Mike Vick signs W/Eagles ಠ_ಠ

[bkw1982]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d811df48c&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true

At least he didn't go to the Cowboys lol. I really hope Mcnabb doesn't lose his job to Vick.

[IceH2O]

I have no problem with Vick being back in the NFL.
McNabb is a top 10 QB, Vick isn't even a top 20 QB. Might be ok as a bater.

Really thought Miami would jump all over him as much as they run the wildcat offense. Imagine a backfield with Vick,White and Brown. You wouldn't know which one to tackle.

[MotionInSilver]

why is nfl even considering letting vick play with what have just happened...

I thought pro organizations are very uppity tight about their althetics being role models for children?

[Just Prince]

why is nfl even considering letting vick play with what have just happened...

I thought pro organizations are very uppity tight about their althetics being role models for children?


Athlete's are not role model GREAT PARENTS are! HE KILLED SOME DOGS NOT PEOPLE JUST SOME DOGS. WE as a society don't rant and rave this much when humans are killed. But I'll be D**n if you kill a dog, you are now painted as the worst man on the Planet.

[bkw1982]

I was thinking they should run the wildcat with vick at RB lol

[Lady G]

IMO, he should never be allowed to play again, in any sport or any job making that much money...he is a piece of crap and only crap will come to those who are around or follow or support him. Sorry but in the eyes of others (young) he IS a role model. Yep, parents in the end are and should be...but kids look up to the names they see and those who are privledged enough to be in the spot he is.

Just prince...yeah, they were JUST dogs. You really need to think before you post. Maybe you can be a dog in your next life and feel what the dogs he had felt. Do you keep fish btw??? Would you think it would be ok for someone to just kill your fish for their pleasure and money? Your opinion SUCKS and as a person I'm sure you are not much better then your opinion!

[mott]

Ok this is a SENSITIVE subject!

They were just dogs?? how about man's best friend?? ring a bell?
Mike vick should be run out of the country! let alone play in the NFL!
I really hope people get together and stand out front of that crap stadium and protest that no heart having murderer!
All that crappy team needs is some bad publicity to fire that F@#k

[Vicious_Fish]

Ugh.....I was watching the Pittsburg/Arizona game and I swear that's what half of the game from the commentary was about. :mad2:

[tekonus]

Yeah... i think we need to can this topic before it gets out of hand.

[jpappy789]

IMO Vick did his time. Let him play...Stallworth commited manslaughter and is likely to be reinstated after this year. The whole issue has been talked to death.

Anyways, he's unlikely to get much playing time. Reid has said that McNabb is their quarterback.

[ch-47 soldier]

its been sometime since vick has played so his game is gonna suck anyways. even before he went to prison his game wasn't any good. yeah, he can run and he can throw the ball far, but his accuracy matched my five year old daughter's

[sushiray]

come on everyone - lighten up, everyone deserves a 2nd chance especially these richly overpaid primadona don't care about the average joe smoe a-holes who do drugs, bag all these groupies, drink/smoke, commit physical abuse on their wives/girlfriends, do little to give back to the community, charge $9.95 for autographs, who gamble, who bulk up on steroid or maybe killed someone type of guys! just because they did something wrong & it gets publicize & criticized in the media court, even if they are guilty & get jail time - they deserve to make all those millions to only laugh at us the fans & at society. they deserve to live the good life while others suffer. they deserve the best that life can offer because they are super athletes! so big deal they did wrong. what's wrong with that? why not let them be role models so our kids especially from urban areas living under poor economical conditions can look up to them that they can achieve the same riches & make mistakes be forgiven & still make riches. that's the american way!

[sushiray]

& btw - he can be the greatest football player of all time - we'd be missing this raw unique talent of a "man" if we don't let have a 2nd chance.

[jpappy789]

Come on...kids don't look up to 2nd-string quarterbacks...:rolleyes:

[LifelessForm]

I'm a die hard Eagles fan and I'm even skeptical about the decision. On one hand, he is a descent quarterback, McNabb might be in the top ten, but is a very inconsistant QB. This might make him step up his game and actually throw the ball somewhere other than his receivers feet. On the other hand, Vick had a hand in killing animals and I don't condone that in any way, shape or form. If it weren't for the circumstances, I would celebrate the signing of Vick. But because of past events, I don't hold him in very high reguard.

Reed did say we probably won't see him on the field until November at the earliest. There is the manditory 4 game suspension, then it's been 2 years since he's touched a football so he'll need some practice time to get back in the swing of things.

Once again, I'm skeptical. I hope he has truely changed his ways and plays his part in leading my birds to the big game again and we actually win it this time. I guess we'll see.

[Lexi_D]

I'm not a football fan but I think that this is disgraceful. I don't care if he's the best player in the world, he hurt and killed innocent animals ON PURPOSE for NO REASON (It's not like it was for food or something) and that is UNFORGIVABLE in my book. I'm ashamed to have that scumbag on my city's football team.

[jpappy789]

So...should we keep every ex-con out of having a job? Or is this only because he once was a high profile athlete in the spotlight?

The way I see it, Vick payed enough for what he did. He fell from a heavily endorsed, Pro-bowl athlete to a player ignored by more than half the leagues teams to now a QB who has to fight again for a position on his team. Not only that but he cannot play until well into the season.

Apparently some people do not believe in second chances.

[BreezeRuehls]

I think what he did was evil, He drowned and electrocuted the dogs that lost. Thats psycho! How could you hold something down and watch it die, while it fights for its life? SICK! The man should have a job cleaning up after animals till one day one rips into him. You may think I am harsh, But I dont care. Honestly, I think second chances are a joke. It is why our country is weak, We need to bring back public hangings, child molesters, rapist, murders, should all be given the death sentence, and hung in public. That would make alot of people think twice. Look at the crime rate in Russia, and America, those guys got the right idea for handling real criminals.

[BreezeRuehls]

I dont think he should not be allowed to have a job, but why should he be given a dream job and make millions? Whats wrong with manual labor? Why should he get out of jail and right back into the lap of luxury?



So...should we keep every ex-con out of having a job? Or is this only because he once was a high profile athlete in the spotlight?

The way I see it, Vick payed enough for what he did. He fell from a heavily endorsed, Pro-bowl athlete to a player ignored by more than half the leagues teams to now a QB who has to fight again for a position on his team. Not only that but he cannot play until well into the season.

Apparently some people do not believe in second chances.

[Mustang Boy]

ok i believe he is the scum of the earth and should have been put into a dog fighting ring with some of the dogs he tortured and let them eat him alive.

and as for the living in luxury thing that isnt gonna happen he is millions in debt right now and will be for many years. Actually a chunk of his paychecks go directly to paying off his debts and if i remember correctly another chunk is going directly to the humane society.

[jpappy789]

Not to mention he'll be forever known as Michael Vick the dog killer. He's received plenty of public humiliation...and he still has not taken the field yet...not exactly what I would call "luxury"

I'm with anyone who believes he's with the lowest of the low in society.

[countrychick]

Perhaps someone should put Michael Vick througth the same torture he put those poor helpless animals througth, he makes me sick. It's really to bad they even give him an opportunity to play again, he deserves nothing.

[MotionInSilver]

come on everyone - lighten up, everyone deserves a 2nd chance especially these richly overpaid primadona don't care about the average joe smoe a-holes who do drugs, bag all these groupies, drink/smoke, commit physical abuse on their wives/girlfriends, do little to give back to the community, charge $9.95 for autographs, who gamble, who bulk up on steroid or maybe killed someone type of guys! just because they did something wrong & it gets publicize & criticized in the media court, even if they are guilty & get jail time - they deserve to make all those millions to only laugh at us the fans & at society. they deserve to live the good life while others suffer. they deserve the best that life can offer because they are super athletes! so big deal they did wrong. what's wrong with that? why not let them be role models so our kids especially from urban areas living under poor economical conditions can look up to them that they can achieve the same riches & make mistakes be forgiven & still make riches. that's the american way!

thats what I see it as it is sometimes- well put.

However I find dog fighting nasty- just downright dangerous to the public when one of the trained dogs gets loose and attack little kids or other peoples beloved pets. We gotta draw a line between crimes against people and crimes against the innocents... such as animals who can't speak for themselves or children.

I believe that even the hardened criminals kill anybody in the jail that's a child killer or a child rapist? So there's a big line that people have-

I'm for the breed don't get me wrong we have owned one in the past... best family dogs just that the breed gets a bad rap due to those idiots like vick fighting em.