Michael Vick keeps taking a beating, and he's not happy about it.
The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback suffered a broken right hand during Sunday's 29-16 loss to the New York Giants and afterward vented about what he believes is unfair treatment by game officials.
"That's pretty much been the story for the last three weeks," a clearly perturbed Vick said, his hand heavily wrapped. "At some point, something catastrophic is going to happen, and I broke my hand."
Vick was injured during the third quarter when he was hit by a Giants defender following a completed pass to Jeremy Maclin . Vick said he doesn't know if he'll be able to play next week against the San Francisco 49ers .
The Pro Bowl pick doesn't believe he receives the same treatment as other quarterbacks in the league.
"I think more precautions should be taken when I'm inside the pocket," Vick said. "You look at all the replays, I'm on the ground every time. It's unfortunate for myself, it's unfortunate for my team, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't frustrated right now because of that."
Vick said he's doing all he can to stay on the field and wondered if there's something else he needs to be doing to achieve that goal.
"I am conscious of my safety, and I want to play this game and protect myself at all times even though sometimes I can't," he said. "I trust in my offensive lineman ... I guess I got to do more. There's something I'm not doing right maybe. I just got to keep pressing."
Vick said he wasn't complaining about not getting calls Sunday, but rather commenting on a season-long trend with which he believes he has been unfairly forced to deal.
"I don't know why I don't get the 15-yard flags like everybody else do," he said. "Hey, I'm not going to complain about it, I'm just going to make everyone aware of it."
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