With Tampa signing of McCown and Smith handing McCown the job--NO COMPETITION, the job is yours--the NFL added more for Vick to fight and win if this thing goes to court. In the same year and under the same conditions, an NFL team found it in their best interest to hire a 34 year old career backup who has never started 16 games--NEVER started 16 games in a season--as their starting quarterback. Tampa hired this guy to be their starting quarterback at age 34 who has never started more than 13 games in a season--hes played in eleven season since 2002. Now this guy has been in the League since 2002, Michael Vick came in the League in 2001 and became the starter in Atlanta really beginning 2002. With Vick available nobody has come out and said that Tampa offered Vick a contract and Vick turned it down so it suffices to say that Tampa hired McCown over Vick. These are the numbers for McCown and Vick, by career (all) and for 2013 season. career average yards per attempt: Vick - 7.1, McCown 6.6 average yards per completion: Vick -12.6, McCown, 11.1 20+ completions ratio Vick - 9.9, McCown - 13 40+ completions ratio Vick - 49.7 McCown - 74.3 attempts per interception Vick - 35.6 McCown - 29.7 attempts per TD pass Vick - 23.7 McCown - 26.7 yards per run Vick - 7.1 McCown - 4.6 TD ratio Vick - 23 McCown 38 2013 average yards per attempt: Vick - 8.6, McCown 8.2 average yards per completion: Vick -15.8, McCown, 12.3 20+ completions ratio Vick - 5.6, McCown - 10.7 40+ completions ratio Vick - 28.2 McCown - 74.7 attempts per interception Vick - 47 McCown - 224 attempts per TD pass Vick -28.2* McCown - 17.2 yards per run Vick - 8.5 McCown - 5.3 TD ratio Vick - 18 McCown 13** *Vicks passing TD ratio really was 15.7 adding in three drops with a clear path and one TD nullified by a illegal formation penalty on the rookie right tackle ** McCown ran 13 times. You can not be Lovi Smith in the room when the Tampa management made this decision. Whoever was in the room either was told to never bring Vicks name up. If Vicks name came up then, there was no discussion of performance at all. However you play it, there is no reasonable way to explain hiring McCown over Vick other than, other than, We didnt want to hire a convicted felon for dog killing (which wouldnt be correct) or we didnt want to hire another black quarterback. If it goes to trial wouldnt you like to see the Tampa represenative explain his thinking. Imagine them trying to talk about Vick not starting 16 games or being injury prone after hiring McCown.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:16:23 +0000
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