"No way he was going to sit on the bench and watch, Michael Vick vowed.

After missing the end of the Atlanta loss with a concussion? After missing the end of the Giants loss with a bruised hand?

Nothing was going to keep Vick from playing the entire game the following week against the 49ers.

"I'm not coming out of the game this week, regardless," Vick said the Wednesday of 49ers week. "They're going to have to cart me off the field."

Maybe they should have carted him off the field Sunday."