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Michael Vick made his opinion of the Justin Fields situation clear

Bears QB Justin Fields has Michael Vick’s endorsement.

The Chicago Bears have a looming quarterback decision that has the whole NFL world talking. Are they going to stick with Justin Fields or are they going to draft a rookie, likely Caleb Williams, with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft? There are compelling arguments for both sides of the ledger.

Michael Vick, a former NFL quarterback who had a ton of success in the league, made his opinion known as many former players have. He seems to think that Fields can be the guy for the Bears.

During a recent appearance on “The Green Light with Chris Long,” Vick shared his thoughts and expectations for Fields heading into 2024.

“I really want him to take that next step,” Vick said. “I think he is more than capable. And I know you can only go as far as what your offensive coordinator give to you. But there is times when you can go outside of that. He is so skilled, they should be in the playoffs or competing to be in the playoffs towards the end of the season.”

Fields plays a very similar style to Vick. He was a pure pocket passer at Ohio State, but he became an athletic mobile quarterback in the NFL with the Bears. Vick, of course, was one of the best to ever play the position like that. You’d think that he knows a thing or two about what it takes to be successful in the spot.

The problem is that Fields hasn’t taken steps as a passer to complement his running game. Vick knows that is important, too, but he still thinks he can lead the Bears to the playoffs. If that is the decision that general manager Ryan Poles comes to, we can only hope that a guy like Vick ends up being right. Or perhaps Fields will find success outside of Chicago.

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2024 NFL Free agency: Eagles history with the franchise tag

With 22 pending free agents and several key players looking for big money, we’re taking a look at the Philadelphia Eagles’ history with the NFL franchise tag

When the Chiefs Super Bowl parade was completed, the NFL world started to focus on 2024 entirely and the critical offseason that awaits.

As teams around the league prepare for the NFL scouting combine, the franchise tag window opens on Tuesday and closes on March 5.

Any unrestricted free agent not tagged in that period will be able to sign with any suitor when the new league year and free agency opens on March 13. (The negotiating period, when teams can reach out to agents of potential free agents to start talks, begins March 11.)

Lamar Jackson was among six players tagged last year, with two, including defensive tackle Daron Payne (Giants) and tight end Evan Engram (Jaguars) signing long-term extensions.

The 2024 salary cap hasn’t been set yet, but it’s expected to land north of $240 million, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.

The Eagles have to make critical decisions on several of their free agents, but none are worth franchise tagging.

They can bring back Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham at a significantly cheaper rate, and the Eagles don’t like to pay running backs, so tagging D’Andre Swift is out.

With the new league year fast approaching, we’re looking at the Eagles’ history with the franchise tag.

Michael Vick spoke to the Chiefs during their Friday practice ahead of Super Bowl LVIII

Michael Vick spoke to the Chiefs during their Friday practice ahead of Super Bowl LVIII

The countdown to kickoff is underway for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers to this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII matchup. The week of festivities and media scrums in Las Vegas can finally take a backseat to the biggest game of the year at Allegiant Stadium.

The Chiefs completed their last scheduled practice on Friday and received a visit from a legendary quarterback. Former four-time Pro Bowler Michael Vick was in attendance and reportedly spoke to the team as they went through the final preparations for this Sunday. He also appeared on Radio Row during the week to talk with WGN-TV’s Jarrett Payton and Chris Hagan about the evolution of dual quarterbacks.

“Passing that torch, man, and watching these guys, we are all different. We’re not all the same; some of us look like one another in certain aspects, but I think it is just the way the game is headed. These guys continue to play the way they’ve been playing and continue to represent us as dual threats.” said Vick, “I think it’d take them far because I just feel like now in the National Football League, got to be able to run the football as a quarterback. So it’s great to see these guys taking it further.”

Vick spent time with head coach Andy Reid as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles from 2009-2013. He earned the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award and credited Reid for helping turn his life around. He faithfully supports his former coach and Patrick Mahomes in Sunday’s game.

“Patrick (Mahomes) is one guy who he never wavers, like when you got Andy Reid, and know what that relationship is like, And then you got a talent like Patrick Mahomes, the guy who got all the talent in the world and super smart and understand what football is supposed to be and look like. It’s evident. You can beat anybody. I’m going Chiefs,” said Vick, “I’m never gonna bet against Andy Reid.”

The Las Vegas showdown between two quarterback styles should call for a tremendous performance.

Lamar Jackson eclipsed 5,000 career rushing yards against Chargers

Lamar Jackson sets record for fastest QB to 5,000 rushing yards

The Baltimore Ravens improved to 9-3 and maintained possession of the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a 20-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 12.

During the game on Sunday Night Football, quarterback Lamar Jackson crossed a monumental milestone as he became just the fourth-ever quarterback to reach 5,000 career rushing yards, joining Michael Vick, Cam Newton, and Russell Wilson. Of the four, Jackson was the fastest to reach the mark in just 82 games, whereas it took Vick 104, Newton 129, and Wilson 175.

In his sixth NFL season, Jackson has firmly planted his name in the conversation for the best-rushing quarterback the league has ever seen. Needing just 1,098 rushing yards to reach Vick at the top of the list, and with plenty of NFL seasons ahead for the 26-year-old signal caller, it seems inevitable that Jackson will one day soon become the all-time leading rusher at the quarterback position.

Through 12 weeks of the 2023 NFL season, Jackson leads all quarterbacks in rushing yards with 574 and is second on the Ravens, trailing only running back Gus Edwards by 16 yards.

Jalen Hurts makes NFL history with his 10th rushing TD of season in game vs. Bills

Jalen Hurts joined former Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton as the only quarterback in NFL history with 10+ rushing touchdowns in NFL history.

Last season, Jalen Hurts scored his 10th rushing touchdown of the season against the Giants, and in doing so, he made NFL history.

Hurts joined former Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton as the only quarterback in NFL history with 10+ rushing touchdowns in NFL history.

Hurts is the only player to do in back-to-back seasons.

In the first half of Sunday’s matchup against the Bills, Hurts became the only quarterback in NFL history with 10+ rushing touchdowns in three consecutive seasons.

Hurts again joins Cam Newton as the only other quarterback in NFL history to have three seasons with 10+ rushing touchdowns, but Newton never accomplished the feat in back-to-back years.

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Lamar Jackson could hit major career milestone against the Chargers in Week 12

Lamar Jackson could become just the fourth-ever quarterback to reach 5,000 career rushing yards, joining Michael Vick, Cam Newton, and Russell Wilson.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has accomplished many feats since entering the NFL as the last pick in the first round of the 2018 draft.

The former unanimous MVP has already established himself as one of the best rushing quarterbacks of all time, and against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 12 on Sunday Football, he could become just the fourth-ever quarterback to reach 5,000 career rushing yards, joining Michael Vick, Cam Newton, and Russell Wilson.

Jackson needs 28 rushing yards against the Chargers to cross the career milestone. Jackson was asked if joining the quarterbacks mentioned above would have any significance to him.

“I’m in line with the greats, so that’s pretty cool,” Jackson said. “No doubt. I’m cool with that, that’s nice.”

Jackson will have surpassed 5,000 rushing yards in the fewest games ever for a quarterback, as it took over 100 games for Vick, Newton, and Wilson, while this Sunday will be Jackson’s 82nd career game.

Despite talks of Jackson running less under new offensive coordinator Todd Monken, the sixth-year quarterback is still second on the team in rushing yards with 535, just 29 yards behind running back Gus Edwards for the season. He also has five touchdowns on the ground, second to Edwards’ 10. Jackson leads the next-highest quarterback, Joshua Dobbs, by 146 rushing yards.

While concerns of injury are always present for a quarterback who runs as much as Jackson does, he has shown a knack for avoiding big hits as a runner, with his last two season-ending injuries occurring as a passer. It would be foolish to strip Jackson of such a significant part of his game and something that has made him one of the most demanding players to defend in the entire NFL.

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Michael Vick joked with Peyton and Eli Manning about their old Madden speed scores

Hey, the Mannings could scramble when needed!

NFL legend Michael Vick remains the greatest Madden athlete of all time, as he’s widely regarded as the best-ever quarterback to play with in the game.

Vick appeared on the ManningCast on Monday night to talk about the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs game, and his Madden 2004 days naturally came up.

Peyton Manning asked Vick who he used to play as when he played the game, and the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback actually said that it’s Peyton who was his go-to Madden quarterback.

However, Vick also got into a very funny conversation with the Manning brothers about the latter’s old speed ratings on Madden.

While the Mannings weren’t the fastest NFL players, they could run a good quarterback scramble when needed!

Anyhow, Vick will always be the best scrambling quarterback to ever play the game on the field and in the virtual arena, and it’s wonderful to hear him joking with the Mannings about their speed scores on the video game that helped make Vick a household name.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

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Chiefs HC Andy Reid shares secret for success with multiple Pro Bowl quarterbacks

#Chiefs HC Andy Reid shares his secret for success with multiple Pro Bowl quarterbacks

The legendary coaching career of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is most likely destined for a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with his countless accolades. The former longtime head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles also served as a coordinator early in his career with the Green Bay Packers, working with some of the best quarterbacks in the league’s history.

Reid appeared on the “All NFL” podcast hosted by Brian Baldinger and Anthony Gargano to discuss his fortune of coaching several Pro Bowl quarterbacks in his career.

“Yeah, well, all those guys [were] really good players before I ever had anything to do with them,” Reid explained. “I would tell you this is no different than anything else. It’s a people business, and how you treat these guys, I think, is important. Listening, I think, is important.

“Not everybody’s [a] good [listener]. We get in a coaching position, and sometimes, we feel like we have to tell the storyteller and not not the listener. So there’s a time and a place for that. And then all we’ve tried to do is utilize their strengths and better their weaknesses.”

Brett Favre, Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick, Alex Smith, and Patrick Mahomes earned Pro Bowl honors while working with Reid throughout his career.

“I don’t think there’s any secret sauce. I’ve been lucky enough to get them when they were young,” Reid said. “I think that’s important; other than Alex (Smith) and Michael (Vick), these guys were fairly fresh in the league, and they didn’t have all that NFL scar tissue that you can get, they wanted to be great and (I was) very fortunate. Michael, too, was coming back from his jail stint. Then Alex was benched, so both of those guys wanted to show that we’re still pretty good players. And that, you know, that helped.”

The revitalization part of Reid’s work with the veterans looking for a new opportunity to prove themselves has added to his prestige. He will always have nostalgia against his former team, the Eagles, as the Chiefs will host them on Monday night football.

17 former Eagles nominated for 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame class

Brian Westbrook, Michael Vick Donovan McNabb, and Eric Allen are among the 17 former Philadelphia Eagles nominated for the 2023 Pro Football Hall of Fame class

The NFL just announced that nine players in their first year of eligibility are among the 173 Modern-Era Nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024.

The list of first-time nominees includes running back Jamaal Charles, wide receiver Brandon Marshall, wide receiver Jordy Nelson, tight end Antonio Gates, defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, and defensive end Julius Peppers.

The list of Modern-Era Nominees will be reduced to 25 Semifinalists in November and, from there, to 15 Finalists whose names will be announced in early January.

Here’s the list of 17 former Eagles among the nominees.

Broncos QB Russell Wilson made NFL history with 56 rushing yards in Week 2

Already a top-three rushing QB, Russell Wilson is now the first player in NFL history to rush for 5,000 yards and throw for 40,000 yards.

Going into the 2023 season, Russell Wilson already ranked among the greatest rushing quarterbacks in NFL history.

Wilson went into the season ranked third in rushing among QBs on the NFL’s all-time list. After rushing for 56 yards against the Washington Commanders in Week 2, he has now accomplished something no other player has ever done.

Wilson is the first quarterback in NFL history to ever rush for 5,000 yards and pass for 40,000 yards in his career. That’s a remarkable accomplishment that shows how much of a dual-threat QB Wilson has been throughout his accomplished career.

The only QBs with more rushing yards than Wilson in NFL history — Michael Vick (6,109 yards) and Cam Newton (5,628 yards) — passed for 22,464 yards and 32,382 yards, respectively, during their careers.

Among current QBs, Josh Allen (3,123 rushing, 18,633 passing) seems the most likely to one day match Wilson’s feat. Lamar Jackson (4,529 rushing, 12,378 passing) and Patrick Mahomes (1,592 rushing, 24,467 passing) aren’t far behind Allen either.

Other candidates to potentially one day match Wilson’s accomplishment down the road might include Jalen Hurts (1,970 rushing, 8,269 passing) and Justin Fields (1,622 rushing, 4,328 passing).

For now, though, Wilson stands alone.

Here’s a quick look at the top-12 rushing QBs in NFL history.