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Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44

He had a passing efficiency mark of 180.4 as a freshmen at VT in 2000, he led the NCAA that year in passing efficiency.

That same year, he took the Hokies to the championship, they lost....but at one point they led briefly after overcoming a 21 point deficit.

He was named to his first Pro Bowl after starting all 15 games played, only missing a game to the New York Giants on October 13 due to a sprained shoulder. He completed 231 of 421 passes for 2,936 yards (both career-highs) and 16 touchdowns, while he also tallied 113 carries for 777 yards and eight rushing touchdowns....All at age 22, 6' and 210lbs.

He has the most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single game...EVER

Vick also tied for third in team history for the lowest interception percentage in a season at 1.90 and continued a streak of consecutive passes without an interception that began at St. Louis on January 6, 2002 in the season-finale of the 2001 season and extended to the first quarter vs. Baltimore on November 3, 2002.

His streak covered 25 straight quarters and 177 passes without an interception.

On January 1, 2003, Vick led the Atlanta Falcons to an upset victory over the heavily favored Green Bay Packers 27-7 in the NFC playoffs, ending the Packers' undefeated playoff record at Lambeau Field.

During a pre-season game against the Baltimore Ravens on August 16, Vick suffered a fractured right fibula and missed the first 11 games of the regular season. In Week 13, Vick made his season debut in relief of QB Doug Johnson in the third quarter at Houston on November 30, completing 8 of 11 passes for 60 yards and recording 16 rushing yards on three carries. He posted his first start of the season vs. Carolina on December 7 and amassed the third-highest rushing total by a quarterback in NFL history with 141 yards on 14 carries and one score to lead the Falcons to a come-from-behind 20-14 overtime victory

In 2004, Vick was named to his second Pro Bowl after starting all 15 games played and completing 181 of 321 passes for 2,313 yards with 14 touchdowns

In 2005, Vick was named to his third Pro Bowl after starting all 15 games played and completing 214 of 387 passes for 2,412 yards with 15 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Vick’s 2,412 passing yards moved his career totals to 9,031 in 2005, which bumped him into fourth place all-time in Falcons history. His 597 rushing yards on 102 carries (5.9 avg.) with six scores led all NFL quarterbacks and his 5.9 average yards per carry led all NFL rushers with at least 100 carries. Vick also helped three players have career years in RB Warrick Dunn, TE Alge Crumpler, and WR Michael Jenkins.

Your stats on Vick are interesting, but I could counter them with stats about completion percentage, QB rating, sacks, TD to INT ratio, etc... and he would look worse than most QB's in the NFL. The most important stat (besides winning %) for QB's is completion percentage. His is among the worst in the NFL in that category. People love to jump on the Mike Vick bandwaggon because he is exciting and flashy with his play and his hip hop personna. Bottom line is that he is not a good QB. He doesn't give his receivers time to finish routes because he sprints out of the pocket at the first sign of a pass rush. He doesn't allow his O-linemen to set up their blocks because he doesn't stay in the pocket. He reads defenses very poorly and does not check down to 2nd or 3rd receiver options. Anyone who has played football knows about reading defenses and if a QB doesn't read defenses well, he will either have to run or throw the ball away. In Vick's case, he runs because he can. He is a WR playing QB for a team that will never win as long as he is behind center. As far as the dog fight allegations, if they prove to be true, he is a scumbag and they should lock him up for the maximum amount of time. Then he can be sacked from behind by a a 300lb hairy dude named Tiny.