VICK DA GREAT

[woodbuck27]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2009-07-30-michael-vick-list_N.htm

Check out the above link. Then ask yourself is there a common thread between the most positive statements regarding Michael Vick potentially on certain teams and those same teams leading the parade as the most likely candidates to win this seasons Super Bowl?

Just my observation. Talented teams spot obvious talent and are always genuinely looking to upgrade. I'm writing of New England and Pittsburgh in regard to which teams I see as front runners to go for Vick.

Green Bay Packers: General manager Ted Thompson refused to rule out signing Vick, but did not say the team was making an active play for him. "We're always looking to improve our team and we look at all options at all times," Thompson said. "I wouldn't care to speculate in terms of the odds or anything like that." (Aug. 4)

Is TT learning from the likes of Bill Bilichick? Not necessarily a bad thing as I see it as long as he doesn't proscribe to spywatch.


GO PACKERS!

[Harlan Huckleby]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQIYa1AmNs

Tony Dungy's interview about Vick was interesting. Sounds like the NFL is pulling all the PR levers to bring Vick back.

[bobblehead]

Just thinking out loud here. Randall Cunningham was an excellent punter when he did it....Maybe Vick can punt (he is a phenomenal athlete). Danny White the second?? Punter and backup QB who is always a threat to take off with the ball or throw it. That would have to help our coverage unit.

Anyway, no way we sign the circus even if he booms 60 yarders with 5.0 hang time.

[KYPack]

Just thinking out loud here. Randall Cunningham was an excellent punter when he did it....Maybe Vick can punt (he is a phenomenal athlete). Danny White the second?? Punter and backup QB who is always a threat to take off with the ball or throw it. That would have to help our coverage unit.

Anyway, no way we sign the circus even if he booms 60 yarders with 5.0 hang time.

Lot's of Qb's used to punt. One of the greatest punters of all time was Sammy Baugh for instance. Now with starting QB's having 10% (or more) of the clubs payroll, no HC wants to risk having a QB hit with his leg up.

A punter who can throw is a helluva a weapon for fakes. I don't know of any teams who even have their 3rd QB punt.

[KYPack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQIYa1AmNs

Tony Dungy's interview about Vick was interesting. Sounds like the NFL is pulling all the PR levers to bring Vick back.

Yer right there, HH.

Goddell is putting in overtime to grease the PR wheel for Vick.

[Chevelle2]

Firstly, by all accounts Brohm and Flynn shit the bed in practice today, FYI.

Secondly, Vick is gonna be on 60 min Sunday night! MUST SEE MV!

[Chevelle2]

Michael Vick spoke with CBS' James Brown today in an interview that will air on 60 Minutes this Sunday.

Vick has been largely silent since leaving federal custody last month after completing his sentence for a federal dogfighting conviction.

The NFL conditionally reinstated Vick late last month, but no team has signed him. Former Colts coach Tony Dungy said on NBC Sunday that several teams have contacted him about Vick and that he thinks Vick could sign on with a team this week.

Late last month, Vick's agent, Joel Segal, told the NFL Network that the quarterback would be making an apology for his crime in a public forum "very soon."

[Scott Campbell]

We are 1 Aaron Rodgers injury away from a wasted season.

Nah. We've got great depth. Experience is over-rated. Let the young guys play. I think you'll be surprised. They can win a few.

Maybe it's just me, but that statement seems to lack your usual amount of conviction.

[pbmax]

Florio's got someone who told him there are five teams in the chase. He also mentions that he has heard that some of the teams (yes, more than one) chasing after Vick have publicly said No.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/10/five-teams-chasing-vick/

[retailguy]

We are 1 Aaron Rodgers injury away from a wasted season.

Nah. We've got great depth. Experience is over-rated. Let the young guys play. I think you'll be surprised. They can win a few.

Maybe it's just me, but that statement seems to lack your usual amount of conviction.

Me? Truthfully, I'm not confident at all, but I do believe that you gotta let the young guys play. Vick, or anyone else out there, for that matter won't save the season.

You make the commitment to youth, you've got to stick with it, you know?

[Tarlam!]

You make the commitment to youth, you've got to stick with it, you know?

Normally, you'd be spot on with this assessment. But what's normal in the NFL? Normal seems to be evaluating and reavaluating on a daily basis. The commitment of 24 hours ago might not be the commitment of today.

The fact that TT doesn't work for an owner like Al Davis or, the other extreme, the Rooneys, means (or so it seems) his "normaliy" isn't easily benchmarked.

That's what makes TT's decisions (or lack of them) so interesting. And back to your point, why will TT decide to remain committed to his youth at the most important position in the offense if it is a glaring deficit? Not saying it is one, just discussing your otherwise very valid observation.

[Patler]

Firstly, by all accounts Brohm and Flynn shit the bed in practice today, FYI.

?????? They did? They all seemed about equal to me.

final passing stats in all team drills: Rodgers 11-for-20, INT; Flynn 6-for-11; Brohm 3-for-5, INT.

From the blog descriptions, it seems like the back-ups in the O-line struggled a bit, giving up some sacks; and all three QBs seemed to have mis-fired a couple times on completions that should have been made.

[Chevelle2]

^Brohm finished the last drive with a sack, an incompletion a throw away and an incompletion on a checkdown.


FWIW

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/12/vick-sighting-in-chicago/

Chicago is pretty close to WI....

[Chevelle2]

ESPN's Adam Schefter said Wednesday that Tony Dungy is right about Michael Vick having a new team in the next five days.
According to Schefter, the "signing is coming down" but nobody knows where. Schefter's own Vick list contains the Patriots, Steelers, Ravens, Packers and Panthers -- all rock-solid organizations. We don't see it happening in New England.

[Chevelle2]

A few things

1) Vick is in CHI for charity

2) Colldege's facebook:

Daryn Colledge wants to know how the fans would feel if Mike Vick was signed to GB. Just wondering.

3) Finleys twitter

Where is Michael Vick going to land!?!?!34 minutes ago from mobile web