Philadelphia Eagles QB Michael Vick promised fans Friday, July 13, that he will do a better job of protecting himself this upcoming season. Vick has appeared in all 16 games only once in his career. ‘I want to make a promise to all my fans that I’m going to make a conscious effort, a cognitive effort, to make sure that I protect myself,’ Vick said. ‘And you know my motto has been this for the last six months, and I repeatedly said to myself: ‘Get the next yard on the next play.’ You know, whether I’m running the football or scrambling or trying to do something improvising. Get the next yard on the next play. That’s why you have second down and third down, and possibly fourth down. So you can give yourself opportunity. If you’re not on the field, then you don’t have that chance. So I just want to give myself ample opportunity.’
Eagles | Michael Vick to protect himself better