Finding the best home for Michael Vick
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ArmyCowboy;2857464 said:Cleveland
Mike Vick, in the Dawg Pound.
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NE would never happen the local media and animal rights guys up here would go apesh** over it.
Personally I don't think he should be allowed to play period but applies to all ex cons not just a dog slaughterer. I'd be happy as hell if the teams actually got a clue and shut the ****** bag out completely
The only places I see him going are extremely desperate teams looking for any kind of spark. Though I highly doubt he'll be even a back up qb anyways he was extremely overhyped.
Personally I don't think he should be allowed to play period but applies to all ex cons not just a dog slaughterer. I'd be happy as hell if the teams actually got a clue and shut the ****** bag out completely
The only places I see him going are extremely desperate teams looking for any kind of spark. Though I highly doubt he'll be even a back up qb anyways he was extremely overhyped.
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bootyhunta;2857502 said:
Naw, that city is too "sensitive" to social issues to allow this guy in.
I would say that a more rural setting like Cincy, Atlanta or New Orleans would be more, ahem, accommodating.
Is that profiling or what?
But, seriously, I want to see how fans, fans who love their dogs like family members, will react to THEIR TEAM hiring this actual assassin of dogs. And the killings were done in a cruel manner, that is a BIG mitigating circumstance.
I am curious to see what team will sleep with this assassin.
Curious to see what and the extend of protests can be launched by animal rights groups, CORPORATE AMERICA and most important, THE FANS against that sad-sack team that is so desperate as to hire a rusted and soulless player who has not played in two years.
You, fans of the boys of Autumn, need to let any sponsor of a team or broadcast know that their support of an event that features a dog torturer/killer, is not appreciated.
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He should go where ever Q-Car goes. Thats right, Q-Car should be back in Jail any day now. :laugh2:
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My pick for Vick would be Jacksonville. They need to upgrade at QB, they need to sell seats however possible. That said, I'm not sure any team will want Vick now- PR nightmare.
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ABQCOWBOY;2857492 said:
+1^ I said this on another forum today. Strange how we think alike.
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If any NFL teams are interested in Michael Vick, they're not saying.
One day after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback was conditionally reinstated to the league, only the Baltimore Ravens would directly acknowledge evaluating him.
. "We've had long discussions about Michael Vick, and we have a feeling about how he would impact our team and not impact our team," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday.
Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome declined comment. Previously, he has said the team has enough quarterbacks.
Other teams either refused comment or insisted they wouldn't pick up Vick, who served 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring and was released from home confinement on July 20.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that Vick can immediately take part in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games -- if he can find a team.
Once the season begins, Vick may participate in all team activities except games, and Goodell said he would consider the quarterback for full reinstatement by Week 6 (Oct. 18-19) at the latest.
Two teams that might have seemed like a logical destination -- the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals -- said they wouldn't pursue Vick.
Bengals owner Mike Brown refers to himself as "a redeemer" and is known for giving troubled players a second chance, or more. But Cincinnati has a full complement of quarterbacks, and starter Carson Palmer has fully recovered from an elbow injury that sidelined him for 12 games last season.
"When you have a situation like ours, he's a very difficult fit," Brown said of Vick. "Quarterbacks are like queen bees -- you can only have one of them before they start stepping on each other. And we have ours. Carson's the guy. That's why it just doesn't fit for here in a football sense."
The Dolphins rejuvenated their offense last season by mixing in the Wildcat, a variation of the single wing. The package featured direct long snaps to running back Ronnie Brown, who usually ran with the ball.
The Wildcat would take advantage of Vick's running ability, but the Dolphins drafted another running quarterback -- West Virginia's Pat White -- in April. They also have 2008 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Chad Pennington returning and promising Chad Henne as the No. 2 quarterback.
"We don't have an interest," Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland said of Vick in a statement. "We like the players we have on our current roster."
Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said "we're not bringing him in right now," but acknowledged that the team is always weighing its options. The Broncos have uncertainty at quarterback after trading the disgruntled Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears. Kyle Orton is penciled in as the Broncos' starter.
We're always going to try to do what's best for the organization -- that could mean it's a player or a situation that we're going to evaluate," McDaniels said. "We're always going to try to make sure that we leave no stone unturned. If it means adding a player, we have looked at every player that we feel out there could help us at this time."
One organization that wants Vick is the upstart UFL. The four-team league plans to kick off a six-game season in October.
"I still think we are the best option for him," UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue said.
Huyghue suggested Vick could prove to NFL teams that he's ready to return -- on and off the field -- during the UFL season.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards figured Vick's conditional status would leave general managers in a bind.
"It's got to be hard to sign him, because where are you going to put him?" Edwards said. "You don't know if he'll be able to play Week 1, and you want him to be your starting quarterback or at least compete for a starting job, (but) you can't essentially do that as a general manager."
One day after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback was conditionally reinstated to the league, only the Baltimore Ravens would directly acknowledge evaluating him.
. "We've had long discussions about Michael Vick, and we have a feeling about how he would impact our team and not impact our team," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday.
Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome declined comment. Previously, he has said the team has enough quarterbacks.
Other teams either refused comment or insisted they wouldn't pick up Vick, who served 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring and was released from home confinement on July 20.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that Vick can immediately take part in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games -- if he can find a team.
Once the season begins, Vick may participate in all team activities except games, and Goodell said he would consider the quarterback for full reinstatement by Week 6 (Oct. 18-19) at the latest.
Two teams that might have seemed like a logical destination -- the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals -- said they wouldn't pursue Vick.
Bengals owner Mike Brown refers to himself as "a redeemer" and is known for giving troubled players a second chance, or more. But Cincinnati has a full complement of quarterbacks, and starter Carson Palmer has fully recovered from an elbow injury that sidelined him for 12 games last season.
"When you have a situation like ours, he's a very difficult fit," Brown said of Vick. "Quarterbacks are like queen bees -- you can only have one of them before they start stepping on each other. And we have ours. Carson's the guy. That's why it just doesn't fit for here in a football sense."
The Dolphins rejuvenated their offense last season by mixing in the Wildcat, a variation of the single wing. The package featured direct long snaps to running back Ronnie Brown, who usually ran with the ball.
The Wildcat would take advantage of Vick's running ability, but the Dolphins drafted another running quarterback -- West Virginia's Pat White -- in April. They also have 2008 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Chad Pennington returning and promising Chad Henne as the No. 2 quarterback.
"We don't have an interest," Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland said of Vick in a statement. "We like the players we have on our current roster."
Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said "we're not bringing him in right now," but acknowledged that the team is always weighing its options. The Broncos have uncertainty at quarterback after trading the disgruntled Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears. Kyle Orton is penciled in as the Broncos' starter.
We're always going to try to do what's best for the organization -- that could mean it's a player or a situation that we're going to evaluate," McDaniels said. "We're always going to try to make sure that we leave no stone unturned. If it means adding a player, we have looked at every player that we feel out there could help us at this time."
One organization that wants Vick is the upstart UFL. The four-team league plans to kick off a six-game season in October.
"I still think we are the best option for him," UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue said.
Huyghue suggested Vick could prove to NFL teams that he's ready to return -- on and off the field -- during the UFL season.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards figured Vick's conditional status would leave general managers in a bind.
"It's got to be hard to sign him, because where are you going to put him?" Edwards said. "You don't know if he'll be able to play Week 1, and you want him to be your starting quarterback or at least compete for a starting job, (but) you can't essentially do that as a general manager."
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I was listening to a local radio station up here in Green Bay last week and you just wouldn't believe the support and endorsement the packers were getting to go ahead and sign him.
They were all so calm, listing and acting like there was every reason in the world to go right ahead and sign him.
Quite scary, actually. I never thought the initial fan-based opinion I'd hear up here would be so positive. Let alone from a team full of such "self-riotousness" types like the Packers have.
They were all so calm, listing and acting like there was every reason in the world to go right ahead and sign him.
Quite scary, actually. I never thought the initial fan-based opinion I'd hear up here would be so positive. Let alone from a team full of such "self-riotousness" types like the Packers have.