make the same mistakes over and over. KK better be well prepared, just in case Clay Matthews gets a good enough shot.— PhillyFanSouth
- Let's hope he doesn't adjust his game the way KK did in the first game. It's hard to win from the hospital.
- You don't need 2 TEs. They need 2 RBs because RBs are in better position to pick up the CB blitz than the TE.— sbdons1982
Comment removed.- The Packers 3-4 D has been able to confuse QB's and is 2nd in the league in sacks....also #2 in points allowed...With clay Mathews, Woodson, and BJ Raji up the middle...you guys are in for a world of hurt...— TitleTown USA
- Just hope Vick said that only to make the Packers feel comfortable ...— AachenEagle
- Packers will never feel comfortable with Vick back...he could come out on a wheel chair and we'd still be nervous...only way to win is pound Vick into the ground...hit him every chance we get...punch him in the mouth...and not let up until they carry him off the field...that being said, we never like to see a player get hurt so bad he is out the season or can never play again, that's not the case...just so he can't play well against us....— TitleTown USA
- If Andy/Marty comes out with the same old lets just go deep on the first play and hope we get an early lead then we are in trouble. If they come out maybe doing something a little different to keep the Packers guessing, like running the ball and running screens, or quick slants to offset that Packer blitz than maybe we can do something special in the playoffs. Otherwise we willo be one and done.— tmoon51
- Comment removed.
- We got to stay balanced on offense ..like running the ball with mccoy,harrison, and buckley a lil bit more....those are three good ground pounders to keep the packers defense off balance, i know we(eagles) are a passing team,but reid and marty got to turn down the passing scheme jus a lil bit....green bay has a very good secondary.. marty got to show a lil more balance ...i know it will never be 50/50 run/pass but at least 40 percent or even 30 percent run i could deal with........We cant give up on the run even if we dont have early success...we got to keep at........if we come out pass pass ...us eagle fans are in for a long bad day..— sheldont
