On Michael Vick & Tom Brady

08/14/09

So I have to admit that I am not quite sure how I feel about Michael Vick becoming a member of the Philidelphia Eagles yesterday. From a pure football "play to win" standpoint I guess it's a great move for Philly. Think about the formations they could create with both McNabb & Vick on the field at the same time. There's not a team in the NFL that would guess correctly what the offense will do 100% of the time. Remember the fits Miami gave opposing teams last season when they ran their wildcat offense? The Patriots sure remember. I'll bet you could notch that up quite a bit with McNabb & Vick both on the field at the same time. Glad that New England doesn't have to worry about that during the regular season. They squeezed out a 27-25 pre-season win last night against the Eagles. In his first game action since Week 1 of last season, Tom Brady started and played nearly all of the first half in Thursday's preseason opener. Tom threw for two touchdowns in the Patriots win....Oh, and no Michael Vick for the Patriots defense to worry about.

Vick was tried, sentenced & served all of his time. He also met with the NFL Commissioner and then had a couple of personal meetings with Eagles coach Andy Reid. I like Reid. He seems like a pretty decent guy who can in a way relate to Vick's situation. Reid said that Vick understands what he needs to do moving forward and he's willing to except Vick at his word. I hope he's right. What Vick did was pretty sick when you think about it. If he's truly sorry for what he did and is a far better person today because of it, he could be making a lot of opposing teams & their fans pretty sick later on this season.