You don’t have to agree with me, I just thought this would make for good mid-week fodder for us to chew on while we wait for the boys to take on the Patriots on Sunday.

I slightly agree, slightly disagree..

As far as Vick to the Panthers, no way. We just don’t need him. We have all the ground power we could possibly harness in a single game right now. There’s no need to bring Vick in when Williams, Stewart, and even Sutton are leading our charge on the ground. I also believe that Goodson is going to develop into the multi-threat, screen murdering back we are expecting him to be. That’s the part I agree with..

The part I don’t really agree with is saying Vick takes from the table. Unless you’re just saying he brings nothing to our table, in which, I suppose we’re on the same road, just different lanes. He’s still a great athlete, nothing can take that from him – he’s simply not that great of a traditional QB anymore, if he ever was.

For a team such as the Dolphins, that can dedicate themselves to a full blown wild cat, he would do wonders. As he gets back into the swing of thing and his passing returns to at least mediocrity he’ll be hell in the wild cat. That’s the only thing I can see him doing, though. He’s not going to go anywhere and be a starting QB, only a gimmick, but that’s not to say he’s useless. I would honestly hate playing the Dolphins knowing Vick was in their backfield. He’s a bad gimmick in Philly and a dual threat in Miami just because they’re set up for that type of play. If Vick goes anywhere other than Miami (or another team willing to completely conform to the WC) it’ll be nothing more than a waste.

If Carolina were chocolate ice cream, Vick would be chocolate syrup. You could mix them but you’re not going to gain much. However, Miami would be vanilla ice cream – mixing the two would be great. Other teams would be strawberry, I suppose, you could mix them but can’t guarantee how it’s going to taste until it’s too late and you’ve already made a huge bowl.

I voted for the third option, by the way.

Living here in the Philly area I’ve witnessed first hand, that at this point in his career, Vick brings little if anything to the table. So far he has really struggled to get back up to NFL speed and still looks really indecisive. With the exception of last week’s game I would go so far as to say he has been a detriment to team offensively. I also agree that even when he was at his best he was not an accurate passer and certainly left somthing to be desired as a team leader.
Also the baggage that he brings should not be underestimated. His presence has fractured the Eagles fan base in ways that I never would have imagined.
Mike Vick is not the answer to the Panthers QB dilemma.

I made it abundantly clear during the preseason how I would detest the Carolina Panthers front office for signing Michael Vick. The off the field stuff disgusted me enough, but that wasn’t really the reason why I said it was a horrible idea. I’m look at Michael Vick the football player.

Vick was, and is one of the most electrifying players in the NFL. He was an amazing, once in a decade athlete who needed to be accounted for on every single play. His success came at a time where the NFL was relatively free of gimmicks and gadget. There weren’t wildcats, wildhorses, dirty birds or any other manor of offensive buzzword you see in the 2009 iteration of the NFL. This led Vick to have great success against teams who didn’t see him on a regular basis. The Panthers drafted Thomas Davis ostensibly as an ‘anti-Vick’ and towards the end of his run in ATL the Panthers had him figured out.

Throughout this time Vick is an extremely below average quarterback in the NFL. Even in his best seasons he was in the bottom of the league in completion percentage. His best season was in 2004 in this regard, and even then he completed just 56.3% of his passes. To give some perspective to just how low this number is Jake Delhomme has completed 55.5% of his passes this year.

It was the Atlanta wide receivers who were always blamed for Vick’s low numbers. Fans of Vick would virulently argue that if Vick had a half decent reciever he’d put up Peyton Manning numbers, though this never materialized. The Falcons brought in Roddy White and Michael Jenkins to give Vick targets. The result?

- During Vick’s reign at QB Roddy White never had a season with over 600 yards recieving. Since Vick leaving the Falcons White is on pace for his 3rd straight 1,000 yard recieving season.

Vick is not the QB we need for the Carolina Panthers. He’s not a good decision maker, he’s not accurate and can’t use offensive weapons effectively. Sure, he’ll sell jerseys and make Sportscenter, but that doesn’t convert itself to wins or offensive success. We need a passer in Carolina, we need a leader in Carolina- we don’t need an athlete or an individual at the position.

We need a passer in Carolina, we need a leader in Carolina- we don’t need an athlete or an individual at the position.

This is, in a nutshell, my point exactly.

The off-field stuff is just icing on the cake for me. I want a field general, not a gimmick.

I don’t see Vick coming to play for you guys. Mostly because he will want to come on a team and start along with getting paid starters money. You guys just gave Delhomme a nice new contract so just with that alone I don’t see it happening. I don’t even think you guys would be considered on my list of teams he would/could possible go to.

Even though a lot of people can’t stand him – he will be able to benefit any team that he goes to because he is such an athlete, but I don’t think you guys have to worry about it.

Ship Vick to Oakland!!

We all have short term memories when it comes to what kind of player Vick WAS when he played against us…

His Eagles throttles the Falcons last Sunday! Take that QB! LMFAO….