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I wanted more detail and I bet the attitude has changed since then. We'll see with this poll I guess.J
I have been out of the loop lately. What has happened in the last 3 weeks to change people's attitudes?
You're forgetting like five other teams with potentially shaky (at best) QB situations.
How many of those teams are gonna be in win-now mode due to either a veteran team or job security issues? Oakland (not unless they give up on Russell- unlikely this year)? Carolina (ditto for these guys - Delhomme just signed a big deal) ? Minnesota (If greybeard cant come back...yeah probably)? Buffalo maybe?
Yes, no, no, and absolutely no.Buffalo? What?
1. Tampa Bay2. Detroit3. St. Louis (Bulger may have taken too many rib-breaking, concussion inducing sacks I'm afraid)4. Oakland5. A team to be named later whose QB goes down due to an injury. If I had to make a prediction of a QB that might get injured this year just because he's due, I would say Philadelphia/McNabb*.*For the record, I actually like McNabb. Just wanted to throw that out there since I've been talking about him getting injured for the past 24 hours non-stop.. Those are off the top of my head, though. I'll look into a few more possible destinations and see if I can find some.
All of your points are valid, but you forget what quarterback we're talking about here. Regardless of all of the stuff he got in off-the-field, Michael Vick is special. He's a game breaker. While I suppose Vick wouldn't be the ideal veteran you'd want to come in do anything at all close to mentoring your younger QB's, he has the ability to sign with a team for the short-term and make them a competitor. Why does Detroit still have Culpepper around if they drafted Stafford? Just in case he isn't ready. So in the instance that Culpepper is the one at the helm and Vick becomes available -- I dunno, call me crazy -- I think the Lions will jump ALL over him. They lost ALL of their games last year. They really don't have much else to lose.The same with Tampa Bay. They aren't in AS dire a situation as Detroit necessarily, but they have Byron Leftwich waiting in the wings ready to take over should Josh Freeman not be available to do so. Are you telling me the Tampa Bay front office might not take a gamble and roll the dice considering Leftwich isn't exactly in the prime of his career?Yes, he hasn't played in a while and yes, I'm sure they make effect portions of his skill set. But the dude was in prison. He probably bulked up nice and big and could now bring even more things to the table than he once could.St. Louis is mehh -- up in the air. But if that offensive line is anything like it was the past few seasons, I would love to sign a slippery, nimble southpaw QB on to take over if it looked like the season wasn't really going anywhere.Oakland is just Oakland and Al Davis is senile. He may just sign Vick just for the sole reason to know that he signed Vick. I stopped trying to figure what the Raiders organization does a LONG time ago.And Philly was just a throw-out. I doubt that;s goiing to happen. At least I hope not.
And that would be easily avoidable via a short-term contract. It's not like Vick's going to be in the driver's seat in these negotiations or anything...
Can you expand upon this.And maybe why a guy like Al Davis wouldn't have him on his team.
Detroit won't be good "like that" and Michael Vick won't bring instantaneous playoff chances. I think Schwarz sees the big picture. He's from the BB and Fisher tree, so more often than not I think of them when trying to figure Schwarz out. If they wouldn't sign Vick then I doubt Schwarz would. Just a theory
I think the schedule part of all this is the key. Unless some team already has penciled Vick on to their depth chart and possibly has some kind of inside information about where Goodell is going, I just think Vick's July 20th release date is just at a time when teams are not really ready to disrupt the balance of the preparations already going on for the next season. If Vick is on a roster week 1 (which I assume means signed) then he likely was signed by a team where either disaster struck or he was a trivial participant in camp where a team hopes they can work him into a role later in the season. And if this is the case I don't see why Vick's agent wouldn't have him waiting until at least week 1 is over, even if the deal is in place. So absent a team suffering the loses at QB in training camp that turns their attention to Vick, I think nothing happens publicly until after the week 1 hoopla is all over. And I wouldn't be surprised if Goodell made sure this was the case.
