editionTier

COMMON

Player Name

Michael Vick

playerFirstName

Michael

playerLastName

Vick

playerPosition

QB

playType

Rush

seriesName

Historical (2025 Release)

setName

Gridiron

teamName

Atlanta Falcons

awayTeamName

Atlanta Falcons

awayTeamScore

27

description

Every temperature-related metaphor worked in favor of those in green-and-yellow, as they entered Jan. 4, 2003’s Wild Card Weekend described as both the NFL’s “hottest team,” and one boasting a 35-0 home record in sub-34-degree games. Finding his blazing speed to be perfectly appropriate for the setting, Michael Vick deployed his superpower with the Atlanta Falcons ahead 21-0, breathtakingly stiff-arming one 250-pound defender before switching lanes, speeding into a 11-yard run for the ages. Leaving Lambeau Field — where NFL postseason defeats hadn’t yet been experienced — in a stunned silence, the 22-year-old Vick parlayed his often-replayed carry into a 27-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers, even as six-and-a-half-point underdogs. More brilliant than the box score suggested, Vick finished with 117 yards (on 13-of-25 passing) and one score, complemented by 10 carries for 64 yards.

editionID

4179

gameDate

01/04/2003