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Michael Vick Under Center, Philadelphia Not Overly Sure He’ll Stay There
Published: August 19, 2009
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Michael Vick under center, Brian Westbrook in the backfield, and Bret Celek took his spot at tight end.
Yet that’s all it was. Vick ran the scout team offense on Tuesday, calling plays for Westbrook and other starters who are injured or recovering from injury, and not ready to play in Thursday’s preseason game against Indianapolis.
In Vick’s ideal scenario, he would be taking snaps with the Eagles’ first-team offense in a regular season game, not just a routine preseason practice. But he’ll take what he can get right now as he progresses back into the NFL.
“Best scout team ever,” Celek said with a smile on his face.
In October and beyond, Vick could be taking snaps with the starters in a game that counts.
“I don’t necessarily know where he’s going to fit in as a player, where he’s going to fit in this offense,” Westbrook said.
The Eagles are not in any rush to find out either.
It’s been all about normalcy so far in Vick’s first week of practice with the Eagles. No special looks, no Wildcat packages, just a fourth-string quarterback watching, learning and taking in the Eagles playbook.
He will also not be traveling with the team to Indianapolis because he cannot play in the game—this is Andy Reid’s usual policy for players that are not playing. Vick can only play in the last two preseason games, starting with a home matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 27.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he would consider Michael Vick for full reinstatement by no later than Week 6 (Oct. 18-19).
“He looks good to me,” Celek said of Vick. “He throws the ball real well and can read the defense.”
Vick is not getting any special treatment in practice either. He takes his reps at quarterback behind Donovan McNabb, A.J. Feeley and even undrafted rookie Adam DiMichele.
Reid has insisted that Kolb will be the No. 2 QB when the season starts, but only two quarterbacks are normally active. Once Vick is eligible for a regular season game, Coach Reid could activate him at the expense of a player at another position, likely a special team’s player. Reid also could make Kolb the No. 3 QB.
But if he stands behind his insistence on Kolb being the No. 2 guy, this is highly unlikely.
Peyton Manning’s Quest For Greatness
Published: July 20, 2009
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Peyton Manning is on pace to break every significant all-time record for NFL quarterbacks. Today, we are going to look at the ones he is closest to, and the ones that he actually has a descent shot at obtaining.
First up, we will go through the list of stats he will be moving up the chain on and the players he will be passing in the upcoming 2009 NFL season.
Career Passing Yards
Manning currently sits seventh on the NFL’s all-time career passing yards mark with 45,628 in 11 seasons. With his average passing yards a game being at 259.2, you can expect Peyton to pass the following players on the all-time list in the following games this season:
Vinny Testaverde in Game 3 at the Arizona Cardinals, a Sunday night game.
Fran Tarkenton in Game 5 at the Tennessee Titans, another Sunday night game.
Warren Moon in Game 14 at home against the Denver Broncos.
If Manning continues to average 4,148 yards passing per year, expect him to have somewhere near 49,700 yards for his career at the end of this season, taking him to #3 on the all-time career passing yards list.
Career Completions
Number 18 is now sitting at No. 5 on the NFL’s all-time career completions list behind only Warren Moon, John Elway, Dan Marino and Brett Favre.
Manning currently has 3,839 career completions so far in his 11 seasons. That is an average of 349 completions per season so far in his career. Here are the players he is expected to pass on that list this season:
Warren Moon in Game 8 at home against the 49ers.
John Elway in Game 14 at home against the Denver Broncos.
If Manning does keep his average completions of 349, he will be somewhere around 4,188 career completions at the end of this season.
Career Touchdowns
The creme-da-la-creame of records if you ask many sports writers and experts. The all-time touchdown mark is currently held by free agent (at the time of this article) Brett Favre with 464 TD’s in his career.
Peyton Manning is currently sitting in the No. 4 spot behind Fran Tarkenton and Dan Marion at No. 2. Manning has thrown 333 TD’s so far in his 11 seasons in the NFL, averaging an astonishing 30 per season. If he keeps that pace up, he will pass Fran Tarkenton this season in game seven at the St. Louis Rams.
By the end of the 2009 season, keeping his pace average up, he could have 363 career TD’s.
In the end, if Manning can keep his current pace up as it stands through his first 11 seasons in the NFL, he actually stands to break every record we covered here in the article by the end of the 2014 season.
Now, will he even play that long?
That question still remains to be answered. Even if he does not accomplish this feat, he will go down as one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL.
