Michael Vick is an astounding athlete, but a below average quarterback. Never been anything more.

held potential as a gimmicky, wildcat, drop back and run knida player. Lots of it.

As a quarterback, I view him as a total bust. I think everybody remembers that Falcons team that made it past Lambeau and into the NFC Championship game and thinks Vick is a great quarterback. Truth is, he was/is/will be a poor field general and to say that over a dozen starting QB’s in the NFL are worse than him is laughable. More athletic, sure… he beats out almost all of them… but better at the quarterback position??? No way.

He’s going to have to start at the bottom (CFL?) before any team even considers him.

Throw in the fact that I’m pretty sure that Tarvaris Jackson, Sage Rosenfels, and John David Booty have never used the words “rape stand” in casual conversation, and it’s pretty ludicrous to think that the Vikings should be entertaining the thought of Michael Vick in purple at all.

Stay classy Gonzo. And by the way, don’t assume that all of the members here are adults… you’ve got quite a few teenie boppers floating around too (referencing the comment made in the closed FanPost)

i see where they’re coming from. i don’t agree with the 19 qbs but once he gets back in football shape he’s decent enough. if you take him right now of course he’s not better than anybody but he’ll have time to get back to pro speed as a backup somewhere and eventually a starter in a year or two.

Yes the are wrong.

He never was a great pocket passer when his team needed it. His athletlic ability stood out from over 90% of the players in the league, though. He probably did nothing but work-out in jail and may not be in “footbal shape”, but in overal good shape, having sustained no injuries in over two years. Vick was and probably still is way faster and more agile than T.Jack.

He is still young enough to shake off the rust and get back to being a starter in the NFL.

Vick should find a team with an uncertain QB situation and be the backup, but #2 for sure. 80% chance he gets his chance to start before the end of the season or at least be the #1 guy next year.

A team like San Francisco that was in the bottom 5 in rushing last year could use Vick. Buying time with his legs would give guys like Vernon Davis time to get open. Crabtree sound like another good option? Yeah, thought so. They would have to get rid of Hill or A.Smith to do it but Vick is a better option than what they have now.

As for Vick being better than 19 other starters in the league, currently they are crazy. Let the guy get 2 or more games in before you start making statments like that. I know the offseason talk has slowed and been redundant (Favre) lately, but P.F.T. loses credability with statments like that. So over the top its hard to take them serious.

I initially put my name as Cutler2Vikes many months ago, before he went to Chicago.

Now its the stupidist name ever!

It’s unlikely that Vick is anywhere close to his old ability when he was still a ‘playa’, but when he returns (not if, but when), he’ll have something to prove. Should be interesting to watch.

We just don’t know if he’s any good or not, now. Assuming that he’s going be a crap QB though, before the man even has a chance to step onto an NFL practice field, is pre-judging him pretty harshly. Personally I hope he comes back and kicks major ass for whatever team takes a chance on him (other than the Vikings :) ).

They got to be joking. These guys are on some badly made meth or need to really clean out the bong water. While not a T.J. fan, he sure as hell shows more promise as a QB then Vick did or will…..if he is reinstated. He has been one of the most inconsistant QB’s Ive ever seen. Thats game to game. While I have no doubt he will be back in the NFL, I am sceptical as it being a full time starting QB. The only teams I could see entertaining the mere thought of putting up with the wacko PETA crowd and short term protest’s and boycotts would be 49ers, Oakland (land of the misfit toys), Cincy (Paul Browns memorial halfway house stadium) and St. Louis since that has become a major dysfunctional team with the ever slight possibilty of moving back to L.A. and Marc Bulger is no shining star, perhaps shooting. These guys need to get their heads seriously examined. Either that, or they just threw that out there to see what reaction they got. Hope they like being called idiots.

There was talk that he was working with a coach on his passing in the offseason, but then all the dogfighting stuff happened. He has an unbelieveably strong arm, and we all know about his athletic ability. I think if he gets with the right trainer/coach he could eventually become a starting QB again. Oh and I think he is better then Jackson and Booty, not Sage though.

I’d love Vick as a suppliment to a major quarterback but never as a starter.

The only place he thrives is Madden….

The idea of Vick coming back to the NFL at all completely goes against Roger Goddell’s whole theme of accountability and public image for the NFL. How could they possibly claim the NFL even remotely cares about character if they EVER reinstate Vick? Please…

I undertand he legally semi-paid his debt to society, but come on. The guy blatently lied every step of the way and caved only after all of his associates started to line up to testify against him. Classy…….

If there is a GM out there that would consider trying to bring Michael Vick in to play for his organization he would need balls of steel to handle the bad PR. Hats off to whoever is stupid enough to make that move.

I understand he is inconsistent but come on he’s worse than T Jack? I dont think T Jack is anywhere near michael vick. 1) He cant Scramble like vick and he’s just as inaccurate. 2) Hes only a wildcat qb? Thats rediculous everyone nows what the wildcat is now and cant stop using it for scrambling qb’s. Vick was making big plays before the wildcat with his legs so thats not the only way hes useful. yes he needs to work on accuracy. but to say his numbers are lower than AD and CT duh hes a qb his numbers shouldnt even be compared to theirs but hes so good you have no choice but to compare his scrambling abilities effectiveness to RB’S main purpose

I do remember that game and i am a VIKES fan but it still doesnt make him a bad player yea he can compare to TJack in Accuracy but TJack cant do what vick can with his legs and if we spent three years on tjack whos to say that vick cant do any better?

Maybe I saw different games from the rest of you guys…

But from what I saw, T-Jack’s problem was never arm-strength. The man has a freaking cannon for an arm, and early on had a problem with throwing the ball too hard for the receivers to effectively catch.

T-Jack’s problem was never accuracy. I saw him thread needles so damned small that I honestly didn’t see the opening to throw, and I saw him do this lots of times, not just once in a while. He has an eye for gauging the eye of the needle and delivering on target, and he’s wicked-good at it.

The problems that I see with him is that he can’t be accurate like that in a consistent fashion. One series he’ll be zinging the ball in there, honestly making throws that put my heart in my mouth because the gap is seriously tight.. and the next series he’ll be grounding the ball or throwing an interception.

I think that inconsistency is caused, in large part, by not putting a high enough priority on using his receivers. He might down-check but he’s looking at running as the solution rather than hanging in there to wait for someone to get open. Not really scrambling, but running. A scrambler is moving around the backfield to buy time for his receivers to break open, and only takes off downfield when all other possibilities are exhausted. A running QB puts a higher priority on running and if that gap is there, rather than take a little longer waiting to see if someone comes open, they head down-field. In the past, T-Jack was more of a running QB than a scrambler, and that needs to change.

If there’s a valid knock on T-Jack’s throwing, it’s consistency because the man has proved he has the strength, and he’s capable of the accuracy.