Vick could learn from Romo … Best baseball movie?
By dreardon
I love to watch Michael Vick play football. And I think he’s doing a good job of redeeming himself as a person after serving time for dogfighting. But the Eagles quarterback should stop complaining about what he thinks are late hits and officials not calling them.
When you play quarterback in the NFL, you’re going to get hit. And when you play the way Vick does, you’re going to get hit more often.
The Cowboys’ Tony Romo played hurt on Monday night, and everyone knew he was injured. He toughed it out and despite not throwing a touchdown pass managed to hang in there and lead a victory over the Redskins. I didn’t hear him complaining about being hit by defenders who were targeting his tender ribs. He just went out there and played, and won.
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Did you ever notice the best sports movies usually aren’t really about sports? “Moneyball,” the topic of today’s column, falls into that category. There’s a lot in the movie about a lot of different things. I didn’t expect much, but after seeing it I think it goes near the top of my list of favorite baseball movies, right below “Major League” and above “Field of Dreams.”
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Quick Reads
September 29th, 2011 at 5:28 am
DR: Don’t forget “Jerry Maguire”, sports related but more. Gary Cooper did a baseball movie about Lou Gehrig which is also a classic. League of their own was also very good. Tim Robbins, Susan Saradon, and Kevin Costner were also great.
September 29th, 2011 at 6:31 am
C’mon Dave! Vick himself — in that post game rant– admitted that when he is out of the pocket, he is fair game. Basically, he admits that yes, by playing the game the way he does — he is fair game when he is outside of the pocket. What he was talking about is how he constantly gets slapped in the head or ends up on the ground and draws very little or no protection from the referees. Something that does not happen to other superstars in the leage — ie manning and brady. Vick is a bonafied superstar of the league and the refs should give him the same protection they do for the other bonafied superstars. It is what it is — the NBA would give Jordan and Kobe calls that other players never really got. Why? They were not superstars. Vick has been taking cracks for years. And before that, Warren Moon was the other one who took a bunch of cracks and never got the calls Elway or Marino got. It is what it is. Romo, albeit honorable for playing injured — is not even in the same class as MV7.
BIK
September 29th, 2011 at 7:13 am
bang the drum slowly..
September 29th, 2011 at 8:08 am
For Michael Vick?
September 29th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Vick is a great athlete/player but I am not sold on him being a great quarterback. Call me old fashion but I dont think you can win a Superbowl with a QB that is a bigger running threat than passing. He will win you a bunch of games but in the end your QB has to be a passer first.
Can anyone tell me if they know of any NFL team in the past that won the superbowl with a running QB, I would like to know. Maybe I’ll change my opinion.
September 29th, 2011 at 9:48 am
Vick gets hit a lot in the pocket because he doesn’t get rid of the ball quickly enough. Also, I didn’t hear Matt Ryan whining about the helmet to helmet hit he took in the Eagles game that wasn’t flagged … he got knocked around nearly as much as Vick did that game (which the Falcons won).
September 29th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
I think Vick has more to complain about just because everyone knows that the game plan is to pressure him and put him on his back. INCLUDING officials. He does have a point. However, I think the frustration causing him to say stuff like that is because he doesn’t want to call out his offensive line. I’m sure those are the guys that he’s frustrated with. Out of the pocket, Vick doesn’t actually take that many shots. It is when he is in the pocket when he gets knocked. I do agree that he holds on to the ball too long though.
And Dave, if you say one more positive thing about Tony Romo on this blog, I’ll stop reading it. (just kidding, I enjoy your blog and your columns).
Tony Romo could be the most over-rated QB of all time. The Cowboys often lose because of him and win despite him.
September 29th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
I remember when the Bears drafted Leonard Peters. Lovie Smith said they only expect to get 2 or 3 years out of him because of the way he launches himself like a human missile on every play.
September 29th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Correction . . . signed him as free agent.
December 2nd, 2011 at 2:09 am
I like this post and I have gone ahead and bookmarked it on Digg.com so everone on my email list can read your post as well. I used your own blog title as the entry on Digg and I might add it to one of my Squidoo pages as a link if the reaction from my email list is good. Thanks again, Great stuff.
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