Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Michael Vick Too Valuable to Risk in Meaningless Regular-Season Finale

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Michael Vick needs a week off to rest. The Eagles now have no reason not to give him one.PHILADELPHIA -- So Michael Vick won't be the Most Valuable Player in the NFL this year. His own performance in the Eagles' inexcusable, inexplicable loss to Joe Webb's Minnesota Vikings in Tuesday night's weather-delayed game locked up that award for the Patriots' Tom Brady.

But you can't watch the Eagles and fail to conclude that Vick is an extraordinarily valuable player. You see it even in a loss. The Eagles are so shredded on defense, so outmanned on the offensive line that that they can't win if Vick's not at his best. And that's why, no matter what anybody said in the wake of Tuesday's loss, the Eagles can't let Vick play in Sunday's regular-season finale against the Cowboys.

The game means nothing at all. The Eagles know now that they will be the No. 3 seed in this year's NFC playoffs. Nothing that happens in their game or any other game Sunday will change that in either direction. They will play a home playoff game on Jan. 8 or 9 against the Giants, Packers or Buccaneers. And the two things that should matter most to them right now are (1) making sure Vick is as healthy as possible for that game and (2) spending the next week and a half figuring out how to better protect him.


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