Mike Vick & Eagles agree 6yrs/$100 mil, $40 mil guaranteed

[chrisl13]

One good season, not even a full season, gets you $100 million? Crazy.

[FRPLG]

It's a deal that Vick "earned" in the NFL sense although everyone knows it's too much money. The Eagles didn't really have a choice but to make the deal but in the end they'll regret the contract in 3 years (depending on structure obvi). Congrats to MV for delivering after all the crap in his life. Glad it wasn't us though long term.

[Bucket]

Man.. So if Beck has a Above Average year this year, do we give him an extension like this? Of course not for this amount, but you get what i'm saying.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Well Vick was a proven NFL commodity before he went to jail. Yes I know all of his flaws, and I know he was not always great. That being said, he was one of the most electrifying players in the NFL for 5 or 6 years. He brought the Falcons to the NFC Championship game. He was and still is a freak talent. The Eagles were going to pay the guy insane money this year with the franchise tag so they figured they would get this done.

Beck will never get a contract like this.

[NC_Skins]

Michael Vick (up until last year) could never win a game with just his arm. That's the kind of QB that's needed in the NFL, which is exactly why I believe guys like Vince Young, Cam Newtwon, Tim Tebow and many other run oriented college QBs won't succeed in the NFL. The scrambling will win you some games, and makes nice for selling jerseys and ESPN highlights, but it's not going to get you to the big show.

I personally don't think MV is going to last the full year. I believe their OL is still problematic and he still has a propensity to run a bit.

[The Goat]

Along the lines of this signing and Vick's ability/likelihood of staying healthy...why is the iggles o-line giving up so many sacks? I thought they invested in two big-time tackles over the last couple of seasons? I mean Philly is an organization I expect to make sense, and it makes no sense to pay insane money to a QB when you haven't put the pieces in place to protect him...

...that said I think a healthy Vick is worth every penny of the contract.

[12thMan]

A part of me--- a very, very small part of me-- would like to the see the Eagles represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, provided the Redskins don't make it.

[Gtothearry]

I give him two years on that contract and then he will either restructure or be cut. In other words he will not live up the contract...........

[Longtimefan]

Two yrs, ago, no one would have believed Vick would ever strut that kind of weight again. Good for him.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

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All I can say is wow!

me too, time will tell, but this seems crazy high for a guy that most likely won't play all 16 games.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I want to ask you a question? I am done debating on Vick and Prison and all that, but i have seen some of your posts about Vick, and i really get the assumption that you wouldn't feel as negatively about Vick if he had only killed a human being.

Not trying to judge dude at all, but I've talked to alot of these Michael Vick haters at my new job, and the consensus among them, is being that Animals now hold surperior rights to a human being (you know the animal bill of rights and constitution and all that), If Vick would have killed a person, be it in murder or drunk driving, he would have gotten off lighter in the eyes of the fans.

I'm kidding about the animal bill of rights man, but I'm serious, among all my travels, and I've been outside the U.S., I swear this must be the only country on earth where we give animals in some cases more rights than humans. We will spend a billion dollars on animal rescue places and shit like that, but homeless people are treated like garbage and nobody gives a damn.

I think it takes a very sick person to do the things he did. Product of environment and all. I don't think a person who has done that can inherently change. He changed because he got caught and im not saying he shouldn't be accepted for it but I don't think he should be crowned.

There is a difference between killing an animal and abusing it to death.

[MTK]

Just not sure what the rush was to lock him up. If I were the Eagles I would have made him prove himself another season. Prove he can stay healthy over 16 games, and not fade out after a hot start.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Just not sure what the rush was to lock him up. If I were the Eagles I would have made him prove himself another season. Prove he can stay healthy over 16 games, and not fade out after a hot start.

This.

In fact they could have franchised him next year again, and seen what develops. With his style, and their line, and our division, he easily could get a season or career ending injury, and then they have really put themselves in a hole, imo.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Just not sure what the rush was to lock him up. If I were the Eagles I would have made him prove himself another season. Prove he can stay healthy over 16 games, and not fade out after a hot start.

Funny. I said the same thing about Laron Laundry. :cheeky-sm

[MTK]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Funny. I said the same thing about Laron Laundry. :cheeky-sm

LL doesn't have the injury history Vick does, apples and oranges too as LL isn't going to get this kind of money.

But given the fact LL is still iffy health wise, I would wait. I would have waited til midseason at the earliest anyway.