Speculation and Vick

I know Mora has said all the right things concerning Vick to the public, the idea that he would want to bring him on board is simply absurd. He got handicapped with Vick in Atlanta, there’s know way in hell he’s going do it all over again, and this time to himself. No way Ruskell does it either. Or Knapp.

Vick was a bad QB before the legal problems.

1) San Francisco — The 49ers have the worst quarterbacking situation in the league and play in the division that is most up-for-grabs. Cast disciplinarian Mike Singletary as the gruff, but kind-hearted, coach willing to give a guy a second chance and this pairing could work. Ownership has been coy about the possibility of getting Vick, but so has that of every other team.

So much for Fooch’s B grade.

or in the morning on Saturdays, I have to say, Clayton is great on radio. He knows what he’s talking about, his voice is surprisingly good for radio (my expectations were probably low because of his looks), and he answers the questions he is asked and doesn’t cut his listeners off.

I’ll have to say no to Vick, if only because he will be like watching Felix play only 10x worse. People are always blinded by the cannon arm, the superman speed, and the Barry Sanders elusiveness, that the frustration of watching him fail will always be that much worse. With Vick, it always seems like it’s two steps forward, two steps back, yet you think it’s two steps forward one step back, so you’re fooled into thinking you’re heading in the right direction when you’re really just back at square one.

and I can’t imagine that time in prison has improved either of those things. On the football field, he might make sense for a team looking to run some version of the Wildcat that already had a good field general, if he was humble enough to be the second banana — which I doubt. Otherwise, pass.

I can’t even begin to consider if Vick would be a good fit in Seattle, it’s so far out of the realm of possibility. Can anyone here see Ruskell giving the okay to this? It took to total decimation of the receiving corps, Holmgren’s lobbying and intensive self rehabilitation before he would okay Koren coming back. Won’t happen.

It just doesn’t seem to fit Ruskell’s character requirements.

I’m all for reform and second chances, but so far the only time I’ve seen the ’Hawks pick up on that under Ruskell is in WR injury desperation mode.

So why are the Seahawks being listed? Not just by ESPN, Yahoo!’s Chris chase seems to think him a likely candidate too (this is what Scruffy Lefty mentioned. The 49ers quote is gold).

Honestly I just don’t get it. I’m not up for crucifying Vick despite the fact that I’m pretty big on animal rights. You do the crime you do the time and that’s it, being suspended for lying or not is fair. But Vick is an over-the-top, under-trained, never-lived-up-to-his-potential QB. Even without the dog fighting I wouldn’t like him in Seattle…

Also, a list of comeback athletes Vick is still a young guy. He’ll land somewhere eventually. I just don’t see him in Seattle.

Oakland is my bet. 5-years, 25 million guaranteed :D

People keep forgetting that he kept getting worse as a QB, not better. Does he want to be a punt returner?

Seattle has to be on the bottom of the list. Seriously.

Don’t put too much stock in speculation by reporters. It’s kind of like when the coaching carousel starts in college and they start looking for connections — any kind of connection — that might fill up air time.

with Vick’s character into the locker room.

so I think he would take a similar stance on a similar PR headache.

Also, I’m not convinced he would be as cheap as some seem to think with teams like Oakland and Cincinnati quite possibly driving his market price up.

because our organization values high-character players in a fairly extreme way? Is Clayton losing it? Of course there is a parallel with his former coaches, but the front-office would surely balk at such an idea. It sounds like ‘I must sell story lines’ media to me.

But Vick knows he has a friend in Mora

Maybe, but not a moronic friend and not a guy who can veto Ruskell, either, I don’t think.

as a team looking or a starting qb. Any team that brings Vick on board will be doing so at the veteran minimum in wages and as a trick play/wildcat guy that may get 5-10 touches a game. From that perspective, I think he’s an intriguing prospect. Your looking at a guy who NEEDS to act like a pro because of his financial troubles and that will have to perform any role a team assigns to him because he has no other options. He was never a franchise quarterback but he was the most exciting player in the NFL, whoever gets him imo will be getting an absolute steal. However, there’s no way Ruskell risks signing him and pissing off all of Seattle in the last year of his contract

Try selling a Vick jersey lol

Gotta check out DKSB….fun facts like this:

Seattle is rated as the 5th most dog-friendly city in the US, according to dogfriendly.com.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/05/20/dont-look-for-vick-to-go-to-seattle/

who’s gonna get the shotgun hike? Burly, how’s your vanilla, Buttler, and Carlson 4 reciever sets. Championship. Vick is a lefty, Wallace a righty I’m talkin bout a revolution, well, come on.

that part of the issues with Vick declining as a QB was that the play calling went away from what he was best at, primarily PA fakes/boot legs set up by a very strong run game.

Vick will never succeed as a pocket passer but if someone used him properly he might do all right.

I don’t really want any part of him in Seattle.

I don’t see why not, he’d make a decent receiver if he can’t play QB anymore, right?