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The Eagles will help ring in the New Year on Sunday against the Redskins, but quarterback Michael Vick will have to wait nine months before he can welcome a new football season. Like all Eagles fans, Vick is disappointed that this season is going to end with Sunday's game.

"I was just out on the field just saying to myself it wasn’t supposed to end like this," Vick said. "But I think God has a defined plan for everything that goes on in everybody’s lives and all of the guys in this locker room and it all remains to be seen. So we just have to keep the faith and keep believing and just pray that better days are ahead and I think they are."

Vick is focused on delivering a fourth straight win to help the team finish the season with a .500 mark. However, he has also started to plan out what will be his first full offseason as the Eagles starting quarterback. Vick entered 2010 as the backup before winning the starting job. The lockout last offseason kept the players on ice until training camp.

“I just hope I don’t overload myself. I’m so motivated. Mike Kafka and myself already talked about our plans and what we’re going to do with the guys here in the locker room and how intense you wanted to be, how much rep you wanted to put in, how much we know we missed out on this year and how we can compensate for that this year," Vick said. "You know, just know it’s going to be a totally different arrangement for a lot of us and we’re just ready to, like I said, take a step back for a minute and then we have a full offseason to work on a lot of things."

While Vick didn't divulge the details on what he wants to improve, he did say that he hopes to have wide receiver DeSean Jackson to workout with. Jackson is set to become one of 12 Eagles free agents following the season. Vick said that he's hopeful "everything will work itself out."

"We all love DeSean. Coach (Andy) Reid loves DeSean. Everybody loves DeSean. He’s our guy. That’s our little brother, he’s my little brother. And we depend on him and rely on him just as much as he depends on us and relies on us," Vick said. "So it all remains to be seen and we just have to take a step back, exhale and assess our situation."

First things first, the Eagles look to continue building momentum towards 2012 with a win Sunday over the Redskins.

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