Vick off the market?
by Ryan Van Bibber on Feb 3, 2010 6:43 AM CST
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PrintTake this with a healthy doe of skepticism, but the NFL Network's Michael Lombardi is reporting that the Eagles now plan to hang on to QB Michael Vick...$5 million plus salary and all. The St. Louis Rams are one of several teams that has been linked by rumor and innuendo to Vick.
Statements like that mean nothing this time of year. Of course you do have to consider the possibilities. This could be, as the PFT post says, an attempt to drive up his trade value or to try and generate trade interest in case teams just wait for Philly to release him. On the other hand, it could indicate a debate within that organization about which QB they'd part ways with, i.e. maybe they'd rather trade Kolb or McNabb in the likelihood they would get a better return.
I don't know what kind of trade value teams will place on Vick. Whatever the demands turn out to be, I hope the Rams don't go all in on the guy with one or more of our precious draft picks, or even, heaven forbid, one of our more marketable players that might be better leveraged. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I have no problems with the Rams taking a flyer on Vick if the price is right, but they better have a solid backup plan before investing a guy who hasn't thrown more than two regular season passes since 2006.
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Hmmm...
I understand the point you are trying to
make. You don’t want them to give up too much for someone that hasn’t thrown a good amount of professional football passes since 2006. But put your reasoning in perspective….isn’t the draft all about investing in a kid that has NEVER played at a professional level? I mean, Vick may not be the best QB on the market, but I would feel a hell of a lot more comfortable with them giving Vick $10 mil vs. giving Clausen $80 mil. Wouldn’t you?
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by RamsMan83 on Feb 3, 2010 8:44 AM CST via mobile reply actions
good point on the QB issue
though you could expand that to any player in the draft, regardless of position. It’s also the case for a rookie cap on contract amounts.
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by Ryan Van Bibber on Feb 3, 2010 8:49 AM CST up reply actions
Come on!
dang i was hoping Eagles would drop him so my team or another team would get him. I’m proud of how Vick is handling his problems right now.
i doubt....
that they are going to keep all three, ill take mcnabb, kolb or vick preferably kolb we get first pick off waivers with whoever is released so lets just wait it out
Great point, i doubt
For that reason alone it doesn’t pay to make any offers to Eagles. Our draft picks are worth a lot more this year with an uncapped year than they have been in the past 10 years. Why give the Eagle something when we’ll probably get the loser of their QB competition.
Don't mind the flyer on Vick as well
because the bottom line is that 2 QBs need to be added this offseason.
Though the hope is that it is in a signing after a Philly release vs a trade.
Free Brandon Wood!
this is posturing by the Eagles
pure and simple posturing.
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by Ryan Van Bibber on Feb 3, 2010 9:32 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
yes
they can’t keep him, so they are trying to get something for him in trade before cutting him.
Any interested (non desperate) team would be wise to wait for him to hit the open market.
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Yeah that's a whole lotta money tied up in a QB2, isn't it?
Its not like the old 49er days where they had 2 good QB’s in Montana and Young. I love the idea of 2 very capable QB’s but the Eagles are paying Vick too much money for this to make sense for their long term roster plans.
by CoachConnors on Feb 3, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
i agree that this a major posturing
last night on NFLNetwork they said the Eagles where going to try to keep all three QB’s.
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by moy on Feb 3, 2010 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
No question
the Eagles are trying to jockey for compensation and I don’t blame them. I don’t see Vick in n Eagles uni next year, and call me optimistic, but I thi k Devaney is smart enough to see what is happening here.
I’d rather see Null and Boller next year then see us give up a couple picks for Vick. I know i’ll take crap for saying that.
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by VTramsFan on Feb 3, 2010 9:52 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
i agree
at this point im not sure null wont be a better option than vick anyways i just want to give vick a chance to see if he could really help our horrible offense
The Eagles ploy-
I don’t think you’ll get a lot of crap for saying what you said. It’s a heck of a lot better than picking up a piece of crap like Vic. It has nothing to do with dogs, cats, women or Peta. Vic is lousy at QB because he built his career on his legs. All the other requirements for QB he failed terribly. His legs are gone now, and there is nothing left. The Eagles know that, and they are going to dump him if they can’t play out this Red Herring bit. Boller will be gone in 2010, Reilly will be 1st backup, Kull 2nd backup. Bulger-if he doesn’t retire, will be the starter at least for the start of the season, and a new vet QB will come in to back him up. That will back Reilly and Kull back one step. IMO none of this will be apparent early on. Keep your fingers crossed.
if I were Devaney
I’d posture right along with ‘em. I’d lowball them a trade for Vick, then wait for the counteroffer. When it came, I’d listen- but switch Vick out for Kolb.
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