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Packers' challenge rubbing Vick the wrong way.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Byline: Cliff Christl
GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Michael Vick isn't Superman, but he might be the closest thing to it in the National Football League.
He isn't necessarily the best player or even the best quarterback in the game, but there probably isn't another player, on offense or defense, who draws more special attention when opposing teams devise their game plans.
Part of it is that he's an anomaly. Part of it is that he's capable of making a play at any point, from anywhere on the field, to swing the outcome of a game. Part of it is that he's his team's offense, by and large.
Keep Vick from beating you and you can probably beat the Atlanta Falcons.
That's the challenge facing the Green Bay Packers this week as they prepare to play the Falcons in a first-round playoff game. But it'll be no easy task.
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