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lime to stick by Vick
Sck of Vick?
Sunday morning you
were. Admit it.
You went to church, sat in
that pew or squatted down
on that
Adam Van
Brimmer
Morris News Service
Falcons’ quarterback.
And Michael Vick
deserved your disgust.
His erratic play was rea
son enough, but then his
confusing comments to
HBO last week regard
ing his team, his coaches
and his receivers left all
the Falcons’ faithful flum
moxed.
Who is this guy? The
mature team player he pro
fesses to be? Or the angry
playmate longing for a bet
ter sandbox?
By 5 o’clock, you no long
cared.
Vick can be his own
worst enemy, but he can
also be his strongest ally.
As his head coach, Jim
Mora, said Sunday after
Vick had dragged, carried
and pushed his team past
the Pittsburgh Steelers
in overtime, Vick “does
things that no other foot
ball player in the history of
the game at that position
has been able to do.”
So let’s make a pact,
Falcons fans: Let’s stand
steadfast behind Vick for
the rest of the season.
If he has one of his 10-
for-25-with-two-intercep
tions games, let’s not criti
cize him for his passing
limitations.
If he makes a poor deci
sion in the red zone in a
close game, let’s not rede-
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"Vick can be his own worst
enemy, but he can also be his
strongest ally."
kneel
er, and
either
stewed
or asked
the good
Lord’s
forgive
ness for
impure
thoughts
regard
ing the
fine the position of “goal
line back” by demanding
back-up quarterback Matt
Schaub take those snaps.
If he says something
awkward, let’s give him the
benefit of the doubt. We all
get frustrated from time
to time and say things we
wish we could take back.
Instead of being sick of
Vick, let’s stick by Vick.
He is an unconvention
al quarterback who will
never become a mobile
passer like Steve Young.
Nor will his talents evolve
along the lines of Donovan
McNabb’s.
Stop expecting those
things out of Vick. It’s
time, as Mora also said
after Sunday’s game, to
talk less about what he
can’t do and more about
what he can.
And that’s win. The
Falcons are 4-2 and showed
Sunday their offensive
inefficiency in the first five
weeks is far from a chronic
condition.
They turned three
Pittsburgh turnovers into
21 points and scored 27
points - three touchdowns,
two field goals - on drives
that reached the red zone.
Vick threw four touch
down passes. And he was
a magician in the clutch,
making three plays that
only he could make in the
two biggest drives of the
game.
His first trick came in
the drive at the end of
regulation that resulted in
a missed field goal. Facing
third-and-10 at his own 18,
Vick dropped back to pass.
The Steelers’ pass rush
forced him to step up in the
pocket but did not give a
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running lane up the field.
At the last second, he
shoveled a pass to fullback
Justin Griffith, who ran
for a first down.
The overtime drive
including two more plays
fans won’t soon forget.
The first was a seven
yard bootleg run on sec
ond-and-5 from Atlanta’s
37-yard line. Three plays
later, facing a third-and-9
from the 45, Vick rolled out
again to evade two blitzing
Steelers.
Withnochanceatrunning
for a first down, he drew
the defense and flipped a
pass over a defender’s head
to Alge Grumpier.
The tight end caught it
and ran 26 yards to set
up the game-winning field
goal.
Vick was surprisingly
low-key after the game.
Usually when he posts a
performance that quiets
his critics, he rubs it in.
But not Sunday.
And his teammates, par
ticularly Grumpier, showed
they will stick by him.
“It’s great to bring Mike
back to a high after see
ing him at his lowest,”
said Crumpler, who caught
three touchdown passes
Sunday. “I knew he could
not do it by himself. We
just needed to step and
make some plays happen
for him.”
Sick of Vick? Get over it,
and enjoy the rest of the
season.
Adam Van Brimmer is
an Atlanta-based writer
for Morris News Service.
E-mail him at adam.
vanbrimmer@morris.com
or telephone him at 404-
589-8424.
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