Vick conditionally reinstated by NFL (updated)

I don't think anyone is going to pick him up. I just don't see it. This time of year rosters are set. Outside of Oakland I don't see anyone who wants to put up with the drama. He's going to have to go to the new league and try and knock off the rust, then try something next year.

Someone will sign him before the trade deadline...just a hunch.

With camp injuries you never know who might roll the dice.

I'd be surprised if there isn't a handful of teams that have him on their radar.

I don't think Vick will actually be suspended for the 4 games. I think if he keeps his nose clean during camp he will be good to go.

Yeah wasn't there kind of a similar situation with Pac Man, where he had a conditional ban but once the season started it was lifted?

The Rams deny it, but I think they may make a run at him. But I think the team most likely to will be the Jaguars. What he probably should do is spend a year in the UFL, recharge his batteries as a football player and then try to make the NFL again in 2010.

Really? I don't get the 4 game suspension at all. Vick already lost his credibility and reputation, his fortune, and two years of freedom. He's missed 32 regular season games over that span as well. He committed some horrible crimes, and suffered some horrible consequences.

I think the 4 game suspension is stupid. What metric did Goodell use to determine 4 games was appropriate? Did he look at everything that's happened to Vick since his conviction and say, yeah, that's about right, but I think we should throw on 4 more weeks just because. Obviously, his jail sentence aside, a 4 week suspension is waaay too light for Vick's crimes. But he's been put through the wringer over the past 2 years. Why a 4 game suspension at this point? Makes no sense to me.

Maybe the 4 weeks was for Vick lying to him when this all went down. I don't blame Vick for lying because at that time he had not been charged with any crime.

I agree...if he has been actively suspended indefinitely by the commisioner during his imprisonment his discipline started at that point...time served.

Also, this Vick hoopla will last until the game he's allowed back in and then doesn't get time due to inefficiency. It's foolish to think he'll be the same player he was pre-incarceration.

Let the guy play...he'll suck anyway, it won't matter.


I agree, its not like he was a great QB before. he is a great runner but as a passer .... i dont think so. We need a QB who elevates the play of our wrs and leds this team. look at the Falcons WR Roddy White,this guy was approaching bust status until he got a real QB to get him the ball. now look at him.

If I had to go out on a limb to choose a team, I wouldn't bet against the Steelers scooping him up.

Honestly I think he got screwed by PETA. Sure, what he did was horrible and he is a inhumane person for doing it. I am not defending a scum like him.

BUT let's face it, we signed AH for $100 million dollars who ran someone over (and almost paralyzed him) and stomped on someone's *face*. We signed Jeremy Bridges who was arrested for assault and battery last year. Plax shot himself (<grin>), Matt Jones did cocaine, and others have done a lot of other crimes (I think there were 58 nfl player arrests in 2008)..

Sure what Vick did was bad, but why is everyone else let go with a slap on the wrist?

Because as you have seen in other threads on this board.....half of the people/society have a softer spot for animals then they do humans and their reasoning is ....animals just can't walk away from abuse.

We could use his explosiveness. Any team can use his explosiveness. The boy is good. You dont have to have an o-line full of first round picks for him to successd. You don't have be like the Colts and spend everything on offense and hope the coach can make a defense out of two players. I like old fashioned football defense and run the ball. He is perfect for that.

We could use his explosiveness. Any team can use his explosiveness. The boy is good. You dont have to have an o-line full of first round picks for him to successd. You don't have be like the Colts and spend everything on offense and hope the coach can make a defense out of two players. I like old fashioned football defense and run the ball. He is perfect for that.

The boy was good. It's likely he's lost most of his athletic edge that kept him as one of the best NFL caliber athletes.

This is like people thinking Mike Tyson was going to punish people when he got out of prison. He was served meatball opponents until he faced real competition in Holyfield. He never had the prowess he used have after his stagnant stay in prison.


This Vick thing is only a storyline, he won't be making a difference on the field come September.