Michael Vick was scrutinized out of college for being a running quarterback, but his success in that role helped change the position forever.
Michael Vick isn't normally mentioned as one of the game's greatest ever, but his talent gave him that potential. A two-year prison sentence for a dog-fighting ring stalled his career. But in his first season as a starter after his sentence, he won the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year and was second in the Offensive Player of the Year voting. That was during the 2010 season with the Philadelphia Eagles, when he completed a career-high 62.
Vick wasn't the first overall pick by accident. And the fact that he was the first quarterback ever to rush for 1,000 yards in a season is why Johnny Manziel has called Vick the 'GOAT.' Shedeur Sanders envisions himself as a combination of Vick and Tom Brady, and new Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix recently revealed he idolized Vick growing up as a fellow lefty.
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