Why Michael Vick’s Injury is Not Quite the End of the Eagles’ Season

October 4, 2010   ·   Bryce Hammons   ·   Jump to comments

I lie on my couch, shoes off, head tilted at just the right angle to see my parents' high definition television, which showed Michael Vick ripping off a long run.
Yes.  YES!  Y-E-S!  NOOOO!!!
Sandwiched between Kareem Moore and DeAngelo Hall, you could almost hear the audible crunch of Vick's ribs.  My mouth hung agape, a tear coming into my eye and dripping down my left cheek.  I realize it's over. 
There goes my fantasy football week.  And according to most, there goes the hope of the Philadelphia Eagles season.
On Monday, it was divulged that Michael Vick sustained cracked cartilage between his second and third ribs.  Nothing broken, but bad enough to merit an all out Philadelphia area anxiety attack.  Maybe the Mayans were wrong about the world ending in 2012.  Maybe this is the beginning...
The comeback, the rehabilitation, the city's hope riding on a QB's shoulders...only to have those shoulders crunched...

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