Vick says, “You can’t design a defense to stop me”

[LKuechly]

Vick says, “You can’t design a defense to stop me”

Posted by Mike Florio on September 2, 2011, 6:34 AM EDT

ReutersMike Vick apparently plans to earn every penny of his latest $100 million* contract.

Despite late-season evidence of regression and/or defenses figuring out Mike Vick 2.0 in 2010, Vick remains supremely confident in his abilities.

“I’ve been hearing that for years,” Vick recently told Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports. “You can’t design a defense to stop me, especially not on this team. We have so many weapons, and some teams have tried to make that their primary focus. That’s when we run up the score.”

Coach Andy Reid agrees, explaining that Vick has worked on his struggles last year against the blitz.

“Now he’s got it,” Reid said. “People can say there’s a way to stop Michael Vick, but this is a team sport. You’ve got this beautiful mind of [offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg's] and you’ve got to deal with what he’s gonna throw at you, and there are all these other players you have to defend. You can say you’re gonna stop Michael Vick, but you’ve got to stop the whole group.”

(Lions fans have passed out from laughter regarding the use of “beautiful mind” in reference to Mornhinweg.)

Of course, stopping the whole group becomes a little easier given the struggles of the five men responsible for opening holes and buying time for Vick. And so instead of talking big, Vick, Reid, and company would be better served finding a way to dial back those sky-high expectations while they focus on getting the job done, once and for all, in 2011.

[LKuechly]

Hey Vick, you remember the game against the Steelers just recently?

[Johnny Rockets]

I love how people try to spin his comment into something it isn't. It is pretty clear that Vick is saying you can't design a defense to stop him and not expect to get beaten because of it with the other offensive weapons on the team. He is basically saying defenses should base their scheme on stopping him because it will backfire.

Instead the title of this thread and the writer (from Yahoo I believe), makes it sound like Mike is saying no defense can stop him which is not at all what he was saying.

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

Hey Vick, you remember the game against the Steelers just recently?

It was preseason but 3 picks lmao

[Get_on_my_horse]

Oh yeah, i remember when the Redskins knocked his ass out of the game last season and putting him on the shelf for a few games. I so wish more teams would headhunt like they did in old days.

Once a punk always a punk.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

I'm no Vick fan but that quote was quite obviously taken out of context for a headline.

[Purity-Control]

Florio is a drama queen, who should be stripped naked and dragged behind a garbage truck

[SOJA]

Well if he plays like he did on mnf against the deadskins last year.....you can't but screw florio

[Kakarot]

He's right.

[Floppin]

I hate Vick more than any other professional athlete in any sport. This quote was taken out of context. I still hate Vick.

[XLR8]

Considering he has DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Steve Smith, Brent Celek, and Lesean McCoy it probably is gonna be a time trying to stop him while having to worry about the run and coverage.

[Get_on_my_horse]

douchebags hating a douchebag

[Jbro]

I've noticed a trend amongst Mike's haters. Most of them tend to be douchebags.

Is that how vick haters atre in your high school?

[Jbro]

I'm in college, brah.

The Vick hate is just stupid. The guy made a mistake, people need to get off their high horse and stop judging him because God only knows the skeletons they have in their closet.

A mistake is forgetting your wallet at home...

The only skeletons in my closet are dead hookers.