Vick will go to and fro until he wins Super Bowl
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Michael Vick doesn't quite have the Ben Wallace look yet, but it's moving in that direction.
Getting a helmet over his growing hair might soon be a problem for Vick, the Atlanta Falcons do-everything quarterback. Yet, there will be no trips to the barbershop this summer or this season, not after what happened last summer.
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Michael Vick says he won't cut his hair until he wins the Super Bowl. (AP) |
"I'm growing my hair out it, and I'm not going to cut it until we win a Super Bowl," Vick said. "I was going to let my hair grow last season, but I cut it three weeks before I got hurt. I'm really superstitious, so I'm going to let it grow. As bad as I want it off my head, and as hot as I am, I won't cut it off until I win a Super Bowl. I will win a Super Bowl -- someday."
Revealing this piece of information as he sat comfortably in a golf cart at Furman University doing an interview, Vick wasn't kidding. His hair is considerably longer than it has been for most of his career, which might be good for a bandana endorsement or two, but the preference would be for a nice, neat trim come next February.
Vick is coming off a nightmare season, one in which he became the poster-boy for why stars should be protected in the preseason. While scrambling in the Falcons' second preseason game last summer, Vick suffered a broken leg, news that devastated a city and his growing legion of fans.
The NFL's new poster boy, a weapon of the like the league has never seen, was shelved because of a meaningless game running a meaningless play.
It led to a year of mostly watching for Vick, and a year of losing for the Falcons. It ultimately cost coach Dan Reeves his job. One year after a playoff season and an upset of the Packers, the Falcons finished 5-11.
Maybe this was a one-man team? It sure looked that way.
We know better because football is a team sport, and Vick is quick to give a wave of the hand when the one-man band and savior talk is brought up.
"Just because I'm back doesn't mean everybody else can simply not show up," Vick said. "This is a team game. You need all 11 guys every play to succeed. We all have to play together."
That sounds good, but without Vick this is a six-victory team. With him, they have playoff-and-beyond possibilities.
