Vick signs with the Eagles

[GMScud]

Jeffrey Lurie had a funny quote about his meeting with Vick:

"I had to see a lot of self-hatred from him."

LOL! Self-hatred. That's funny. I mean, did Vick have to walk into his office and say, "hey, I'm an unbelievable piece of sh*t and I can't stand myself. Let's play some football!"

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by irish

A good move for Vick. McNabb wont be intimidated by his presence and should provide good guidance. It think it might work out well for MV.

Not really.

The fans will turn on him quick and severely WHEN he doesn't play up to his promises of "I can still run as fast and throw as far and I work out now, I never did before...".

If he does perform well, the fans will begin their annual "throw McNabb outta town" campaign and distract the team.

Philly is a huge dogfighting venue too, so he's going to be expected to do that much more "I'm sorry, don't dogfight, kids" campaigning.

Then of course, there is the clash of the circus freaks: PETA vs. Philly fans.

It's going to be a disaster for the team. I love it.

Also...McNabb says he's playing WR and TE...just hilarious...Orakpo would be covering him at TE...say goodbye to their QB if this happens.

[MTK]

Still scratching my head over this move. Doesn't really make a ton of sense for the Eagles.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Still scratching my head over this move. Doesn't really make a ton of sense for the Eagles.

I think that it does. I do not believe that they were happy with Kolb even before the injury. They still need a replacement down the line for McNabb. McNabb was a scrambling QB for a while before Reid turned him into a Pocket Passer. I believe that they feel that they might be able to do the same thing with Vick. Remember Vick has been in the WCO. They sign him short term for relatively cheap and it buys them more time to get the QB solution after McNabb solved. In the mean time they can use him for those gimmick plays that they liked to run with Jackson last season.

I do believe that this might hurt them a little if McNabb goes down early in the season. Their backup QB position until week six is a big question mark and nobody knows what Vick would look like after week six.

In short, this is a great move for the not so distant future, (next season and perhaps beyond) short term impact could be negative.

[SouperMeister]

I went to school in Philly, and when Vick was re-instated, all my friends up there dismissively said that Snyder would sign him within a week and that it would be the circus-like distraction typical for our organization. Now that he has signed with the Iggles, those same guys are calling it a stroke of genius. Typical Philly fans.

[KLHJ2]

On another note, time to lock all of the other Vick threads...and if you're feeling evil, throw them in thread hell.

[SmootSmack]

Monday Night Football Eagles at Redskins Week 7...Vick's Return!!! (actually I think he'll be back before then)

I think this move is almost a bit of an admission by the Eagles that their defense this year won't be quite what it's been in past years and they will need to heavily rely on offensive firepower

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Monday Night Football Eagles at Redskins Week 7...Vick's Return!!! (actually I think he'll be back before then)

I think this move is almost a bit of an admission by the Eagles that their defense this year won't be quite what it's been in past years and they will need to heavily rely on offensive firepower

yeah, I was thinking about the timing if that is Vick's first game. In DC (well, close enough). That might be the only game where peta folks are redskins fans! I can imagine the noise when he takes the field, probably just what we need.

I don't look at this as having anything to do w/their D slipping a little. I look at this in 2 ways:
1) they may be legitimately grooming him as a backup to DM, who is older & is at least a little injury prone.
2) They are undergoing the second coming of the TO experiment; i.e. they believe they are "1 player away" & are willing to deal w/the distraction.

[PennSkinsFan]

Fitting for a crappy town

[Paintrain]

Way to keep it classy Philly Daily News! It's going to be interesting to see how Reid uses Vick and McNabb in their offense.

[MTK]

I don't think McNabb has anything to worry about.

Most seem to think the Eagles picked up Vick with the idea of trading him for a pick next year in mind.

That said the media is going to jump on a potential QB controversy story every chance they get.

And if McNabb struggles at any point this year, you can bet the retard Philly fans will start clamoring for Vick.

[SmootSmack]

Funny how the Bengals made Vick an offer first

[firstdown]

Its was funny our local station brook this story around 7:15 and then they started bragging how they beat out ESPN and all the other national stations. I'm guessing they had a local conection.

[SmootSmack]

Damn, Vick has a one year old daughter...hello conjugal visits!

[roth74va]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Damn, Vick has a one year old daughter...hello conjugal visits!

ROFL, thats exactly what I was thinking....2 minus 1=huh?

I just have a bad feeling that we are gonna see some trickery with Vick & McNabb on the field at the same time.