Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Vick is out. Football becomes entertaining once again.

With Michael Vick finally out of prison, sports fans can now be excited to watch football again.

For those of you too young to remember, Vick was and probably still is the most explosive quarterback in the league today.

His speed and agility was key in Atlanta's success a few years back. No one was able to stop him. Defensive linemen were too slow to catch him, linebackers weren't quick enough to adjust when he would run one way and then fake to the other side.

Watching him is like watching Dwayne Wade this season. He did things you never thought you'd see a QB do.


As we all know, Vick was arrested on dogfighting charges and spent his last 21 months in a Kansas prison facility. He has two more months left that will be spent in home confinement.

Vick, at one time the highest paid player in the league, will have to report to a probation officer sometime this week and will have to work a construction job at $10 per hour to pay off any remaining debts after they already took most of his possessions and left him bankrupt.

I don't think what this guy did was right and he should have learned his lesson in prison. But, the fact of the matter is that Vick has paid his debt to society and should be reinstated to the NFL.

What Vick has done on the field is something that will not be forgotten and teams are now trying to mimic what Vick has done.

The whole wildcat offense we saw practically every Sunday last year was because of Vick. No QB has the explosiveness to put on a show like him. Football was exciting when Vick was around. Fox sports practically showed Falcon games because of this one man.

He still has to finish off his legal issues before he can even think about going back to the NFL. That is, if Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner decides to reinstate him.

I'm not saying what Vick did is ok but he did comply with the law and his debt to society is almost paid. I do hope that he learned something from all this whole experience.

If Vick does return to the NFL, hopefully this season, he'll probably return to boos from the fans, but hopefully he'll be able to shrug it off so we can finally see what we've been missing out on these past two seasons.

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