NFL Midseason Awards: Why Michael Vick Is the NFL’s Most Valuable Player

November 20, 2010   ·   Carl Ragsdale   ·   Jump to comments

Michael Vick's return to prominence in 2010 has been one of the NFL's great stories. Vick is playing the best football of his career, and the Eagles offense has been nearly unstoppable with Vick leading them.
So, is Michael Vick the NFL's MVP?
Vick's presence on the football field alone creates match up problems that no other quarterback can create. Defenses cannot run man coverage against the Eagles because defenders are forced to watch their receivers, not the quarterback. When this happens, Vick can sneak behind the defenses and run for easy first downs.
One alternative that defenses use is to run man coverage but put a quarterback spy on Vick. In theory, this approach makes sense. The Redskins tried to do this using safety LaRon Landry.
Tell me, how did that work out for them?
Having one defender spying on Vick is simply not enough. The entire defense has to be aware of where Vick is at all times. The only way to effectively do this is to run a zone defense...

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