Vick The Playcaller

Right before Shady McCoy's second touchdown run on Sunday night, Mike Vick yelled at the line of scrimmage: "Kill-kill, kill-kill!"  On this particular play the Eagles had planned to throw, but Vick saw how the defense was set up and quickly audibled to a running play which resulted in an easy score for Shady.

While this may seem like a very insignificant moment in the game and a rather routine thing for a quarterback to do, in reality it marks the maturation of Vick as a playcaller.

Last year Vick struggled greatly at recognizing blitzes and calling smart plays to combat potential blitzes.  Vick turned the ball over and physically got hurt due to the fact that he wasn't well prepared in reading opposing defenses.  But now Vick is beginning to read opposing defenses and take what they are giving him.  In addition to changing from passing plays to running plays, Vick is also beginning to go underneath to his tight ends and slot receivers.

On Sunday the safeties were play way too far back, and instead of chucking the bomb down field against double coverage, MV7 methodically moved the chains by making small throws underneath. This Monday Vick will face a Chicago defense that simply put is not as good as in past years.  If Vick does a lot of what he did on Sunday night against the Cowboys, the Eagles should cruise to yet another easy victory.  Vick's abilitiy to read opposing defenses will also help the Birds limit turnovers which was a huge problem for them in the early going.

Ultimately it is awesome to watch Vick evolve from a scrambling quarterback into a guy who can stand back there and read opposing defenses.  His growing knowledge of the game as well as his athletic abilities will certainly help the Eagles down the stretch.