Although he would probably love to suit up and face his former team, Michael Vick won’t start against the Falcons on Sunday. Kevin Kolb will once again take his place when Philly hosts Atlanta at 1:00PM ET.
Vick (ribs) is progressing and head coach Andy Reid is encouraged by his quarterback’s developments, but Sunday is too soon for Vick to return. That said, with another full week of recovery and practice (Vick has started to throw again), there’s a good chance he’ll return next week in Tennessee.
It’s too bad that Vick won’t play this Sunday because it would have made for compelling drama. While the Falcons certainly aren’t complaining about their current situation, people seem to have forgotten that Vick almost single-handedly buried that franchise in 2007.
Thanks to GM Thomas Dimitroff, head coach Mike Smith, quarterback Matt Ryan and running back Michael Turner, Atlanta has fully recovered from the Vick era. But I almost fell off my couch when I saw a crowded Georgia Dome cheer for Vick in the Eagles’ 34-7 blowout win last year. This a-hole was dragged off to jail for fighting dogs and then admitted that he didn’t work hard when he was in Atlanta. Then he helped the Eagles beat a depleted Falcons team (Ryan and Turner were both out due to injuries) in their own home and I swear you would have thought Vick cured cancer with the way the fans were rooting for him.
Something tells me the scene would have been different in Philadelphia had the situation been reversed. Eagle fans wouldn’t have allowed him to get on the team bus after the game without giving him the beating of a lifetime.
But I digress. Even with Vick out, this should be a great game between two NFC teams that will no doubt be fighting for playoff berths this season.
