No Michael Vick for the Rams

Last night, Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network surprised me, and everyone else who follows the NFL, with the following juicy tid-bit. The Eagles love having three good QBs, and they have every intention of maintaining the status quo. Although Michael Vick has publicly stated that he wants to be a starter again, the Eagles have no intention of trading him, and Vick is not on the trading block. The Eagles feel that they are poised for a Super Bowl run in 2010, and they don't want any hiccups if Donovan McNabb should happen to be injured for a couple of games.

When asked what they will do with Vick on a game-to-game basis, Andy Reid indicates that he is going to go back to the drawing board and re-work the Wildcat program that didn't quite work in 2009. He intends to try it again. If at first you don't succeed...

It should be noted that Yahoo Sports categorically rejects Jason's report, but they do so on logical rather than factual grounds. Mark J. Miller simply declares that it makes no sense to pay such a large figure to Vick in 2010 when he is just a backup. He still believes that Vick will be traded or released in the Spring of 2010.

Mr. Miller may be forgetting that the Commish has stated in no uncertain terms that 2010 is going to be an uncapped year. Normal rules do not apply or pertain to 2010. The Eagles can spend the money if they want too.

I listened to these reports with substantial disappointment. Those who read this blog know that I am not a particular fan of Vick, and that I favor Tebow as a long term solution to the Rams' QB needs. Still, all of us Tebow fans know full-well that Tebow is going to require at least one full Red-Shirt season in the NFL to work on mechanics. I was hoping that we could acquire Michael Vick as our starter for (at least) 2010. This would allow us to construct our offense entirely around the concept of having a mobile Southpaw Quarterback. This would make our line adapt to blocking for mobile Lefty, and get all our receivers used to the reverse spin on the Football.

Just as I became used to the idea of this perfect fit, the Eagles went and snatched it away from me. Let's hope the Yahoo's Mike Miller is correct about this, but I think La Canfora is the better source.