"MICHAEL VICK COMPILED four 100-plus passer ratings in his first six games this season, culminating in that awe-inspiring Monday-night game at Washington, in which Vick tossed a 150.7 at the Redskins, with four TDs.

Since then, things have been different. Teams are blitzing from everywhere, stunting, flying in late, after the blocking decisions have been made, as Antoine Winfield did so effectively Tuesday. Vick's passer rating has reached triple digits exactly once since Washington, and that was against the no-defense Texans. All six of Vick's 2010 interceptions have come in the last five games. He was extremely lucky to throw just one pick against the Vikings; at least two other balls were thrown straight into the hands of defenders.

It seemed Vick was making better decisions under pressure earlier in the year, before he had taken so many big hits. But it also seemed, for a while there, that the offensive line, the tight ends and the backs were sorting things out, picking up the blitzes, not making Vick play under constant siege. Lately, that progress has vanished. Blitz pickup was a rumor against the Vikings, who sacked Vick a season-high six times; right tackle Winston Justice said afterward that the Vikings hadn't blitzed much on tape, so the Eagles weren't prepared, didn't make the right line calls.

Memo to the o-line: Every team you play from now through the Super Bowl, should you be so fortunate, is going to blitz every able body it has. Doesn't matter what they've shown on tape. What matters is what you've shown on tape, which is that you can't handle it. And what your quarterback has shown on tape, which is that he is the most dangerous, multifaceted weapon in the NFL. The season is in your hands."