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OK, we get it. Michael Vick is Steve Young, Dan Marino, Barry Sanders and Willie Gault all rolled into one. I figure we can get a lil drinking game going using the Vick hype as justification to drink.
I'll start
Vick gets praised when tackled for a loss. 6 sips
Vick called the best anything in the league. 3 sips
Vick praised after an incompletion. 3 sips
Vick and "dangerous" said in the same sentance. 2 sips
Vick called the best anything of all time or league history. 10 sips
I dont feel like thinking of more
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jimmac, I think the reason Vick gets so much hype is because there's never been a player like him before. It's a new face. Plus, as tsunami alluded to, he means so much to the team. Superstars always get the face time, but as you should know as an Eagles fan (as well as fans of the Pats, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers), it takes a TEAM to be constantly successful.
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Green Habit wrote:
jimmac, I think the reason Vick gets so much hype is because there's never been a player like him before. It's a new face. Plus, as tsunami alluded to, he means so much to the team. Superstars always get the face time, but as you should know as an Eagles fan (as well as fans of the Pats, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers), it takes a TEAM to be constantly successful.
Yes there has been. Randall Cunningham was very similar for the first part of his career.
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edzeppe wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
jimmac, I think the reason Vick gets so much hype is because there's never been a player like him before. It's a new face. Plus, as tsunami alluded to, he means so much to the team. Superstars always get the face time, but as you should know as an Eagles fan (as well as fans of the Pats, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers), it takes a TEAM to be constantly successful.
Yes there has been. Randall Cunningham was very similar for the first part of his career.
Was Cunningham ever a critical keystone to his team like Vick is now?
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Green Habit wrote:
edzeppe wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
jimmac, I think the reason Vick gets so much hype is because there's never been a player like him before. It's a new face. Plus, as tsunami alluded to, he means so much to the team. Superstars always get the face time, but as you should know as an Eagles fan (as well as fans of the Pats, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers), it takes a TEAM to be constantly successful.
Yes there has been. Randall Cunningham was very similar for the first part of his career.
Was Cunningham ever a critical keystone to his team like Vick is now?
The Falcons are not nearly what the Eagles were when Randall was their field general. Byers and Sherman were decent backs, and he had Keith Jackson to throw to and a DEVISTATING defense (White, Jerome Brown, etc).
Vick has himself and some gatorade.
The guy is special folks!
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Green Habit wrote:
jimmac, I think the reason Vick gets so much hype is because there's never been a player like him before. It's a new face. Plus, as tsunami alluded to, he means so much to the team. Superstars always get the face time, but as you should know as an Eagles fan (as well as fans of the Pats, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers), it takes a TEAM to be constantly successful.
Well, I'd say Cunningham was very much like Vick, and we know where he got the Eagles, even with the best Defense in the league for a few seasons.
Anyway, my point....more than ripping on Vick (who I still think is vastly overrated), is that the media is just so out of hand with pushing certain players. There's hardly ever any debate, it's always this guy is the best and that guy is the best. The public sucks it up.
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Green Habit wrote:
edzeppe wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
jimmac, I think the reason Vick gets so much hype is because there's never been a player like him before. It's a new face. Plus, as tsunami alluded to, he means so much to the team. Superstars always get the face time, but as you should know as an Eagles fan (as well as fans of the Pats, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers), it takes a TEAM to be constantly successful.
Yes there has been. Randall Cunningham was very similar for the first part of his career.
Was Cunningham ever a critical keystone to his team like Vick is now?
The offense? yeah. he was...
and to point out the defense... it really has nothing to do with Vick.. the Atlanta defense was great on its own.
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Was Cunningham ever a critical keystone to his team like Vick is now?
Well.....check out the offense Cunningham had. A horrible Offensive line and average at best specialty players. Check out the stats from early in Randals Career.....he was a much better player. Hell, McNabb was a much better player at this point in his career and never got this much credit
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parchy wrote:
Too Big a Man Too Say wrote:
jimmac24 wrote:
Too Big a Man Too Say wrote:
jimmac24 wrote:
Hell, McNabb was a much better player at this point in his career and never got this much credit
Donnovan McNabb has 10 commercials currently on the air. I think that that means he is being recognized by the media.
really, 10 commercials? why do I not believe that?
Well it may not be that many, but he is definatly in more commercials than any other athlete.
And his soup commercial with his mom is freaking stupid... Vick's is like, the greatest thing ever
All of the Chunky Soup commercials are dumb, especially Kurt Warner's. Did anyone notice that in Donovan's earlier Chunky Soup commercials his "mom" wasn't his real mom?
Oh, and the Vick Experience commercial is creative, but I don't think it is his best commercial. I liked the Nike commercial with him, Urlacher, Agassi, Marion Jones, and Lance Armstrong where they were playing different sports than what they are known for. Now that was cool.
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