How "injury prone" is Michael Vick, exactly?

I always felt this way about McNabb. He did seem to get hurt often, but it always seemed to be a “knockout punch” type of thing. At least earlier in his career that was the case. Toward the end there he had that foot injury where he missed a couple games and the sports hernia… but really if you tear a knee because you took a random bad step or get hit, I don’t see how that tells us anything about your physical makeup that would call you injury prone.

he needs another year or two to actually be considered consistent and the fact that he is more likely to get injuried compared to other QB’s worries me. I don’t think Kafka is ready (if Kolb is traded)… so many variables every year to ever be 100% confident.

Plus the coaches seem to be teaching him to get down earlier to avoid shots. Being in a contract year, again, he’ll be out there even when hurt.

Plus you have to factor in the variable of Vick’s body. He his built like a running back. If I were a betting man, I would bet that Vick could take a lick better than any other starting QB in the league right now.

But I still can’t shake the feeling that he’s an extreme injury risk.

It passes the brain test, but not the eye test. Still though, looks reassuring.

Especially while he was in Atlanta. It’s hard to compare him to QBs from teams where the QB’s main job is to hand the ball off every down… It’d be interesting to look at this not from how many games they missed, but rather from an “injury per possession” approach. So, we’d count up all of the possessions where each QB didn’t hand the ball off, and see how many major injuries they had over those possessions. My guess is that Vick actually gets hurt less than a lot of other QBs on a play by play basis.

Still, this doesn’t change the fact that we need a good backup. But I’d much rather have Vick for 82% of my games than Eli for all of them.

ive always been fascinated by eli’s durability, hard 2 beleiev the guys never missed a start, hes either extremely lucky or tough………i guess a little of both.

Good read. And i have always said that its the “knockout punch” we need to avoid with him. His style gets him knicked up and battered a bit throughout a game….but he has typically kept on playing.
Hell look at Favre. That guy limped, gimped and hobbled through games. You could call him “injury prone” but he was sure as hell out there.

I don’t want to see Vick running dangerously, just enough to keep the chains moving. Runs like the one from the redskins game where he injured himself need to be eliminated. He gets injured but at least he plays well when he does.

Compared to other QB’s in the league.

Very good post, I think Vick is going to be ok, once our line gets secure, regardless of drafting, I think Mudd will fix this with what we have, He will still take his hits but Vick has been able to take some crazy hits over his career nd still get back up. Again good post

I don’t think Vick is necessarily injury prone in the sense that he’s soft. However, he does have a dangerous playing style. Taking lots of open field hits opens the door to big injuries.

I think the Eagles need to make atleast ONE huge splash on the right side of the line in FA….In a dream world they’d get two solid vets to play on the right side of the line, and Vicks job would be pretty easy waiting for DJax to get a step of separation…This realy illustrates how Vick is more likely to make it the entirety of the season if we have a solid line to keep him from unnecessary hits he doesn’t already take.
The O is unstoppable if they bring in two vets for the right side of the line. Also, it would be a lot more forgiveable if we didn’t get NA, but sured up the Oline. There’s a lot of D talent in this draft; I would really like Ros/Andy/Bann…to be able to focus on giving us back our smash mouth defense we love. If the O can score at will, there’s a lot more rope for the young guys to sure up their gaps before a playoff run…

Thanks for this; our fanbase needed it.

Hope we don’t make the same mistake.

would be really really dangerous. Instead of needing to run, he could pick his spots. That would keep him more healthy and keep defenses on their toes. With his cannon arm and speedy WRs a good pocket would make him deadly. The lone is key.