I just read an article in ProFootballTalk.com which disclosed comments about Michael Vick which were made by his former teammate Matt Schaub while he was on the Dan Patrick radio show.
Schaub criticized Vick for not putting in the time and working on his game. He said Vick relied on his athletic ability to get the job done.
"There were definitely signs of that", Schaub said to Patrick. "He's such a phenomenal athlete. No matter what happened on the field, he could always overcome it with his athleticism. That was always his fall-back."
Schaub it took awhile but eventually other teammates became aware of it.
"It got to that point, in my second or third year, where guys took more notice of it".
Schaub said he approached Vick and said something to him about preparing harder for the games.
"You can only say so much to someone until a light clicks in their brain."
This is why you've got to give Andy Reid credit for noticing the lack of fundamentals with which Vick was playing. He realized that he could have this guy playing at a much higher level, if he worked on his game preparation and fundamentals.
I don't think we're going to see all of that improvement tomorrow night. It's going to take time to see the improvement in Vick. The Eagles are going to putting him through extra drills after practice for some time to come.
Right now Vick is extremely motivated to do any and everything the Eagles coaching staff asks him to do.
