Overation: Michael Vick

So many think that some GM will take a chance and sign Vick in three or four years from now. Everybody seems to think he is this great talent, but is he. He is the ultimate “Sportscenter Jock” big time highlights with different numbers that the morons like Seasn Salisbury wax poetic about his ability. If you don’t remember old Dingleberry proclaimed Vick would be the first QB to throw for 4000 and rush for a 1000, pretty bold statement considering he hase never thrown for 3000 yards, and only once has he trhwon for more 2500.

Vick has always been defnded because he does not have the talent around him. The Falcons brought a running back who has been pretty good in Warrick Dunn , Alge Cumpler, a tight end who has been as good as any the last couple of years, Peerless Price, a probowl widreciever, and a laundry list of first and second round used on widerecievers. He is like a shooting guard on a bad team, he dominates the ball and does not allow other players to succed.

As a Giants fan I have watched Eli Manning who is in a exclusive club of making the playoffs in back to back years, the other three Matt Hasselback, Tom brady and that other Manning. People say that if he does not have a big year this year the Giants need to move on. While Eli has that in first three years, Vick has had six seasons in the league and only seen the playoff twice.

I decided to compare Vick to the other starting quaterbacks and see if their at least comparable. One of two things will make the other quaterbacks comparable to Vick, if he lead his team to the playoffs three or they entered to the after Vick and has lead his team to the playoffs at least twice.

Eli Manning, Donovan McNabb, Brett Farve, Jeff Garcia, Jake Delhomme, Drew Brees, Marc Bulger, Matt Hasselback, Trent Green, Chad Pennington, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Steve McNair, Peyton Manning, Dante Culpepper.

Thats 14 players who play a position that many define by winning who are better at winning. That list did not count guys like Jamarcus Russel, Jay Cutler, Phillip Rivers, Vince Young, Brady Quinn, Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, and Tony Romo. These guys fall into the media darling players who have experinced success already. Thats 22 players right now that coulod be considered better Quaterbacks than Vick, so where is this need for him going to be in three years.

His contract is second only to Peyton Manning  so he is sucking up a large part of the cap that hurts the ability of the Falcons to add a solid free agent. Also who wants to go there atlanta and get three balls get thrown to them.

No team will need a PR nightmare who never showed the ability to career a team to playoffs on a consistent player. There is no reason to bring him back as a widereciever or runningback because there is probaly 100 players who have more athletic ability, its different being a great athlete at quaterback and being a great athlete in the NFL. He is a freak, but the NFl right now is finding the players that fit a system not finding the system to meet the player.