Miller: It’s Only Preseason, But…(EAGLES)

NFL preseason football is often completely misleading. Championship teams have gone 0-4 in August; Basement dwellers have gone 4-0 in games that don’t count. So everything that happens in the preseason needs to be taken with a grain of salt. But, man, the Eagles were awful on Thursday night.

It’s only preseason, but…

If the Steelers were supposed to be a measuring stick for the Eagles, the Eagles looked like Verne Troyer.

It’s only preseason, but…

Maybe the Eagles should be working harder. Andy Reid’s Camp Lollipop was by far the softest of his tenure as the Eagles quarterback. In a year without any offseason practices and OTA’s, it was downright shocking that Reid would go so easy on the troops. Much of it was mandated by the new CBA, but you wonder if breaking camp early was such a great idea. Friday morning, it sure looks like something borne of overconfidence.

It’s only preseason, but…

Nate Allen looked awful.

It’s only preseason, but…

Michael Vick looked completely perplexed by the Steelers’ defense. As Mike Freeman of CBS Sports tweeted, “looks like the old Vick.” He threw three interceptions. One of them was a tip drill cheapie, but the other two were thrown right into double coverage that he clearly did not see. That’s a very bad sign. For the first half, Vick’s quarterback rating was 13.5.


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"Old Vick"?

What old Vick? He never could read a defense, and he always did rely almost solely on his feet and his arm-strength to compensate. He locks on receivers, doesn't check-down and has no idea what going through a progression is. Basically, he drops back, checks the primary, and if he's open (or close) he fires the ball in, and, if not, he takes off and runs. Has since his days at VT.

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Originally Posted by suitanim

"Old Vick"?

What old Vick? He never could read a defense, and he always did rely almost solely on his feet and his arm-strength to compensate. He locks on receivers, doesn't check-down and has no idea what going through a progression is. Basically, he drops back, checks the primary, and if he's open (or close) he fires the ball in, and, if not, he takes off and runs. Has since his days at VT.

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exactly!

the Vick we saw last night is the same I have seen throughout his whole career. He had a nice comeback season last year, but showed his true self in the playoffs once again

too bad their backup is vince young. Mike Kafka looked good against backups though

that was just a pathetic game on the Eagles part.

I love that or defense was able to get interceptions last night, will be bad news for the rest of the league if they could play like that throughout the regular season. Thanks Mike Pick!

Not only that, their defense, which Eagles ownership poured a ton of money into looked awful. Did anyone else see the open running lanes. Don't forget the Eagles gave up a TD drive to Pittsburgh's backups

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Originally Posted by suitanim

"Old Vick"?

What old Vick? He never could read a defense, and he always did rely almost solely on his feet and his arm-strength to compensate. He locks on receivers, doesn't check-down and has no idea what going through a progression is. Basically, he drops back, checks the primary, and if he's open (or close) he fires the ball in, and, if not, he takes off and runs. Has since his days at VT.

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Yep. Last season was a fluke. Kinda like Kordell's Pro Bowl season in 2001. But even before he was incarcerated Vick was grossly overrated by the media.

Let's not get too over zealous. We looked pretty pathetic last week. Let's wait for the real games to start before we get too excited. But, winning sure is better than losing.

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Originally Posted by st33lersguy

Not only that, their defense, which Eagles ownership poured a ton of money into looked awful. Did anyone else see the open running lanes. Don't forget the Eagles gave up a TD drive to Pittsburgh's backups

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Their Dream Team still has to learn to play as a unit.

I'd read more into what we did to their offense.

It's only preseason, but I still wasn't too pleased how the Steelers played against the Redskins. It's only preseason, but I'm still very pleased how the Steelers played against the Eagles.

Michael Vick has been Kordell Stewart v2.0 his entire career. His 2010 comeback year was much like his 2002 rookie season. Looks amazing, but as teams got tape on him as the seasons went on, teams gameplanned for him as the surprise factor wore off and his flaws were exposed. In 2010 he was a backup to freaking Kevin Kolb. He stormed on and surprised everyone. Now we're like going to see it happen all over again.

Vince "Dream Team" Young wasn't very good last night either. And this was against the Steelers' second teamers.

When you want to build a Championship Dream Team, you don't grab two known losers at QB and expect them to take you there. I don't believe in the Eagles, because Andy Reid is the coach, Mike Vick can't get it done in the playoffs, and the Eagles always find a way to lose.

From Elias: Mike Vick is the 4th starting QB to throw 3 interceptions in a preseason game in the last 4 seasons. The others were Kyle Orton, Matt Leinart and Charlie Frye.

Is it just me or is it whenever a team looks bad in a preseason game, the reporters always talk about how "soft" training camp was.

The same thing was said after we lost last week.

It's an all too convievent scapegoat.

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Originally Posted by Chidi29

Is it just me or is it whenever a team looks bad in a preseason game, the reporters always talk about how "soft" training camp was.

The same thing was said after we lost last week.

It's an all too convievent scapegoat.

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It's Preseason. Too meaningless to get too extreme over it.

Same as last week.

Preseason.

I only have one thing to say.

Take it easy "It's only pre-season!!!"

Don't drink the koolaid just yet.

Its only Preseason but... isaac redman looks DANGEROUS!!!!

I put as my status when he threw his thrid pick saying. "the michael Vick experience is back" . Falcon and Eagles fans ripped me for it haha.

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Its only Preseason but... isaac redman looks DANGEROUS!!!!

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He looks like he is on a mission. Maybe even trying to take over from Mendenhall. Good for him. Go for it Isaac.

All you have to do to Mike Vick is force him to his right. It's as simple as that. He becomes ineffective as a passer and has to run. When he runs he opens himself up to an eventual injury." He may not be smart and he may not know how to read a defense but man is he fast...": Andy Ried... This is not what I'm thinking when I think QB.. nuff said...

I think Vick had all that grilling he took from the media about his comments in GQ, got to him. I bet Goodell's office sent him a message.

Vick will never be considered a "great" because he is such an on and off player and has been consistent of that for his entire career. Yes he has spurts of greatness in him, but either when it's a big game like in the playoffs he always comes out on the short side.