Note: Go to the bottom of the table for a more complete explanation of how Aaron's QB rating system works.

For the last couple weeks, America's No. 1 movie at the box office was an animated superhero tale called "The Incredibles." If you haven't seen it, you should, because not only is it very funny, it also has an important lesson for Michael Vick.

Between the visual jokes and comic-book references, the moral of the story says people should be allowed to be themselves and utilize their inherent talents. Somebody must have got an early copy of the movie to the Atlanta Falcons coaching staff because over the past few weeks they have allowed Michael Vick to finally use his superhero power of "best running quarterback who ever lived" and he's playing a lot better because of it.

The dividing line seems to be the Week 7 debacle against Kansas City. Prior to that game, Vick had more than seven rushes only once: Week 2 against St. Louis, when he ran 10 times for 112 yards and the Falcons obliterated the Rams. After that game Vick went through weeks of struggle, and forests were decimated with people talking about how he didn't understand Atlanta's new "West Coast Offense."

Well, if you Atlanta has been playing the same scheme the past couple of weeks as it did the first few weeks, you probably also think that "The Rebel Billionaire" is a monument to original television programming. The last three weeks Vick has run 12 times for 115 yards, eight times for 74 yards, and 13 times for 106 yards. And what do you know, Atlanta has won three straight, even though the defense isn't playing quite as well as it was at the beginning of the season.

More importantly, though, Vick plays his best PASSING games when he runs more The three games with at least 10 rushes -- wins over St. Louis, Denver, and the Giants -- score as three of Vick's top four games according to my ratings. When they let Vick be Vick instead of trying to restrain him with a system designed for a different quarterback, he runs better and he passes better. That makes a better quarterback overall and that means more wins. Yes, he's going to get injured. Yes, he needs to learn to throw the ball away a bit more often, or slide, or get out of bounds without taking a hit. But like a great jazz saxophonist, Vick is better when improvising than playing from the sheet music.

(Note: official NFL numbers differ from my numbers because they include quarterback kneel downs and aborted snaps as rushes.)