Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Let's close the deal for Michael Vick tomorrow

Michael Vick will be owed a $1.5m check if he is still on the Eagles' roster as of 12:00:01 AM Friday March 5th, 2010. If the Eagles have any intent to trade him, they will be at one of their motivation points tomorrow. If we hear the term 4th rounder for Vick, we should not hesitate to clasp hands and sign the documents. Fax them right over to headquarters on Park Avenue and complete the deal.

I understand my guru Mike Mayock believes it is our best interest to string this thing along create as much confusion as possible. This is the best way to snooker the Redskins or the Bucs into making a deal. The only problem is that I have run all those probabilistic scenarios a few times in a simple game model. The table looks real bad for game players. We have very little chance of dealing the #1 pick to the Redskins and less chance of dealing the pick to the Bucs. We are talking about a very low order of probability.

The bottom line is that Ndamukong Suh is special, but he plays the deepest position in this year's draft. If there were no other DTs in this year's draft, there would be a chance of catching an addict in the Joneses. Nobody is Jonesing for DT this year. There are plenty. Worse, this is probably the last draft where you will need to dish out $10-$12m for a #1 pick. Just our luck to be taking there this year. The pick is radio active. We ain't dealing it. I just don't think trickeration is going to work here.

So why waste time and breath? Why fuck around?

Closing the deal for Vick will solidify our 2010 plans, and it will cease the endless and unproductive babble of the need-based draft theorists. We know we ain't taking a QB at the top of the first round this year. Let's show them why.