Vick out with a concussion; Foles in
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Vick out with a concussion; Foles in
Jeff McLane
Michael Vick suffered a concussion in the second quarter of the Eagles-Cowboys game and will not return.
Backup Nick Foles filled in for Vick. The rookie took the field to a loud ovation from the Lincoln Financial Field crowd with the Eagles and Dallas tied, 7-7. The Eagles went three and out on his first series.
Vick went into the locker room with an eye injury. It was unclear on which play Vick was injured but he was hit by Cowboys linebacker Ernie Sims on his last play. He was also being evaluated for a cocussion. Vick suffered a concussion last year against the Falcons, but played the following week.
Vick had not missed a snap all season up until his injury.
Comments (31)
Nobody complaining about the bad defense this week??????— mario1239- Regarding Foles and his picks and near picks. This is what you get from even a VETERAN QB that is rusty. This is what you get from a well prepared rookie QB in his 3rd or 4th game with an average O-Line not a sub NFL O-line like the Eagles. Compare Foles to Brandon Weeden in his first start this year against the Eagles. Compare him to a rusty Peyton Manning throwing 3-4 picks in his first start this year. Compare him to a rusty Vick in his first start as a rookie or even his first start this year against the Browns. All in all Foles did just fine.— Taser
- Reid is a killer coach. That's right, he's literally battering his players to death. Next up, Foles. And then Trent Edwards. Leave No Quarterback's Behind Intact.— NM Eagle fan
- King Dunlap has never been an NFL-caliber lineman. The man trips over his own feet.— p-diddy
- @phoenix phlash, Wake up man, this mess has been going on for years Andy has just benefited from the likes of McNabb and JJ cleaning it up for him. Yes the players bare some responsibility but who is responsible for putting them out there on the field, who drafted them? AR, in the end it falls back in his lap. Kurt Colmen, seriously what told Andy this crumb was a NFL safety; what was he looking at to say "we gotta draft this guy". You say " Half of these guys wearing green would not be able to perform in division 1 ncaa." true but again I say who drafted them.— realtruth
- @atb124, Lets see the best Qb this franchise has ever had(McNabb)was
black, Kolb who they tried to replace him with was a 5 year bust. I have always been high on Wilson and felt that he should have been one of this teams higher picks, he deffinitely would have unseated Vick for his job so black has nothing to do with it. Plus saw Foles play in college wasnt that impressed especially compared to Wilson, who played in to different style offenses in one year, leading his second team to a Bowl game and almost winning it. Who in their right mind wouldn't want at QB like that leading their team, kudos to Seattle for pulling the trigger a getting him. So what it comes down to is, yes the two QBs I mentioned are better and they happened to be black, it wouldn't be any different if they were white, the facts are they're better. Kolb and Foles are cut from the same sub-par cloth.— realtruth - @kjuggs77 Remind me when that O-line was good? Last year?— sighpatrol
- everyone loves to blame the coach. The players have for the most part, quit playing. Half of these guys wearing green would not be able to perform in division 1 ncaa. What an embarrassing bunch of overpaid quitters.— phoenix phlash
- @kjuggs77, What crak pipe are you smoking on. First of all I don't know were you come off with the racist comment, I think you need to get clued in. Your comment about Vick playing behind a good Oline shows how clueless you are, that line hasn't been good for years especially sense Vicks been here. Anyway here's to next season and drafting a true pro-style NFL ready QB and dumping Reid for a SB winning coach.— realtruth
- @realtruth
Starting off with the common ground, #5 AND Jim Johnson carried Reid for a lot of years, and #7 isn't in #5's ballpark to pull off the same trick. Reid must go. FWIW, I was one of the last Reid defenders. No more.
But I have no idea what you've seen that has you writing off Foles. Is it a coincidence that all of the quarterbacks you are praising are black (I'm a Wilson believer btw) and that Kolb and Foles are white? I don't really care.
I haven't seen anyone hyping Foles. What I've seen and what I've done is beg to see him play so we can find out. There's certainly a risk that this coaching staff and O-Line could f-up his career like what happened to David Carr. But such is life. There's really no easy introduction to the NFL.— atb124 - Foles looked decent tonight however he wasn't perfect. He made a number of good plays but executed some stupidly as well. He is a rookie so chalk it up to lack of experience and he will undoubtedly get better. But to those who think replacing Vick with Foles will solve the Eagles problems for this season, dream on. The O-line at times looked better tonight but they still are suspect. The Eagles were crushed tonight.— sighpatrol
- If there is a way to lose, the Eagles will find it. Their special teams are wretched, and the offense is a turnover machine. The pathetic thing about this season and the last few seasons is the Eagles' organization. When Andy was mainly the coach, the
Eagles were a good team. Since he's taken over tghe personnel decisions, they have been getting worse every ear. Andy's arrogance and inflated ego caused his and the downful of the Eagles.— Drumgoole - I will cheer for the Iggles again when both conVick and Reid are gone.— billy goat
- Careful what you wish for.— HO HUM
- @atb124, We wiffed on a NFL ready QB (Russell Wilson) and ended up with Nick Foles, lets stop trying to hype this up to more than what it is, another Kolb pick. #5 carried Reid for alot of years but he proved too heavy for Vicks shoulders time to give him the boot NOW why prolong the inevitable. There has got to be some good prospects for coaching at the College level. Time to start over fresh. Just feel sorry Vick couldn't get a chance a that ring, for this dude has been through and the way he's turned his life around he deserves it. Wrong coach wrong team.— realtruth
- You're either clueless or racist, although I'm pretty sure which one it is. Foles looked better in HIS FIRST NFL GAME than Vick has all season, quite frankly. Quit hating on the rookie because Vick hasn't panned out. #7 stunk last season even with a good offensive line.
— kjuggs77 - darn some of you folks really think foles was gonna come in when vick went down and it was superbowl now.hey i thought the kid looked good for a rooki.give him some more playing time and he will be alright if he is still standing that is.as for king dumba##,somebody needs to be waiting for him when he leaves the stadium because if hes driving home someone is gonna gat killed.that overgrown baboon dont have a clue where he is at much less what his job truly consists of.oh and wecome back to the 1970s version of eagles football.there is no ride to enjoy in the forseeable future so i wont say to enjoy it— arkdad212
- Foles is clearly ahead if Vick in reading defenses already. Dunlap should be cut and replaced by a punter, he is absolutely awful. Good loss though as it takes away Andy mystic of being dominant in the division. Bye bye Andy too bad Jeffery was too wimpy to do it last year, now we will have three or four years at the bottom thanks to Andy's bad drafts
- The line did a good job blocking for Foles in first half, did poorly in the second. Afraid he may be toast by end of the year if they don't block better.— mike l
- nah nah nah nah anh nah, say good bye to the fat guy. Andy Reid is done and has been done for a long time. I was never a Vick fan, but no QB deserves the pounding Reid let him take. If this another concussion, Vick may be done.— Dutch-wayne
- Never want to see anyone get concussed, even the dog killer. But it was great to get a look at Foles. He had some ugly moments, but if you're not grading a rookie third round pick who hasn't played in nearly 3 months and has gotten minimal practice time on a different curve than a 10 year vet with $100 million contract, all of the practice time, then you've got other issues. Overall, he's averaging more points per 60 minutes than the 10-year vet.
Now that the season's basically over, will Reid stick with Foles even if Vick gets clearance? Nah, that would make too much sense.— atb124 - SO The Mike Vick Experience is FINALLY cancelled due to a dumb arse Fat Andy and Mourn-his-weight play calling. OK so it looks like Foles didn't do much better so......now what? The Eagles are TOAST! They are finished! This season is O-V-E-R!!! Can't blame today's loss on Mike Vick! So....who gets the blame THIS time, haters??? HAH!— Panthro2011
- They are playing Andy's swan song...or is it a turkey call? Bobby April...his special teams are AWFUL...and to top it off, we cannot even convert an extra point. Then return by Dallas broke our backs...our spirit..and then everything fll apart. This team and their coaches are done...stick a fork in them. I hate that Nick Foles had such a tough situation to come in to..though he clearly is the future. Though if he is not killed by a
Clearly TERRIBLE O-Line.— 5thstrretpast - This is fixable.— Mike Boryla
- I expect Reid to be fired tomorrow..it's not working...getting worse..— mlwmlw
- To all you haters begging for Vick to be bench. The grass isn't always greener. Nick's brother will be tweeting tonight,— tony11
- This teams stinks. This team REALLY stinks because it thinks it's a good team that just hasn't caught any breaks.— rubicon24
- Be careful what you wish for or you may get a QB that clearly is not ready. Haters can't blame Vick today.— tony11
- Marty Morningweg is pass happy again. He loves calling pass plays more than a kid loves Candy. LOL......— Realtor in Orlando
- Nick Foles the second coming of Kevin Kolb. Should have drafted Russel Wilson when they had the chance.— realtruth
- Why would the FAT MAN call designed running plays for his injury prone quarterback? Mayb so he gets hurt???? Well, that's one way to replace Vick and for FAT ANDY not to look like a liar when he has constantly said "Vick is the quarterback". Enough said.— oneway
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