Michael Vick available...again

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Originally Posted by MonkFan4Life

You are joking aren't you ?

Definitely not kidding on this one. The Michael Vick everyone knows is from highlight reels where you get comments like "oh my God he has highlights, he must be this great amazing QB." Yet you watch him from play to play only to be astonished by his inability to read a defense.

Vick benefited from teams being scared of him at the beginning of his career. There was this idea that "oh no, he can run and pass." Eventually teams learned they he could only really run and once they focused on that he got screwed. Jason Campbell is a solid passer and in this league a thrown football can travel much faster then any QB can run.

JC also has completed over 60% of his passes three years in a row now and on top of that has topped the 3,000 yard passing mark twice. Vicks career high completion percentage is 56% and has never passed the 3,000 yard mark. Tack on the fact that age has taken away some of his speed and you have nothing more then an overrated back up who was once the first overall pick.

The Vick mystery has been solved, unless he evolves into a passer his career will basically be limited to a backup role if that. We need Michael Vick like I need a hole in my head.

Originally Posted by Kalisto2010

Vick also has a winning percentage as a starter. All of the those QB's with the exception of Brunell don't.

One of the more overrated stats in all of sports. High winning percentage as a starter can easily mean "I was in the right place at the right time." A la Sanchez this year. No one gives credit to Vicks O-Line, defense, and Warrick Dunn for a lot of their success. On top of that Dan Reeves protected him like mad when he went into his first full year as a starter, limiting him to maybe 20 throws a game, but that worked for him and the Falcons won with ball possession and good defense. Trust me, I watched him every Sunday throughout his career in Atlanta.

Vick had a lot more help then people are willing to admit.

Originally Posted by MonkFan4Life

No need to attempt to give reasons because I don't have the energy to battle the other 99%of members who are fans of The Jason.

For the record I'm not exactly a fan of Jason, at least not a very good one. If you look at a lot of my post you'll see me calling for us to draft Bradford or Clausen at #4.