Oddsmaker: Vick favored to join Patriots or Steelers
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Bloomberg News Vick was conditionally reinstated to the NFL Monday, a week after completing a 23-month sentence for running a dogfighting ring. The NFL said that the former Pro Bowl quarterback can practice immediately and play in the preseason's final two games if he can find a team that will sign him. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he'll decide when Vick can play in regular-season games by Week Six, or mid-October. While teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and New York Jets said they're not interested in the 29-year-old, other clubs might seek to add the No. 1 pick in the 2001 NFL draft who holds the record for rushing yards in a season by a quarterback. "The ideal situation for Vick coming out of this process is to land with a respectable franchise that has strong leadership from the owner to the coaches to the players,'' BetUS.com spokesman Reed Richards said from the Web site's Costa Rica-based office. "New England and Pittsburgh both fit that description. They would keep him on a short leash.'' The Patriots and Super Bowl-champion Steelers are given 4-1 odds of adding Vick by BetUS.com. They're followed by the San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills at 9-2, meaning a winning $100 bet would return $450 plus the original wager. "Buffalo and Oakland have both shown they're willing to take chances on players,'' said Richards, who cited the Bills offseason addition of wide receiver Terrell Owens, who has clashed with teammates and management in Dallas, Philadelphia and San Francisco during his career. Other teams listed by BetUS are the Tennessee Titans (5-1), Miami Dolphins (6-1), Minnesota Vikings (13-2), Oakland Raiders (7-1), Jacksonville Jaguars (8-1) and Seattle Seahawks (15-1). Most NFL teams probably won't comment on Vick until they open training camps later this week, though Owens said two days ago that he'd welcome Vick as a teammate. "Vick is a guy that really hasn't had any character issues besides what he got a prison sentence for, so why not?'' Owens told reporters. "There's a number of guys around the league that have done far more worse things than that and gotten second chances, so I don't see why he shouldn't.'' Vick was once the highest-paid player in the NFL, having a 10-year, $130 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons. He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last July and will probably make significantly less money in his return to the NFL after a two-year absence.
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I hope it does not happen. The Steelers has other issues to focus on. The Steelers do not need Vick. The Steelers cannot babby sit Vick and attempt to hope he has been re-hab. The Steelers are on the verge of repeating back to the Superbowl and winning # 7. Vick can hook up with another team. The Steelers are not in Vick league even though the coach has a history with Vick. It is a different ball game.
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I do agree that the NE Patriots has the best coaching and team to keep a tight leash on "problem" guys, but they don't need Vic's troubles on the team. Vic is not a Team player and therefore I do not believe he would be a good fit. Put him out on the West Coast somewhere
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Remember how Corey Dillon wasn't a team player, how Randy Moss wasn't a team player and how brandon Meriweather was out beating other players with his football helmet, I do. But all have been great in New England. The pats have a strong locker room and coaching staff to deal with Vick. Belicheck is a creative coach and likes versatile players, which is why i say by the start of the season Vick will be a patriot. The Pats know how to deal with distractions, like spygate (went 16-0) and the pressure of going undefeated. They've been in 4 superbowls so a media circus is nothing new to the players. Mike Vick is a team player he was a great leader in the locker room in Atlanta. He did alot for the community with charity work and other things, but people forget that because he made one mistake. He is the BEST athlete this league has ever seen and i think he and the Pats are the perfect match.
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Remember how Corey Dillon wasn't a team player, how Randy Moss wasn't a team player and how brandon Meriweather was out beating other players with his football helmet, I do. But all have been great in New England. The pats have a strong locker room and coaching staff to deal with Vick. Belicheck is a creative coach and likes versatile players, which is why i say by the start of the season Vick will be a patriot. The Pats know how to deal with distractions, like spygate (went 16-0) and the pressure of going undefeated. They've been in 4 superbowls so a media circus is nothing new to the players. Mike Vick is a team player he was a great leader in the locker room in Atlanta. He did alot for the community with charity work and other things, but people forget that because he made one mistake. He is the BEST athlete this league has ever seen and i think he and the Pats are the perfect match.
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