Last season, Michael Vick
signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as potentially the third-string quarterback. He had Donovan McNabb
and Kevin Kolb in front of him. Then, the Eagles amazingly shipped McNabb to the Washington Redskins and proclaimed Kolb king for about a week.Then, Vick took over.
And he was fantastic.
In seven games with the Eagles, Vick has completed 62.8 percent (120-for-191) of his passes, the best completion percentage of his career, has thrown for 1,608 yards and 11 touchdowns, and ran for 375 yards and four touchdowns. Remarkably, he has yet to thrown an interception.
Vick has led Philadelphia to a lead in the NFC East with a 7-3 record. Before the season, no one predicted the Eagles would have such a good record or that Vick would become an even better quarterback than he was when he played for Atlanta.
There was no way to know how a guy would play especially because he was in jail for about 18 months (I didn't look up the number).
When it comes to trading cards, Vick is king there too.
His 2001 SP Authentic Jersey/auto Rookie Card is on fire (ebay link
). Right now, this card is selling far and above $1,000. Once upon a time, you could have gottten this card for less than $100.Vick paid his debt by spending time in jail. He seems reformed by saying all the right things as he has become the center of attention again for this remarkable play on the field.
So the question is, have collectors forgiven or forgotten his past deeds?
