Did the Eagles overpay Vick? 100 million dollars over 6 years with 40 million guaranteed is a little much for him. The only quarterbacks making more than him are Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and he’s not on that level. He’s on roughly the same level as Philip Rivers and Ben Roethisberger, both of whom are making noticeably more than him. He’s won 2 career playoff games and no Super Bowls. He’s injury prone and teams were able to slow him down late last season as the once dominant Eagles lost in the first round of the playoffs to Green Bay and lost week 16 to Minnesota.

He’ll be 37 at the end of this deal and won’t have the same speed he has now then. This deal also limits what they can do with DeSean Jackson as it looks like he’ll have to be franchised after the season and a deal will have to be worked out with him then. Considering how much money they have given to outside players this offseason, he can’t be too happy about that and that’s never a good thing. Also, in order to resign Jackson at the end of the season, they’d probably have to move Asante Samuel. However, that shouldn’t matter to them much now since they’re going all in this season and if Michael Vick wins one Super Bowl over the course of this contract, he’s worth this deal and I think that’s certainly possible.

Grade: B