A couple weeks ago, super confident, Michael Vick sent out a verbal memo to the league: there isn't a defense who can stop him. Apparently the Hawks(concussion and a loss) and Giants(broken hand and a loss) missed this memo.
Not sure if you watched highlights last night but they showed Vick's press conference. After the game he gets up there and starts whining like a child. He threw his o-line under the bus and complained about the referees not treating him fairly. It sounded weak to me. Aaron Rodgers has been one of the top passers in the league since he began starting and he's always under pressure. He always has guys breathing down his neck. You know, it's funny. When he was drafted one of the "knocks" on him was that he wasn't athletic enough. Well it turns out that not only is he one of the better QBs in terms of mobility he can also do something Vick seems incapable of doing and that's have pocket awareness. For all Vick's hype the guy seems incapable of handling pressure in the pocket. It was a knock on him in Atlanta and it still is now. A guy as fast as he is should be able to sidestep some blitzes. He's not doing it, in my opinion, because he doesn't lack the pocket presence needed to do so. Either he gets rocked or he bails on the pocket and gets rocked elsewhere. People were seriously comparing him to Steve Young earlier in the season. I thought it was a joke as Vick has done nothing to earn such praise but do you know what happened to Young? He had to retire before he was ready because of?... Concussions. Steve Young was a much more intelligent QB than Vick is and Steve Young had much better poise in the pocket. Steve Young faced worse pressure than Vick and didn't resort to crying to some reporters. Anyway, 2-3. That's the next Steve Young's playoff record... "Dream team"...
I'm telling you, this guy is not a winner, he's not a good leader and this contract he just signed is going to look ridiculous to everyone by the end of next season.
Not sure if you watched highlights last night but they showed Vick's press conference. After the game he gets up there and starts whining like a child. He threw his o-line under the bus and complained about the referees not treating him fairly. It sounded weak to me. Aaron Rodgers has been one of the top passers in the league since he began starting and he's always under pressure. He always has guys breathing down his neck. You know, it's funny. When he was drafted one of the "knocks" on him was that he wasn't athletic enough. Well it turns out that not only is he one of the better QBs in terms of mobility he can also do something Vick seems incapable of doing and that's have pocket awareness. For all Vick's hype the guy seems incapable of handling pressure in the pocket. It was a knock on him in Atlanta and it still is now. A guy as fast as he is should be able to sidestep some blitzes. He's not doing it, in my opinion, because he doesn't lack the pocket presence needed to do so. Either he gets rocked or he bails on the pocket and gets rocked elsewhere. People were seriously comparing him to Steve Young earlier in the season. I thought it was a joke as Vick has done nothing to earn such praise but do you know what happened to Young? He had to retire before he was ready because of?... Concussions. Steve Young was a much more intelligent QB than Vick is and Steve Young had much better poise in the pocket. Steve Young faced worse pressure than Vick and didn't resort to crying to some reporters. Anyway, 2-3. That's the next Steve Young's playoff record... "Dream team"...
I'm telling you, this guy is not a winner, he's not a good leader and this contract he just signed is going to look ridiculous to everyone by the end of next season.
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