Ron Jaworski Rates Vick 12th In The NFL, But Sees Big Year Ahead
BREAKING NEWS, Eagles, News, Quarterbacks Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Former Eagles quarterback and current ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski rates current Birds quarterback Michael Vick as the 12th best quarterback in the NFL. Jaws has been rating the top 32 NFL quarterbacks for ESPN’s Sportscenter. This can’t make Vick happy, but Jaws did emphasize that this could be a big year for the former number one overall pick in the NFL draft.
Jaworski graded Vick number 14 mainly because of his 2011 performance which included 18 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. The Eagles finished with a 8-8 record and didn’t make the playoffs. Vick and the Birds offense struggled in the turnover category and had major problems scoring in the red zone.
The other major reason the former Eagles quarterback rated Vick so low was his inability to stay healthy for an entire season. Last year back up quarterback Vince Young started three games because of Vick’s injuries and the Birds lost two of them.
“The issue I have always had with Vick has been his willingness to run, to play the position outside of the pocket, outside of the structure of the offense,” Jaworski said. “There’s no question he’ll always make plays, but he also leaves throws on the field.”
In the end Jaws says Vick can be a classic pocket quarterback if he will focus on that area of his game and stay away from trying to make highlights with his scrambling.
“Vick has shown he is capable of throwing the ball exceptionally well from the pocket,” Jaworski said. “His overall throwing skill set can be top five in the league. His objective in 2012 must be to play that way more often. It becomes an availability issue. You can’t be an elite NFL quarterback if you can’t be counted on every single week.”
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@ Stevo…great points above and I agree that we have seen MV show he has the tools and ability to perform at the highest level, and I too HOPE that he pulls it all together this year and can play at that consistant level the entire season…and HEALTHY……I am with you!!
GO BIRDS!!
Im with Jaws- Vick has to be smarter, Vick has to be patient. Can he? yes. Will he? i just dont know. He MUST understand that there is talent all around him and he doesnt need to score every time he drops back. Trust the running game, trust the line, trust the playcalling.(did i just write that?)
it’s not just whether vick “can” do the things to make the birds champions, it is also whether Reid”can” stick to a game plan that is conducive to Vick playing controlled football, that’s where I see the problem, you have a pass happy coach, big play, innovative type quarterback, leads to no structure, improvisational play from the quarterback, highlights and lowlights but in the end little consistency
Stevo, I think we will see a better Vick this year than last..If anything he knows the pressure is on to perform to a high level since the Eagles could just nix his contract after another bad/injury plagued year…without having to pay most of it.
Should be fun to watch. Can’t wait for this damn season to start
Vick as a pocket QB
Never happen
He can’t get the ball out quick enough
He needs to roll out to see his receivers
Reid made a big mistake thinking he could harness his raw talent
What you saw is what you get
Unless Kafka or the new guy suddenly bloom when they get to play after Vick’s first injury the birds are not even going to have the 3rd best QB in the NFC East and if the Skins rookie has a banner rookie they may have the 4th best
rcp….was that Michel Vick that out up big numbers and made quick reads the season before last once Kolb got exposed?
Who exactly got exposed again?
Vick put up some big numbers for 5 or 6 games, but it wasn’t because he was making quick reads/decisions. His athleticism carried him for a while in a league that hadn’t seen him for 3 years…but soon enuf they caught up and it was back to the Joey Vickinton that we all know and love.
But hey, who knows…maybe this will be the year he puts it all together because he has had an offseason! And if not, well we can hope again in 2013 because it will be his 5th year and he’ll be comfortable in the system. Or 2014 he’ll get it down because there’s a new head coach and OC and they know how to utilize his skills!
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Jeffery Lurie’s “Year of Change”……goodbye to Joe Banner…..goodbye to Christina……watch our Big Red, Lurie looks to be in a house cleaning mood!!
Hopefully the divorce doesn’t effect the Eagles the way an owners divorce effected the Dodgers!!
Vinnie- im with you on the off season thing- i dont even want to hear about that. Bottom line- He’s been with the eagles for several years and should always be ready to shine.
As far as pressure on him….. how about last year? Plenty of pressure there.
As far as Andy Reid and game calling- Im always jumping on Andy for this but honestly, he ran the ball more. He tried to control the game calling. Cant really blame him for that.
You guys know i back Vick. Out of the 3 we had a few years ago, he clearly was the best choice… but im not going to make excuses for him either.
Last year the D coaching gets first blame. Then Andy for JC. Third has to be Vick who did not play well. Believe me boys- PLENTY of blame to go around but Vick is not imune to it nor was he the #1 problem.
Stevo- telling it like it is for 32 years and counting.
Mr. Lurie found the negatives…or Maybe his long time childhood fried with an ax to grind sent them to her.
Now, if Mrs Reid bailout…this story can get heated!
Those negatives with Reid banging Mr Lurie have went from Segrest to Castillo and somehow Banner got his grubby hands on them.
This season might be interesting after all.
Yeah Andy Reid disrespected McNabb by drafting Kolb but signing Vick ,who was just out of jail.was no disrespect to McNabb
And as far as Jaws being revered –After they are gone they are treated that way –as Jaws ( who was booed unmercifully his last years ) said I can’t find anybody that booed me when I was here–Same way with Mitch Williams and Mike Schmidt –Ain’t going to be that way with McNabb after he badmouthed the city and the Eagles after he was gone
Laurie should have sent his wife after she tried to dress the cheerleaders as lap dancers BUT mainly because she was the one that did away with the KELLY GREEN and picked that Gawd Awful green they now use
Eagles will never win a championship till the go back to the Kelly Green and White they wore in 48-49-60
amen rcp, PLEASE, get rid of that usfl, gaudy “midnight” green and go back to real eagle green