Reid: 'Pretty Significant' Vick Concussion
Eagles coach Andy Reid all but acknowledged that quarterback Michael Vick won't play this Sunday at Washington.
Reid: 'Pretty Significant' Vick Concussion
Les Bowen
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.
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Vick and Reid are all but gone. All we need to do is get to the last game of the season and two weeks later they pull the trigger.— Dr. D.- Im no fan of Vick but the guy is as tough as they come for his size. I hope he lands somewhere and continues but hes not starter quality. I think hed be a perfect backup, if he jumps in mid season on a decent team he can actually do better that way. This is no time to make all the coaching changes you would need. You cant find all the talent you want mid season, youd just have to fire people again if a new staff is put in place. Wait it out.— peteike
- Moronwig has had a significant concussion for 10 straigt years now.— 14 years of
- GOODBYE YOU ARROGANT SOB. AND ON YOUR WAY OUT KING ANDY, PLEASE BE SURE TO TAKE YOUR KNOW-NOTHING APOLOGISTS (tpizza, laughingaloud123, tneaglesfan, callyouout, etc.) WITH YOU.— bedpan
- -Lets Eat - that's the most ludicrous suggestion I've ever heard. Clearly Vick really got hurt. I don't like much about him but he guy takes almost as much punishment as he extracted on animals and keeps getting up for more so I can't see him faking an injury, much less when his QB rating was 127 with his job and his coaches job on the line. I don't think Andy Reid can count on a head coaching job next year anywhere for one, for two after his family matters he needs time off and lastly nobody is going to want Vick to start building a team around if Reid does get a job. If Vick has any value it will be to a team like the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders or Kansas City that have some talent but no QB. I don't like his game and I have a hard time rooting for him, but I don't wish ill on anyone including Mr. Vick. Not sure if it's genuine but he's kept his nose clean for a couple years now and says the right things most of the time. I'll give him credit for growing up and learning from his mistakes, I hope for his sake and all dogs out there there that he continues to take the right path after his playing days are over.— TrollExterminator
- I wouldn't put it past Reid and Vick to make this "concussion" more worse than it is so then the Eagles put in Foles for the remainder of the season, hope he messes up (since it is likely given that he is a rookie), and then blame Foles for a bad season while hoping that the crappy first half season with Vick is forgotten over the second half. Remember, Reid and Vick are tied together...so why not bring in a fall guy to take the brunt of them.
FIRE REID AND VICK NOW!!! They both have messed up personal lives!— clintblack100 - The press has been politically correct in this vick Foles story.Did ya hear the gov on post game live calling Foles,Donnie Osmond?The gov said it 3 times and roared with laugher.Ray D. my was not laughing.He got more football smarts than the gov.— bill the pill
- Did anybody ask Andy how come King Dunlap is so stupid? The guy was a one-man sabotague team.
— mportik
Reid seems to corner the market on STUPID players: not only Dunlap
but Babin, Trent Cole, Bell and who could forget such past gems
as Ernie Simms and Freddie Mitchell????
The guy LOVES stupid as much as food I think???— mikey48 - Not significant enough.— autolykos
- Who is "Ried?" For Pete's sake, you basically have a 10-sentence article, and you can't catch typos? As you're typing your article and see a red squiggly line under a word, that means you have misspelled the word. I think your editors need to put you in a better position to write articles.— SMitchell
- Sorry I dropped the ball coach, I am not used to someone throwing the ball right to me.— NYPHILLYPHAN
- Ratliff should be suspended for as long as Vick is out and fined for pounding his entire weight and forearm into the middle of Vick's back during that tackle. That was clear intent to injure a defenseless player. (By the way, the subsequent play with Sims had nothing to do with Vick's concussion. Vick was already concussed at that point.)— mouthwash
- FIRE Andy Reid— Edsville
- Vick was a terrible 11-16 as Eagles QB....This kid Foles can't do worst...sure he will make some rookie mistakes but also will make some great plays and will get better and better, he is only 22 years old.— jim35
- mouthwash.Vick was not defenseless.Vick was gaining yards and was made to pay for it. Football is a war and i like football.(and not real war)— bill the pill
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