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Originally Posted by HeadOfSoxNation
I disagree...I don't believe that there is a single team in the NFL without a solid QB that wouldn't take Vick on when he gets out assuming he's still in playing shape, which I imagine that he will be. The PETA protests won't last forever and Vick will still put asses in the seats. I'm not a fan of Vick's off the field antics, but the guy is still IMO the most exciting player to watch in the NFL short of maybe Reggie Bush or Devin Hester.
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I also disagree. I feel I'm right for all the reasons I mentioned.
The whole Michael Vick thing will cool off... until an NFL team decides to take a shot on him, and then the protests will begin again. Like I said, it's a Public Relations Nightmare. He has a lot of work ahead of him if he wants to reshape his image. It's do-able to an extent, but certainly not entirely. Unless a team was damn near guaranteed to make the Super Bowl as a result of signing him, they're not going to think he's worth it. He could be out until 2010, at the earliest. He could be permanently banned from the League. Odell Thurman failed the substance policy, had managed to, for the most part, avoid trouble (aside from one incident that nothing stemmed from) and his bid for reinstatement got rejected. Vick is pleading guilty to a Federal Crime -- and that's before you take the gambling into account, which, for the record, I don't think
should be that big of a deal.