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Michael Vick wants to be a starter, like almost any player, but the quarterback said yesterday he would welcome staying with the Eagles even if he were still a backup. Still, he wants to start. “Everybody wants to be a starter in this league and everybody wants to play,” Vick said at the NovaCare Center, a day after the Dallas Cowboys smoked the Eagles, 34-14. “That should be your goal. The ambition you should have is to want to be great. . . . I know I can still play at a high level.” It appears unlikely, however, that the Eagles would pick up a $5 million option on Vick just for him to be a backup to Donovan McNabb or Kevin Kolb. The 29-year-old Vick feels he has done enough, on the …

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Vick wants to start but happy as backup

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