The Facts:
Chip Kelly has described Vick in glowing terms before, so an endorsement of the 32-year-old quarterback is not new. But Kelly continues to insist that Vick possesses the required skills, and mitigating circumstances last season hindered him from reaching his potential. “Mike can still play," Kelly said in an interview with the NFL Network. "When you sit down and analyze what his skill set is and what he can still do, he can still throw the football, still accurate with his throws, he’s extremely tough. There was no question in my mind that I wanted Michael to be back on this team.”
Reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer
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Kelly has also praised Nick Foles in the past two months, so a statement like the one he made on Vick does not mean Vick is the starter. In fact, the Eagles could easily draft a quarterback in two weeks who could supplant both Vick and Foles. But as Inquirer staffer Zach Berman suggests, the Eagles did not bring Vick back to be the backup. Vick will need to win the job -- it will not be handed to him -- but he will also have every opportunity to be the starter. It goes back to what Kelly said -- the "skill set." Kelly will try to hone that skill set, but in Kelly's eyes, the tools are there.
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