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Fumble-prone Vick carried a football everywhere

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Michael Vick walked down a corridor at the Eagles' training facility after Wednesday's practice clutching a ball in his arm. He carried the ball earlier in the day and later in the day. He took it to breakfast, to team meetings and to lunch.

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Okay, so, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick spent the week carrying a football around the team's training facility to help drill himself on the importance of not dropping it during games anymore. It's a trick that's been successfully employed…

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Judy Battista, the N.F.L. reporter for The Times, answers questions from readers.

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IT TURNS OUT that Eagles quarterback Michael Vick doesn't have really weird snacking habits after all. That opened box of Milk-Bones dog biscuits spotted in his recently tweeted photo belongs not to No. 7 but to the newest member of the Vick household -…

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RATHER THAN TELL the world his children were eating Milk-Bones - a box of the dog treats were accidentally shown in a photo he sent out on Twitter of his daughter doing her homework - Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has decided to tell the truth about d…

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Philadelphia Eagles LeSean McCoy would like to be more involved in the passing game, since that was always fun back when he used to be. Of course, I think a lot of people would like to be more involved in the Eagles' passing game right about now. Couple…

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One possible solution for a big play from the Eagles' unproductive special teams would be inserting DeSean Jackson on certain punt returns, a role he has filled in the past and continues to practice for the Eagles. Special-teams coordinator Bobby April …

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The Eagles season started with Kurt Coleman and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie each swiping two interceptions in the opener, part of a four-turnover effort by the defense nearly six weeks ago. One week later, they forced two turnovers against the Baltimore…

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Andy Reid has always liked to talk about the West Coast offense as if it were a list of ingredients. It was up to each chef to create something unique, each quarterback to "put his stamp" on the system.

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THE EAGLES' offensive line gets an interesting challenge this week - a defense that plays the wide-nine setup.

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WATCHING the Eagles' relatively unexpressive offense this season, there is a perception that Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg have abandoned the deep bombs that made this team so fun to watch when Michael Vick took over in 2010.

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DOUG PEDERSON is the guy who deals most directly with Michael Vick, the coach who has the most hands-on role as the Eagles try to straighten out a quarterback whose turnover problems threaten to derail their season.

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Recent history: The Eagles have a six-game win streak in the series, including a 56-21 rout on the Lions' last visit to Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 2007. The Eagles lead the all-time series, 16-12-2.

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Lions (+4) over EAGLES: Look up "fumble-itis" in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of Michael Vick falling off the page. Until he leads the league in a category other than lost fumbles, it's gonna be a tough slog for the Birds. Vick's ei…

Eagles-Lions: The Pick

Oct 12, 2012

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MAKING THE Eagles a 4-point favorite against anybody is a leap - they haven't won by more than 2.