Vick conditionally reinstated by NFL (updated)

[skinsfan_nn]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Which one is it? Slim or none?

Anyway, all 32 teams right now are not expressing any interest publicly. They're all waiting to get the official ruling from Goodell. Methinks that may change once he's officially reinstated.

OK...GM, Here it is straight at ya. NONE!

They will hold true to word, bone head will land elsewhere.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by 44Deezel

On the Dan Patrick show today they spent a lot of time talking about how the Skins were the most likely team to take him. One of the comments was, "They don't have any players that can take it to the house. The need a play-maker". The only other team they mentioned was the Raiders. Sucks that the Skins are mentioned in the same sentence with the Raiders when it comes to flashy free agent signings.

Funny that crap like this is still being discussed when the Redskins came out and said they weren't going to consider him weeks ago.

[FRPLG]

I'll be honest...I think he's paid his debt. I agree with Mike Wise's take on this.
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[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I'll be honest...I think he's paid his debt. I agree with Mike Wise's take on this.
washingtonpost.com

Excellent article. Sometimes I think people focus on little things and don't look at the big picture. Let the guy play and let's move on with your football fan lives.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I'll be honest...I think he's paid his debt. I agree with Mike Wise's take on this.
washingtonpost.com

Very good article. Mike Wise always brings it. I agree verbatim with that column.

[T.O.Killa]

ok every one is going to hate me for saying this, but it would excite the hell out of me if we signed Vick. Cut Todd and make him our back up QB. Zorn is the perfect guy to train this guy.

[ethat001]

Honestly I think he got screwed by PETA. Sure, what he did was horrible and he is a inhumane person for doing it. I am not defending a scum like him.

BUT let's face it, we signed AH for $100 million dollars who ran someone over (and almost paralyzed him) and stomped on someone's *face*. We signed Jeremy Bridges who was arrested for assault and battery last year. Plax shot himself (<grin>), Matt Jones did cocaine, and others have done a lot of other crimes (I think there were 58 nfl player arrests in 2008)..

Sure what Vick did was bad, but why is everyone else let go with a slap on the wrist?

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by ethat001

Honestly I think he got screwed by PETA. Sure, what he did was horrible and he is a inhumane person for doing it. I am not defending a scum like him.

BUT let's face it, we signed AH for $100 million dollars who ran someone over (and almost paralyzed him) and stomped on someone's *face*. We signed Jeremy Bridges who was arrested for assault and battery last year. Plax shot himself (<grin>), Matt Jones did cocaine, and others have done a lot of other crimes (I think there were 58 nfl player arrests in 2008)..

Sure what Vick did was bad, but why is everyone else let go with a slap on the wrist?

Because as you have seen in other threads on this board.....half of the people/society have a softer spot for animals then they do humans and their reasoning is ....animals just can't walk away from abuse.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by ethat001

BUT let's face it, we signed AH for $100 million dollars who ran someone over (and almost paralyzed him) and stomped on someone's *face*. We signed Jeremy Bridges who was arrested for assault and battery last year. Plax shot himself (<grin>), Matt Jones did cocaine, and others have done a lot of other crimes (I think there were 58 nfl player arrests in 2008)..

Sure what Vick did was bad, but why is everyone else let go with a slap on the wrist?

Stallworth - Indefinite Suspension
Haynesworth - 5 games for "stomp", 2006 Reckless driving charges were dropped. 2008 Reckless driving charges were misdemeanor.
Matt Jones - 3 game suspension
Leonard Little - 8 game suspension
Jeremy Bridges - 2 game suspenison by Panthers for misdemeanor assault. No suspension for "simple assualt & battery" which was basically a bar scuffle with a bouncer.
Plax - who knows, he'll likely be in jail for 2+ yrs minimum.
Tank Johnson - 8 games
Pacman - 2007 season

Hardly "slaps on the wrist".

While Vick has been suspended during the case and subsequent jail time, the only real punishment from the NFL would be 4 games. As Matty said, this is a huge benfit for Vick. Be thankful I'm not commish, you wouldn't see Vick in the NFL again (you wouldn't have seen Little after his second DUI incident either).

[jdlea]

If Goodell suspends Vick at this point, IMO, it will be because Mike Vick lied to him at the draft a few years ago and if that's the case, it's just being petty. Vick has been suspended for 2 years already! There's no reason to tack on another quarter of the season.

I don't believe that Roger Goodell will keep Stallworth out of for as long as Vick has been suspended, and that's flat out retarded. What Donte Stallworth did was probably 10 times worse than anything Michael Vick did.

I wouldn't even mind seeing Vick as the backup to Campbell this year, particularly because he's so hated that if Jason were playing mediocre, most Skins fans would still by him just so they didn't have to call Vick their QB. If the Campbell gets hurt, I would rather see Vick on the field than Todd Collins or Colt Brennan.

[dmek25]

the guy did the crime, and then did his time. i really don't think more time off is warranted

[MTK]

I don't think Vick will actually be suspended for the 4 games. I think if he keeps his nose clean during camp he will be good to go.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I don't think Vick will actually be suspended for the 4 games. I think if he keeps his nose clean during camp he will be good to go.

Yeah wasn't there kind of a similar situation with Pac Man, where he had a conditional ban but once the season started it was lifted?

The Rams deny it, but I think they may make a run at him. But I think the team most likely to will be the Jaguars. What he probably should do is spend a year in the UFL, recharge his batteries as a football player and then try to make the NFL again in 2010.

[skinsfan69]

I don't think anyone is going to pick him up. I just don't see it. This time of year rosters are set. Outside of Oakland I don't see anyone who wants to put up with the drama. He's going to have to go to the new league and try and knock off the rust, then try something next year.

[Zerohero]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I don't think anyone is going to pick him up. I just don't see it. This time of year rosters are set. Outside of Oakland I don't see anyone who wants to put up with the drama. He's going to have to go to the new league and try and knock off the rust, then try something next year.

What drama? PETA is too worried bout Obama killing a fly to protest his new team.