The Atlanta Falcons are 7-8 and could be eliminated from postseason contention before Sunday's kickoff against the Eagles. If they don't make the playoffs, it will be for the second straight season. Their last playoff game was the last time the Falcons visited Philadelphia, the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 23, 2005.

Surely, they will be looking for the reasons why they haven't been able to get back to the playoffs. One person who has absolved himself from the blame is quarterback Michael Vick.

"I rushed for (over) 1,000 yards this year," said Vick in a conference call with Philadelphia reporters on Wednesday. "I threw a career-high 19 touchdowns, still one game to go. I've accomplished a lot of things. I think I've played consistently week in and week out. I can't say what more I could've done. What I can say is that I feel good about what I've accomplished this season."

Vick said he doesn't know what else he can do to help the team

Yes, Vick has thrown for 2,393 yards and became the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season. It is true that he has thrown a career-high 19 touchdown passes this season. So, why aren't the Falcons having more success, especially on offense? In what many would have considered a must-win game against the Carolina Panthers last week, the Falcons only mustered three points. Vick only threw for 109 yards and two interceptions.

But if you ask him, Vick simply doesn't know where things have gone wrong this season. To him, his stats have been "gravy."

"I don't know. I can't really say," said Vick. "That's for you guys to go watch the film and see what really went wrong. Stat-wise, everything looks good. It looks gravy. I think we had a good year, but at the same time something didn't go right. That's the question that needs to be answered.

"Anytime you have over 3,000 yards of total offense in a season as a player, I think you should be in the winning bracket in the wins and loss column. You should have way more wins than you have losses."

But they don't. Is offensive coordinator Greg Knapp putting Vick and the Falcons in a good position to win games?

"I don't know," said Vick. "I think so. I hope so. I can't say. I really can't say."

Is it the wide receivers? The Falcons have three former first-round picks at wide receiver (Michael Jenkins, Ashley Lelie and Roddy White) and none of them have more than 37 receptions or 420 yards this season.

"We've had a lot of dropped balls this year, but as a player I have to move on," said Vick. "I'm going to take the heat. I'm going to take the criticism for the losses."

At least Vick doesn't complain to the media.

"I never went to the press and said this is what's going on," said Vick. "I just take all the heat."

Yet, the former No. 1 overall draft pick believes that he's criticized differently than other quarterbacks.

"I'm looked at in a totally different echelon than everybody else," said Vick. "Even though we all great. I don't see commentators and reporters saying certain things about quarterbacks that they say about me when they're making mistakes. It's like I'm the worst person in the world when I throw an interception. Other guys go out and throw four or five interceptions in a game, and it's all good. Nobody talks about it. I throw one and I'm not doing my job. It's tough, but I don't even care. "

Vick admitted the toughest part of this season, and he's had a few including the time he improperly gestured to Falcons fans following a 31-13 blowout loss to the Saints on Nov. 26, was when his head coach's father, Jim Mora Sr., a former NFL head coach, called him a "coach killer" and said that "he's not a passer."

"I was just trying to figure out why would he say that and where did it come from," said Vick. "I never figured it out. I never knew why. I always went out and played each game 100 percent."

How can Mora say Vick's not a passer? The stats speak for themselves.

"I've got 19 touchdown passes," said Vick. "What more can you say? It shouldn't even be a question. It's not even a question anymore. A career-high.."

Exactly.