Securb Wrote:I am thinking 49ers they just got a big receiver they need someone to throw to him.

Quote:ATLANTA (AP)—Less than five years after the Atlanta Falcons signed Michael Vick(notes) to a $130 million contract, the suspended quarterback was released in a 98-word statement.

Before Friday’s announcement—a move that clears Vick to sign with any NFL team—general manager Thomas Dimitroff called the team’s former franchise player.

Dimitroff said Vick, who has missed two seasons while serving a prison sentence for running a dogfighting ring, deserved to hear first about his release. He said Vick “was upbeat” in the short conversation and was looking forward to moving on.

“Respect him as an individual and as an athlete in this profession. It was the right thing to do and I’m happy that we had a conversation today.”

Dimitroff said releasing Vick allows the Falcons “to have a clean slate going into the summer” and allows Vick the freedom to negotiate with other teams.

“I think what we thought about a lot was going into the summer, having a clean slate, not talking about this a lot and not having this be any sort of an issue at all, for Michael, for us,” Dimitroff said. “It was about being positive. It was about moving forward.”

Vick is eligible to immediately sign with a team even though he has not been reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Securb Wrote:“I have a hard time believing that Michael Vick is not going to wind up with Bill Parcells,” Green said, “simply because he has that creativeness that says that no matter what it takes, he’s going to find a way to get Michael Vick.

Now, whether it means convincing the Commissioner or whatever it takes, Michael Vick is probably going to wind up at Miami because of the fact that Bill Parcells is Bill Parcells.”

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/06/29/dennis-green-thinks-tuna-will-take-a-chance-on-vick/

Hooch Wrote:PFT is full of shit. Parcells went out and got guys who couldn't move worth a shit in Bledsoe and Testeverde, but they were sound fundamental football guys. So now he's interested in the exact opposite of that kind of player?

PF Wrote:The man who supposedly has final say over such matters in Miami (even though everyone suspects he really doesn't) recently was asked about Vick.

"No comment on that," G.M. Jeff Ireland told Mike Berardino of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "That's not my deal." (Ireland apparently realizes it, too.)

Securb Wrote:Vick can play the last 2 preseason games and then he can start playing week 6, I think he will be signed by the end of the week