VICK is coming

[ATL86]

we are still paying for his mess with 18.5 million still on the salary cap.

People were Mike Vick fans, never Falcon's fans. I have had season tix since '98, I was a fan at first but the realized his type of play just won't work in the Nfl. You have to pass the ball as a first option not run. The dog stuff was just the straw that broke the camels back. He alone ran off 3 coaches b/c Blank wouldn't let them start Schaub.

People were Falcon's fans because of Mike Vick. Don't blame Vick. He practically single-handedly carried this organization on his back. He even got a few MVP votes. If you don't believe me, try and remember the 03-04 season. The dog fighting created bad publicity for the organization and they didn't want to be associated with that.

Ryan won't play because of turf toe. It'll be a miracle if we win.

As for those saying "Fuck Mike Vick," yeah he did some stupid shit, and I hated him for it, but he's paid his debt to society and deserves a second chance.

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There are two ways to look at this. One is that I thought the same thing as you. Schaub is NOT better than Ryan. And I was going to show VIP Style that through stats. But when I looked through the stats, everything on paper, showed that Schaub is a better QB. He played 11 games last year for Houston and was only 400 yards short on Ryan's 16 game season. Not bad.

BUT, the second way to look at this is that Schaub has been around for four years longer than Ryan. He has four years experience on Ryan.

The argument here is that Schaub SHOULD be better because of his seniority over Ryan. BUT, the way Ryan was thrust into the NFL and Falcons the way he was and him to perform the way he did last year was very much more impressive than anything Schaub has done. On paper, Schaub is better. In reality, I think Ryan is already knocking Schaub's level's front door.

Guy paid his debt to society and apologized to the public. He's even doing things to bring awareness about animal cruelty. Let it go it's old news now.

I fully agree with the first part of this statement. I've always been satisfied with his punishment and also lean towards the "paid his debt" thing. Just like any other criminal, he should be accepted back into the workplace.

Now the second part of this post can be questionable. I don't know of anyone that can truly admit to thinking that Vick is doing the "animal awareness" promotions because he wants to. Actually, most (if not all) of it is court-ordered. And if it's not court-ordered, he's only doing it for himself. Not the animals. He knows he really fucked his image up and will do whatever it takes to get his popularity (and money) back. He wasn't doing this animal charity work BEFORE he got caught in all this. It just takes common sense and logic to figure this one out.

Later, QD.