Vick on his sliding: "It won't happen"
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Vick on his sliding: "It won't happen"
Jeff McLane
When Michael Vick took off for one of his dazzling runs against the Colts on Sunday, you could almost hear the entire stadium, the Eagles sideline and the team's ownership box all scream in unison, "Slide!"
But he just won't do it.
"I don’t know how to do it." the Eagles quarterback said. "I don’t know how to slide, so I won’t get into that right now. I either get down, I go head first or dive or just fall. For some reason I always think I’m going to get hurt or something crazy’s going to happen.”
Some have suggested Vick take lessons with a baseball coach who could teach him the finer art of sliding feet first. Actually, when he was in Atlanta, Vick said, the Falcons sent him to the Braves for instruction.
“It won’t happen," Vick said. "I did it before down in Atlanta. It didn’t work.”
Andy Reid joked after the win over the Colts about the one time Vick stepped out of bounds before getting hit, but the Eagles coach seems to have come to terms with Vick's not sliding.
“Listen, I let Michael play," Reid said. "I mean, he knows. Listen, he’s the one that had the cracked cartilage, there. And so that’s not a real fun experience. So he knows when he needs to get out [of bounds]. And I was joking when I made that statement. But listen, he got out of bounds a couple times, which is good.”
Vick spoke briefly with reporters before heading to a meeting as he and the Eagles prepare for Monday night's rematch against the Redskins.
The Eagles are expected to be without starting free safety Nate Allen (neck) and starting right guard Max Jean-Gilles (concussion). Neither will practice Thursday, Reid said. Jean-Gilles has not passed his post-concussion tests and has not been examined by an independent neurologist, Reid added.
Rookie Kurt Coleman will fill in for Allen and Nick Cole will take Jean-Gilles' place.
Cornerback Ellis Hobbs (hip) and tackle King Dunlap (knee) were going to be eased back into practice. Reid said that it would be a "stretch" for Hobbs to make it back by Monday. Dimitri Patterson filled in for Hobbs against the Colts and played well.
Cmon Vick, man slide!! We CANNOT have Klob back as the QB. Our playoff chances would be over— elijah29
Worthless Thug must of hurt himself sliding while fighting and killin all those INNOCENT Dogs.— ImAllabouttheTruth
get down vick. i dont care if you stop, drop, and roll, just get to the carpet before getting hit!! like elijah29 said, we need vick for a deep playoff run.- ImAllabouttheTruth -- if vick is worthless, all this attention being given to him wouldnt be happening. just because YOU dont like him means absolutely nothing. and that must suck for you.
- @ImAllabouttheTruth
Woman this stuff happend almost 4 years ago and he DOUBLE paid the price. he deserved to go to prison, no doubt, but 2 years? Don't think so. Shut up for once and let the man be. If you hate him so much, why do you read his articles? Why do you watch the games?
Hypocrite— elijah29 - MV7 is our QB. If you do not support him, please do something better with your time and help your hurting neighbors in your community.
— hawviongtr - Let him do his thing,the guy is tearing it up right now.He isn't an injury prone guy,,, all will be good fellow bird fan's,,something special is going on right now,,, we win the next 2 in a row ... i think we roll into january— KINGJOEL
- As much as what he did sickens me he is twice the QB he was in Atlanta and he has paid his debt to society! He seems to be saying and doing all the right things! At least he isn't walking around town with his posse making trouble like some other beloved Philly athlete! I think they should resign him! I like Kolb but there is no comparing the two right now!— edith bunker
- ImAllAbouttheTruth isn't alone with his dislike for Vick. He was voted the Most Hated Athlete in a recent poll. Of course Eagles fans rated Jerry Jones higher in their own separate poll. Nice reasoning there, placing Jones above Dogslayer just because he owns the Cowboys. MeNuggets will get all upset of Vick takes a hit. Awww. I wouldn't feel one bit sorry if he got knocked out of football for good.— The_Unknown-Poster
Comment removed.- look guy's the dog thing was a horrible thing ..i say it first... but think about things you have done in life ... he grew up with this... he has been stand up ever since & doing the right things... and i beleive it shows in his play ...he cares again ...he isnt the same cocky guy who was th last in first out ... i beleive in this team with vick at the helm .... let it go ... get another thing to complain about— KINGJOEL
- He wont slide cause he thinks TOUCHDOWN everytime he takes off! POW!— BooDuhBud
- O and another thing. Please stop giving these Morons attention everytime they bring up Vick's past. Thnx— BooDuhBud
- Maybe he doesn't want to slide, but he had one play where he could have gone out of bounds and stayed in bounds to get an extra yard. Smart move, if you want to miss another four games.— tacklinjoe
- I'm tired of all the Vick haters that post here. People across America have learned to love the Eagles because of Vick and not because of closet Klansmen in Philadelphia. Go Eagles. Go Vick!— allworld2
