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Michael Vick: Proving Andy Reid and the Philadelphia Eagles Made the Right Pick

November 18, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Anybody still think head coach Andy Reid made a mistake naming Michael Vick as his starting quarterback over Kevin Kolb?
Didn't think so.
Vick and the Eagles brought a special delivery to FedEx Field during the Monday Night Football game, absolutely decimating the Redskins 59-28 in a match gushing with records that will go down as one of the most lopsided affairs the NFL has ever seen.
The 592 total yards eclipse the Eagles' previous benchmark of 583 established in 2005, and the 59 total points and eight touchdowns are good for second most in each category in team history.
The 28 points scored in the first quarter and the 45 tallied by halftime are both team records for Philadelphia, with the latter matching Washington's team record for points allowed in one half.
But the most stunning aspect about this game is what was accomplished by Vick, the former No. 1 overall pick who, just 18 months ago, was still sitting in a jail cell.
In perhaps the mo...

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