Michael Vick: Where Will He Go? (The AFC)
Now that Michael Vick has been given the green light to sign with any team we all have an idea on who/where may be the best fit for him as a quarterback and as a person. What I’ve decided to do is break things down team by team and find the best fit for Vick. Feel free to offer your opinions as well.
We’ll start in the AFC:
Baltimore Ravens: The low profile city and the Ravens locker room seem ideal as Ray Lewis and Ozzie Newsome would embrace Vick from jump street. On the field, he would give the Ravens offense another dimension as they attempt to unseat the Pittsburgh Steelers. A one year deal would be likely.
Buffalo Bills: l like what I see here, the location is good away from the Giants and Jets media storm. Vick could fly under the radar here. Also. I’m not sold on the Bills quarterback situation – given a legit shot, Vick could push Trent Edwards for the starting job.
Cincinnati Bengals: I know this is a team trying to repair its off the field image, the acquisition of Vick would raise some eyebrows. This team relies too heavily on the health of current quarterback Carson Palmer.
Cleveland Browns: Imagine Vick leaping into the Dog Pound after a 40-yard touchdown run…a PETA nightmare.
Denver Broncos: They still give Kobe hell there, maybe if Mike Shanahan was still running things. This organization’s once rock solid front office has become a joke.
Houston Texans: Not a bad place for a new start, solid players at the skill positions. Hey, the offensive line has even improved. Only drawback here is the youth of the Texans.
Indianapolis Colts: If Tony Dungy was able to convince Roger Goodell to entrust Michael Vick to him, how far do you think his word goes in Indy. A solid organization top to bottom. Will have one of the most humble teammates in Peyton Manning.
Jacksonville Jaguars: In J’ville Vick would serve as a valued backup to incumbent David Garrard. While Garrard has lost 20 lbs. to improve his mobility, Vick puts it into another gear. This would be the closest that Vick comes to playing in Atlanta. And with the Jags suffering at the gate – stealing a few of MV7′s die hards can’t hurt.
Kansas City Chiefs: One of the few places west of the Mississippi where I believe fans will recieve Vick nicely. Their fans remind me of baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals. I think Vick would get a decent shake here. In K.C. Matt Cassell is the man and while I like backup Tyler Thigpen, Vick would only make that trio stronger.
Miami Dolphins: What better way to improve on last season’s success with the wildcat offense than to bring in the one player it was tailor made for. David Lee would become a head coaching candidate in two seasons if he had a chance to use Vick in this offense. With Ronnie Brown, Ricky Williams along with Ted Ginn Jr. would make things interesting. It seems unlikely since the ‘Phins have drafted Pat White out of West Virginia.
New England Patriots: Anytime a high profile Black Athlete plays in the Boston/New England area, I think of Bill Russell. I know here more than anywhere else other than probably Philly there is a cross-section of the fan base that can’t wait to spew some of the venom that they’re infamous for. Certain players have never faced it but this isn’t the place for Vick.
New York Jets: Great running game and a great defense to lean on. Too bad they’re in love with rookie QB Mark Sanchez. If it weren’t for the Namath wannabe, MV7 would look good here.
Oakland Raiders: One place where I know the fans would embrace Vick. An organization known for embracing players that have been written off. Vick would be huge here.
Pittsburgh Steelers: The chances here are better than you think. Ben Roethlisberger isn’t durable and there’s enough talent on both sides of the ball to relieve any pressure from Vick. At this point Vick is better than backups Charlie Batch and Dennis Dixon.
San Diego Chargers: I’m not a big Phillip Rivers - talks too much for a guy that hasn’t won much of anything. To that end, I can see Rivers causing a problem if Vick began to win the fans over. Again another situation with great skill players and a stout defense.
Tennessee Titans: They locked out Steve McNair while he was still under contract, they’ve put Vince Young’s career on ice. I love the location and the possibilities – I don’t trust their front office.
Tomorrow: The NFC.
I understand that the black community has no standards for their heroes. But one would think the NFL would have even minimal.
The best fit for Vick as a person? Well, he just left that place–prison.
But since he’s out, I guess the next best place is where he can be a role model for young black men. The model that seems to make blacks so proud. Disgusting, stupid, cruel, criminal, backwards, ignorant, sociopathic, disrespectful.
Everything blacks in America seem to strive for with such urgency.
Dan go peddle that crap back to stormfront, who do you think you’re fooling? You numbnuts are so predictable.
Who is this guy???
TBR — you ask that question as if the answer could possibly have meaning.
God Mizzo you seem to have more white trolls than before, I hope Shawn, Dan and his ilk will have standards for their white polticians whom can’t seem to keep in their pants whether it is boys or girls.
So, based on all of that, where do you think he is most likely to go in the AFC?
Where do you think he could be used to the greaetest effect? Is it Oakland? Miami? Jacksonville? Buffalo?
Where is the best fit?
Miami in terms of the best offensive scheme. Pittsburgh in terms support – given Big Ben’s injury history, Vick could see significant time during the season.
Here are the top 5 AFC Possibilities:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Buffalo
3. Jacksonville
4. Oakland
5. Miami
Sounds interesting.
Vick played one of the best games of his career vs. the Steelers in Pittsburgh. I believe it was back in 2002. The final score was 34-34. I think it may have been the last regular season tie before the Eagles and Bengals last year.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200211100pit.htm
Check out Plaxico in the boxscore — whew!!
(Of course, the game he played against them in 2006 wasn’t too shabby either. That was an exciting game also — 41-38.)
Well Eric Daniels, I couldn’t agree with you more. Only I couldn’t help noticing that most politicians are scumbags. White and black. From Bill Clinton to crack smoking frauds like Marion Berry. Even Jessie Jackson tried to hide the child he had with a mistress. Of course he’s not a politician, only a minister. White clergy are just as disgusting.
Funny how you’d point that out as a distinction when blacks are every bit as guilty as whites.
Denial does run deep.
Yes Miranda, we numbnuts are quite predictable.
You folks, however, are an ever unwinding mystery.
Unless smoking crack, theft, unwed motherhood and dropping out of high school are considered unpredictable.
TBR:
Who is this guy?? LOL.
Oh and Miranda. You’ve never caught me claiming whites are right. There’s an unbroken string throughout history of white sociopaths responsible for the murder of hundreds of millions of innocent people. I don’t miss many opportunities to point that out to white people.
One thing is for sure. It’s quite commendable that whoever runs this site doesn’t pull posts that may offend some people.
Where the hell do you see *that* anymore.
Good times !
What isn’t commendable are folks coming to this site and using multiple names to spread their hate. If you are one, judge yourself accordingly or forever be banned.
Aww man, don’t be that way.
What happened to the good ol’ days?
What with you calling me a penny loaf wearing Ken doll…and me calling you a Jheri curled rappa.
I thought we was cool.
I’m feeling downright unwelcome here.
Downright.
Dan say what you want to say or gtfo. Straight up. I don’t mind your opinion but don’t come off as the asshole I’m beginning to think you are. There’s no need for it. That’s all I’m going to say. Judge yourself accordingly.
Mizzo, I think it’s that’s same guy that was on here last year, I think Vick will to go the 49 ers after all the hoopla calms down because I know there are only about 10-12 teams happy with the QB situation. So there are 20 teams that needs someone like Vick’s skills to lead them to the playoffs and Vick has a winning record.
Sorry brah I hae been on facebook posting my politcal points of view (slow sports month and all) but I am ready for Football and Basketball seasons and dialysis treatments are going decently.
Are you completely deluded ?!
The 49′s wouldn’t touch the douche bag with an electrical prod.
Unlike you people, folks in SF have some expectation of decency.
Michael Vick did horrific things to innocent animals. Electrocution, beating, drowning. Putting family pets in rings to be slaughtered. The man has serious mental problems and is almost certainly a sociopath.
It speaks volumes of your character that this means nothing to you but I assure you, in this you are peculiar.
Quite honestly, his only chance is to find a team with either a redneck or black fan base. Those are the only demographics that would sully themselves with garbage like Michael Vick.
BTW, he’s going to get injured and have an unproductive first year. Which will set the tone for the rest of his fleeting career.
Oh, and Seattle won’t touch him for the same reason.
He’ll need to go to Baltimore or some place like that.
Someplace with an incredibly high tolerance, maybe even appreciation, for miscreants.
Add to Vick’s no-go list of decent folk with a more developed sense of humanity than you children:
Houston
Buffalo
Denver
San Diego ( were you kidding? )
Miami
New England
New York
Guaranteed.
Public Statements from NFL teams on MV7:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2009-07-30-michael-vick-list_N.htm
vick needs to go to the niners there coach can deal with the public and we need a dam qb that can run so it can open up gore
Dan sounds as silly as that petaphile that got abused by Ed Schultz and Stephen A Smith on MSNBC a couple of nights ago.
I would ignore the White Troll folks, all he wants is attention to spout his racist BS towards us. Like many childish whites in modern America they feel Blacks should ‘bow to their infinite wisdom’ but they come across as igorant as well about Sports.
actually, I am ignorant about sports. It all strikes me as kind of silly. I do know something about people, which lead to my previous predictions.
Funny thing is, *after* my post Temple3 posted a link which confirmed everything I had assumed.
Notice, every team states the same thing ( in slightly different ways )
They don’t want a damb thing to do with the guy. Having a long history of disrespect towards society, animals and the organizations and companies that offered him so much, well, it may be hard for those without basic integrity to notice the problem here.
Like I stated before. The complete lack of integrity that is evident on this forum is somewhat peculiar to you all. Prison is full of people that normalized despicable behavior.
Hmmm, I wonder if there’s a pattern here? Oh, no, couldn’t be.
It’s all somebody else’s fault anyway.
Dan there is a egregious WHITE crime happening right this very second.
Handle that.
And Miranda, you sound as vamped and faceless as *all* child and animal abusers. That’s might be why y’all get along so well.
Mizzo, your damn right there is egregious white crime. And I don’t excuse or ignore it. As I’ve said, it’s rampant throughout history and we are currently at one of history’s crescendos of rich, white crime. And it’s an part of an economic war. Which is a real war of lives and deaths.
But I miss your point completely. And you’re someone I expect would have a point.
Dan accepts white crime, all white defect, so as to be free to attack blacs stereotypically.
reads like a psy-op to me.
why build a cover to be nasty…if one is not in fact nasty, racist, driven to hurt, a sociopath?
all Dan says is antagonistic, racist nonsense, leads nowhere positive, destroys the ambient…like a loud, awful fart, where you least expect it.
and once exposed to such a fart, one should not get caught twice! the farter comes like the plague…a must to be avoided!
if a man talks to himself and no one pays attention is he actually making a sound……?
if the man meant something positive, had a decent intent, it might be nice…the expansion.
but he does not.
wot a waste!
If one recites completely convoluted nonsense while deep in the forest without a soul around to hear it
…does it make sound?
or, more to point.
If one commits a heinous crime, and another defends it
…must both then be scum?
or, even more to point.
If one or all behave as scum
..must not that mean it’s anothers fault?
and if it is anothers fault
…would it not be that most of the one that made him?
and if it is the fault of the one that made him
does not that mean that the one that is made is beyond blame
that blame lies with the maker and creator
the one that must judge and deny
the one that is wanting
…MY GAWD..I MADE MICHAEL VICK
YOU WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG.
oh mapoui, you wonderful freak. I swear I thought all that fart nonsense was pure crap. Now I see, and you’ve taken us all full circle.
each and every one of us.
Dan we are way past dog fighting on this site. Way past that. He served his time and like every person in this society, he deserves the right to make a living.
If there weren’t mad cases of racism in our nation’s history…
thats right! lets string up Vick then! electric chair and Dan would be satisfied.
would that be the price to shut Dan up!?
what would be Dans state of mind had Vick killed a white person…or a white dog?
I presume all the dogs Vick killed were black!
one would think America is a place so pristine that it warrants this man, Dan, going and going and going…. about one crime…Vick’s crime which in the crime-less vacuum would really stand out…heinously, historically!
if this man, Dan, was as serious about Crime in America as he is about Vick’s crim3, he would be catatonic by now.
that’s the thing….what is it about MV7′s dog-fighting that so shocks Dan he cannot forgive?
what will Dan do then, when MV7 runs away in excellence for the team that takes the plunge?
should we be looking for him,Dan, in the far, dark recesses of some NFL stadium with a sniper’s rifle, focusing on MV7′s head!
In a way we are all missing the point, let the guy dan do his thing that’s his job I mean I’m pretty sure he’s dying to call Vick a jungle monkey anytime..lol To me its goes all the way back to jack johnson & the mann act (black man with money on top of his sport) gotta keep knockin him down.. Are you guys surprised by his words? If you call yourself football fans you know we have, If I’m correct 6 head coaches in Division one football? Its all a plan..
It pains me to see that we keep looking at Mike vick through a narrow lense, like (mike) was gonna turn out like peyton or Eli manning its pretty easy growing up with a backyard bigger than the projects the vicks grew up in.. Its easy not to have (so called thugs) any black man with a hat & a chain on when your dad was the first pick in the NFL DRAFT!!!! You guys tell me who was better in college the mannings or the vicks? And I love peyton he made Tony dungy the first black coach to win a super bowl, but keep it real don’t you remember javon kearse chasing down peyton for sacks in big games? And what Mike did to FSU? NOT THE FSU NOW BUT THE OLD FSU?.. PROJECTS OR MANSION? How would that change you? And oh yeah Mike to the bills WHAT?!!!
Thank you Freeze24 Ignore that WHITE TROLL, all he wants to do is highjack this site and have us respond to his racist posts. Lt the bastard rot in hell.
Dan is mad that his kun-tree is being taken away from him and all the REAL A-merry-kkkans!!! He’s mad because HIM LIBERTIES BEING STRIPPED AWAY BY DEM COLOREDS! Can you imagine how upsetting it must be to realize that everything you’ve been taught to believe is a big ole LIE??? Come’on, cut him some slack, the very last falsehood he can cling too is that of the lanky golden-haired Biff (or some stupid name like that) who drives a Ford pick-up, hunts deer with his pal Old Yeller and can lead a team on the football field with Mary Ann cheering from the sidelines. Let Dan have his dream, because that’s all it is….a dream of his.
Oh Miranda, you’re precious. A never ending source of mindlessly simple stereotypes, but you’ve got me confused. I mean, which is it? Am I a penny loaf wearing Ken doll, or pickup hunting ol’ yeller toting redneck?
And by “…him liberties…” I’m guessing you’re meaning Obama, who I voted for. More whites did than not, that’s how he became president.
I honestly think Obama’s election bummed out a lot of *blacks*. It’s cut deeply into the mantra of how racist the country actually is. It’s breaking down the shield of excuses. It’s getting harder to claim that a black man can’t do this or that, now that Obama’s ascended the most powerful post in the world.
It’s melting a lot of people’s most coveted possession.
Victim hood.
Look, I can see that I’ve overstayed my welcome here. Or maybe was never welcome at all. So, out of respect for Mizzo, I will leave.
I say with all sincerity, I never really meant to piss anyone off. Not that much, at least.
So, now things can get back to normal around here, as with everywhere in America these days.
People that agree with each other, agreeing, on things that have agreement about.
“Life is not fleeting
it has fled.
…we exist in the breeze that quickly follows”
dan
Dan for you to come here and judge an entire race on what you deem “victim hood” is telling.
We seek out truth and nothing more. The Starting Five and its very eloquent readers (read the entire section to get a grasp if you dare) don’t “hate” White people. We hate how we are portrayed by others superficially. This site was created to show the world there are other voices of racial definition.
We are not alone in that regard.
What is wrong with writing how we feel as opposed to Whites writing who they “think” we are?
You say we stereotype as the stereotypical abyss smacks you in the dan [sic] face.
We welcome your dissent but think your comments through. There are a myriad of levels you have to logically surpass before your comments are truly respected as contrariwise but appreciative thought.
Don’t focus on what you think is negative in this comment. Think about the reaction as somehow the action escapes bs conventional thought of damn right inflammable insecurity.
So you say since Obama is president that 400 years of ignorant racism just disappears in thin air?
That’s laughable and downright irrational. You purport yourself as someone articulate…albeit with judgmental, sarcastic and condescending flair…
What are you fighting against here? What really is your problem? As I’ve commented before, we are way past Vick the dog fighter. On a racism scale, his situation pales in comparison to the insolence of White written history of Black life.
The legend will not become fact…so we write…we comment…we discuss.
How the hell are Blacks supposed to move on when the heresy of racist minds continue to speak…peaking without fear of mainstream retribution.
What do you think every Black athlete is a dan criminal? The majority of Black athletes never get into trouble. The media reports Black crime and focuses on it with an evil and history definitive eye while your own are committing crimes from wall street all the way down to the park beer keg.
Black quarterbacks are running for their lives because White folks don’t understand they need weapons to show their true talent.
That’s where our defense of Vick is grounded. It’s grounded in him being pushed to becoming a wildcat gimmick. If that happens, every Black quarterback will not be taken seriously.
If you have a quarterback who can run, throw and catch immobile quarterback job security is on the clock.
Is Vick the most polished quarterback? No, of course not, but as with others in our race, it seems he has become the face of the Black athlete.
Our thoughts and dreams do not ride on a monolithic frame train. Recognize the difference and we can move on despite your absolving penchant for condescending and demeaning flair…
got it.
Well put.
Goodbye
Michael Vick
should goto jail for killing for 23 yrs not 23 months he got off easy!
Why should Michael Vick or anyone who is famous or not be rewarded after doing something that is wrong.
I feel Michael Vick should get the same punishment those dogs didn’t deserve. I feel he should be force to fight to the death in a ring with no rules. if you lose your either shot or electruited if you win you fight the next person. There is no freedom!
Ask yourself this question!
If your wife or girlfriend cheated on you for yrs and you found out would you tell her “its ok honey we can wait 23 months and we can make love again even though you cheated on me for years”
Every says what Michael Vick does off the field is his personal buisness. True it is his personal buisness but what he did his a crime 23 months is not enough time for the crime he committed. He didn’t kill just one dog. He killed hundreds of dogs in a cruel mean and heartless way. Could you pull the trigger and end a dogs life while its laying there bleeding whimpering suffering maybe dying maybe not..easier said than done.
There is an Old Saying: Man’s Best Friend = DOG
In this case Michael Vick is not a Animal Lover He is a Dog Killer!
Hunting animals with a gun or knife killing them for food is different but killing for sport is Wrong!
Killing a Dog might not be the same as Killing a Person when it comes to the Law. A dog is still a living thing it does have a heart feelings bleeds eats and shits the same. Those dogs could have been pets to good homes. People like Michael Vick and all those people out there who are not famous that are cruel to animals, not feeding them, tied to a fence, dirty to no water, left them on the streets or in a house. those people deserve to be shot and left for dead.
If Michael Vick died today i wouldn’t even shed a F*ing tear!
I hope he rots in Hell! Him and his stupid Dog Killer Friends
I hate to break it to you but I wrote this piece to discuss his future in the NFL. If you want to retry Michael Vick try PETA or Fox News.
Believe me, I don’t condone animal cruelty or abuse but he served his time. I’ve seen people do less time if any for taking the life of a human being, so you mean to tell me a human life is less than a dog’s?
You come out casting stones, giving out prison sentences, and condeming people to hell. You’re all wound up for the wrong cause. You wanna save some lives – take up a cause for some disadvantaged youth in your neighborhood so they don’t make the same mistakes as Vick or end up with the same type of narrow-minded thinking as yourself.
Preach my brotha….preach!
I’m fed up man, just let Vick be.
Your starting MLB is out for the season with a torn ACL. Let the games begin at the Linc!