Vick: It's painful right now
Mike Vick, walking a little more gingerly and slowly through the NovaCare Complex today, sounded unsure if he can play through broken ribs against the Giants Sunday.
Vick: It's painful right now
Jonathan Tamari
Mike Vick, walking a little more gingerly and slowly through the NovaCare Complex today, sounded unsure if he can play through broken ribs against the Giants Sunday.
He said he would take his injury "day by day."
Vick broke the ribs on the Eagles second offensive play Sunday when he was hammered by linebacker Daryl Washington. The Cardinals rushed four, but Washington was unblocked.
Vick completed a pass to Brent Celek but was slow to get up, but did not alert coaches to his discomfort. It's not clear when Vick spoke to team doctors, since neither coach Andy Reid nor Vick mentioned the injury in their post game press conferences.
"Maybe it was selfish to stay out there but it wasn’t affecting me. Just compounding hits started to tackle a toll on me. I’ve got to start to realize maybe I can’t do it all sometimes," Vick said.
He felt himself grimacing after several throws, he said.
"I just feel like I've been through worse. If it was a situation I had to come out I would have come out," Vick said.
Vick missed three games last year with cartilage damage in his ribs, but that injury was toward the top of his rib cage. This one is near the bottom on the left side.
Asked how the two injuries compare, Vick said, "It’s painful right now, it’s all I can say."
The season is done; why not allow Young and Kaf to show what they can do when blasted each and every play?????— Koons- Vick has a PHONY rib injury...it is just another excuse for Vick's paththic play. — frank105
- Koons, do you really need to see more of Vince Young? Didnt he play enough this year to tell he sucks?
They put Vick in with broken ribs because Young is the back up. If Vick broke his leg, they would get him a Hovaround before putting Young back in.— Pat c 
Comment removed.- No one has ever questioned Vick's toughness. Maybe if he had DJax and Maclin out there with him, and Nate Allen on the other side of the ball, they'd've managed to eek out a win against John Skelton and the lowly Cards.— Leegles
- "eke" out a win. Eek is hyperbole, something you see or read in cartoons or comics — PhilMar
- Um, those "lowly Cards" have the same record as your Beagles fella. I think you have delusions of grandeur, just like the "Dream Team" so far this season. Fact is, the Beagles are mediocre at best. Not a top tier NFL team. Not even second or third tier. — taxmanndumbeth
- I love my Eagles, but they are what their record says they are. I can say this with confidence, it's been the coaching that is losing the last few games.— PhillyFanSouth
- VICK STINKS...now Vick has this phony broken rib injury....that's just a phony excuse for Vick's terrible play....hey, Tony Romo had two broken ribs plus a collapsed lung..and Romo went back into the game and won...and Romo never missed a game this season with those broken ribs.— frank105
- You stink frank105, along with your phony excuses for your hate. Hey Tony Romo had broken ribs true, and played just like Vick. — charmaine
- I'll question Vick's toughness. Bruise on his non throwing hand puts him out? Romo can play with broken ribs but tough guy Vick can't? How bad is it when you are behind Romo in both skill and toughness?— Sidewinder7
- Even though it wasn't his throwing hand he has to be able to hold the ball with the other hand, had the team in the lead when he left the field, just like he had them in the lead when he left in the Atlanta game. This team has issues but those issues involve the entire team, not just Vick. — charmaine
- What are you his PR Agent...he flipping stinks and he's clearly doing NOT DOING what he did last season when we foolishly handed him the keys to the franchise. He might not be our only problem, but he hasn't been a solution either and he has 100 million reasons to be one.
- Agree with letting VY play so we can see what he can do - but don't forget we're stuck with Vick for years; what if Young plays well?— Mr. Magee
- Not exactly. It's not the years but the amount that his contract is guaranteed for. The Eagles front office would be obligated to cut a check for roughly $40+ Million. I'm not exactly sure how that figures in the salary cap but base on that amount, can't imagine anything but an unfavorable outcome. — PhilMar
