Vick: 'We just beat ourselves'
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Vick: 'We just beat ourselves'
Daily News staff
Michael Vick knew the opportunities were there and knew the Eagles did not capitalize.
“We just beat ourselves,” he said. “Plays that we can make, we just didn’t make them. When we go back and watch the film, we will see so many opportunities we had. We just need to get better, starting with me.”
The Eagles lost for the first time in a game that Vick started and finished.
“It’s always tough when you lose,” he said. “I hate to lose. It makes me sick. It makes me ill, but you’re not going to win every game.”
On how he feels physically, “After this game, I felt better than I have after the last three. We have to go back and correct the small things. We have a short week so we have to go back and forget about this one.”
On the Bears’ defense: “They did a great job with their scheme. I felt like we had our opportunities and didn’t take advantage of it. The turning point of the game was the turnover on the 2-yard line. We make that play, it’s a different ballgame … We definitely have to play better, starting with me.”
More on the interception: “That interception was just deflating as a team … When you have an interception, it just changes the momentum of the game.”
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Mcdumnuts aint no JJ— george22- No worries, Mike Vick. You have a couple hundred more throws until your next interception, so don't give it a thought. Thanks for the effort so far.— landt
- The play calling and execution inside the 15 yd. line continues to be as bad as it's been for the last 11 years.— dixie1
- Vick was knocked down plenty of times and threw his first INT. He couldn't play aganst the Bears Defense. The Bears are too good for the EGirls! Its great because now the Giants are right back in first with them! Thanks so much Bears!— MRD
- Now we know more about who couldnt do what during the last 10 years: McNabb couldnt run the 2 minute drill, and Reid/Morhingwheg can't call the red zone.— jamesiri
- This loss had less to do with Vick and everything to do with Special teams and a Pathetic Defense.....Someone should get fired Tonight!!!— klew
- Let's not get too crazy. Yes, the secondary had the wrong spikes and yes, McDermott got schooled by Martz, but mostly it was just a down game emotionally against a team that is better than any of us realize - including the Eagles coaches. It happens. We weren't going to go 13 -3. Game did expose that Stewart Bradley is not Brian Urlacher. Bradley is a gamer but maybe not an elite MLB after his injury. Let's stop the L streak at one!— jaykleb
it wasn't just the secondary that had the wrong cleats, linebackers, receivers and McCoy all fell coming out of a cut. The gamebreaker was the pick from Vick at the end of the first half. That said, it will happen and the rest of the team needs to step up. Defensively it didn't happen and the oline needed a better performance. Basically the Eagles failed to force errors from Cutler and that cost the birds the game. Nobody should get fired from today coaches or players except Asante's dr. He needed to be on the field.— willbert31- Mike, are you sure the offense didn't just show it's youth? This taking responsibility thing is new to us. Take it slow. Hang in there. I expect big things against the Texans.
- If you follow the Eagles, you know that the Bears play them tough every time they play them, so this came as no surprise to me, especially with their defense. That being said, Vick played well enough to win. The Eagles scored 26 points. Its was the defense and special teams that cost the Eagles the game. Cutler with 4 TD passes? Should not happen.— watsonmr
- The Thug didnt take a beating today like I expected, but maybe Mario Williams will take care of him..... BTW the CONVICK threw more Dirtballs today than Donovan ever did in a game.... Losers.— Calabrese10
- Calabrese, can you come up with some more material? You used that same exact sentence in a post on a different article.— RhondaBillings
- To be fair to Vick, that interception was not his fault. For once, the Eagles did not come up against a team more overrated than they are. I did not expect them to win; the Bears brought heat, and managed to force Vick out of his comfort zone. That said, the Eagles special teams were horrid. Andy and Marty? Back to their lousy play-calling, poor clock management and not going for it late in the game on fourth down!
Losing makes Vick sick and ill. Too bad something else didn't make him feel that way.- Wasn't Bobby April hired to fix the special teams mess? They have been horrible all year. I love how people are saying the Eagles could afford to lose that game. That L shot any chance of home field throughout the playoffs. Eagles need to win the East to make the playoffs. Bears were the better team today.— pflynn20
- Hey Calabrese, maybe he was trying to throw your kids and wife a souvenir, considering they live in the septic tank below the field. Also, Chicago has gotten a gift win versus the Lions, and the Packers will not take them lightly again. Meanwhile the Eagles showed good poise in this loss and almost pulled it out if not for one or two bad play calls, overall the team has wholes, but there is no team that doesn't. Pittsburgh should have lost, Pats have a weak defense and clearly no one in the NFC is running away with this thing. Eagles control their own destiny in NFC east, that is all you can ask for after 11 games played in a "rebuilding year". On a sidenote, why does Andy Hamburger Helper Reid not ever call a run in the red zone of 1st down or inside the two, that interception should have never happened becuase they needed to run F&*^ing ball.— SW FL Phan
- thank you SW FL Phan, I was just going to ask Calabrese the same question— charmaine
- Odd ... watching Vick win and get cheered makes me sick and ill.— Scope33
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