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Michael Vick: Cam Newton can’t beat me in 40-yard dash

Michael Vick is making headlines right now as he looks for work. He recently tweeted he was joining the Golden State Warriors (clearly a joke), and now he’s talking about how much faster he is than Cam Newton.

“Cam couldn’t beat you in the 40?” a reporter asked, via Jonathan Jones of the Charlotte Observer.

“No, Cam can’t beat me in the 40,” Vick smiled. “But his speed is decent. Decent speed. Good enough. Fast enough, I will say that.”

As you may or may not be aware, Vick is known to be one of the fastest quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL — if not the fastest. He ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash at his pro day while Newton was clocked at 4.59 seconds at the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine.

That said, as fast as Vick was in his heyday, it remains to be seen if he still has those wheels nice and greased or if they are a bit creaky these days. Perhaps the race wouldn’t be as one-sided as the grizzled veteran free agent envisions.

There’s only one way to decide this matter, and we hope it happens: Vick must race Newton, and he must do it on a national platform for all to see. So say we all.

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