Michael Vick? TT Is One of 8 Teams To Not Say No! Sign Vick?

[ThunderDan]

How about he has one season with a QB rating about 80? How about his last 3 years in the league he has average approximately 2,400 yards passing? Even if he rushes for 800 yards the Packers offense looses 1,000 yards from the QB spot if he plays. Is he worth the roster spot if he is on the field for only 5 snaps a game?

Those are my football thoughts on Michael Vick.

[pbmax]

All the reports are ignoring the what Thompson said prior to the quote: "What do we always say about questions like this...." He was dismissing it. Or it was the best soft pedal acting job I have ever seen.

[CaptainKickass]

One again, I say "Fuck Mike Vick".

I wouldn't even want to have him working in my office much less play on my favorite NFL team.

TT will sign Mike Vick to the Green & Gold. Right after he cuts Aaron Rodgers and Charles Woodson to make room.


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[Merlin]

There was a time in the history of this franchise where we didn't tolerate, seek, nor hint at the option to sign a player with questionable character, especially those that had been convicted of a crime. Thompson should have said that Michael Vick's questionable past does not make him a likely fit for the Green Bay Packers. Even entertaining the idea for a microsecond is ridiculous because Vick never was a good NFL QB, especially one that would fit into the west coast offense. Unless Thompson's next move is the run and shoot....

[Patler]

There was a time in the history of this franchise where we didn't tolerate, seek, nor hint at the option to sign a player with questionable character, especially those that had been convicted of a crime.

Do you really believe that?
I will agree that the Packers haven't had as many of those types of players as some teams have had, but they haven't completely avoided them for any appreciable period that I can recall, and that goes back a ways!

[hoosier]

There was a time in the history of this franchise where we didn't tolerate, seek, nor hint at the option to sign a player with questionable character, especially those that had been convicted of a crime. Thompson should have said that Michael Vick's questionable past does not make him a likely fit for the Green Bay Packers. Even entertaining the idea for a microsecond is ridiculous because Vick never was a good NFL QB, especially one that would fit into the west coast offense. Unless Thompson's next move is the run and shoot....

Oh for the good old days of Ahman Green, Mark Chmura, Ty Williams, Mossy Cade, James Lofton, Paul Hornung....

[mission]

I see all the republicans have chimed in ...

Anyway, here's what I think:

1 - We have a firmly established starting QB. There will be no discussion or hints of QB controversy. At all.

2. We have no experience at backup QB.

3. It's northern Wisconsin. The stands are filled with hunters. If anyone is not *really* going to have a huge problem with dog fighting, it's them (you guys, whoever). It's probably the only place in the NFL that doesn't already have a relatively strong PETA contingency.

4. The media distraction thing is way overrated in Green Bay. It won't be a huge problem. What are they going to be asking him all year? "Do you think you should be starting?" I mean... there are like four reporters in Green Bay.

5. Where Oakland might be the place bad guys go to get worse, GB is the place bad guys can come and clean up their act. There's no night life, no goon squad hanging out year 'round, etc ...

6. Much of Vick's reputation was built on him being in Atlanta, black Hollywood. That guy was literally idolized here beyond anything Brett Favre ever experienced.

7. He's humbled and especially will be after all these teams have took passes.

8. I love the idea of him out of the back field, as a slot guy and a special teamer. If you guys think Rodgers is going to lose 1000 yards passing because of Vick on the team you're out of your mind.

Completely.

[hoosier]

3. It's northern Wisconsin. The stands are filled with hunters. If anyone is not *really* going to have a huge problem with dog fighting, it's them (you guys, whoever). It's probably the only place in the NFL that doesn't already have a relatively strong PETA contingency.

You're saying there are places in this country where the mere mention of PETA doesn't cause the average football fan to start frothing at the mouth???

EDIT: Nevermind, I thought you were using "northern Wisconsin" and football fans interchangably. An understandable mistake on my part, but clearly not what you meant.

[pbmax]

3. It's northern Wisconsin. The stands are filled with hunters. If anyone is not *really* going to have a huge problem with dog fighting, it's them (you guys, whoever). It's probably the only place in the NFL that doesn't already have a relatively strong PETA contingency.

You're saying there are places in this country where the mere mention of PETA doesn't cause the average football fan to start frothing at the mouth???

EDIT: Nevermind, I thought you were using "northern Wisconsin" and football fans interchangably. An understandable mistake on my part, but clearly not what you meant.

Well, I am not a hunter, but the hunters I know are pretty attached to their dogs. Not in the lap dog Paris Hilton/future Cesar Milan client enabling way, but close none the less. So I am not sure they are down with dog fighting, but...

I am sure there is no love lost for PETA.

[BallHawk]

While the two aren't on a completely comparable level, Koren Robinson was brought in after a heavy suspension and much question about his character. He ended up being an asset to the team, both on the field and in the locker room.

Of course, dog fighting and drunken driving aren't exactly tic for tac, but it does prove that Ted will take a chance on a guy who's been in trouble with the law. Not always. Not usually. But sometimes.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Pros & Cons (character debate aside)

Cons: You'd have to be ready to give up on the prospects Brohm and Flynn and cut one of them or carry a 4th QB on the roster

Pros:
Have a backup with experience who could give you a chance to win a game. Neither of the current backups do that.
I haven't forgotten the painful experience of Vick knowing how to win a playoff game in Lambeau either. (Something the Dearly Departed struggled to do in latter years)

[hoosier]

Pros & Cons (character debate aside)

Cons: You'd have to be ready to give up on the prospects Brohm and Flynn and cut one of them or carry a 4th QB on the roster

Pros:
Have a backup with experience who could give you a chance to win a game. Neither of the current backups do that.
I haven't forgotten the painful experience of Vick knowing how to win a playoff game in Lambeau either. (Something the Dearly Departed struggled to do in latter years)

I think at this point a team could reasonably make a one-year minimum offer to Vick that had no QB strings attached. No plans to use him as anything but a "slash" type player or in "wildcat" formations. At most that puts him on the field for half a dozen plays per game, and nobody sees him as a threat to start moving up the QB ladder. No need to cut Flynn or Brohm, just limit roster to one fullback or two tight ends. If Humphries doesn't show something more than a glimmer of promise in preseason that might be an attractive option.

[mission]

@Hoosier - ya, I had no idea what you were talking about (im sure yall say that about my posts from time to time).

I'm a pit bull owner (multiple in the past). I have one of the most laid-back, lapdog lovers that anyone has ever met. Dog haters (people scared of big dogs) come over and fall in love, I've trained her from day 1 to be soft and obedient. I bought the SI issue with the pit bull on the cover and read it happy to find many of those dogs found homes.

I hated Vick for awhile, I was NEVER a fan of him in Atlanta. He was exciting to watch but nothing else for me ...

I just think if he can fit ANYWHERE in the NFL, it's Green Bay. There aren't a lot of places that will allow him to rehabilitate his career.

"High Fivin", Dahla... (roll the 'L')

[bobblehead]

I see all the republicans have chimed in ...

Why mission, whatever do you mean?? That wouldn't be cheap shot regarding....oh nevermind. If you want to actually debate politics rather than take cheap shots with no founding in reality then come over to FYI and get your but kicked logically like all the other democrats.

Kinda funny that you posted that immediately following a post by hoosier....most likely the purest liberal in the forum.

[Lurker64]

If called into duty to drive the ball down the field to win the game, I trust Vick more than any of our current backup QBs. In terms of "getting involved in the offense in other ways", I also trust Vick a lot more than our current backup QBs.

The question would be, how much would the "Michael Vick circus" derail the rest of the team? Assuming that you could get Mike Vick in Green Bay and nobody noticed, I'd be okay with it. But do we really need to be a spectacle?

I'm more pro than con, but it's close.