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Buffalo signed Terrell Owens and the town didn't burn the football offices down. In fact, I think the fans were totally behind it. If owner Ralph Wilson, desperate to catch the Patriots, thinks Vick will help, I can see him wearing a flak jacket to take all the criticism.

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I don’t know if anyone else noticed that there was also a “Truth and Rumors” about Vick and the Bills as well…basically that we are in “win now mode” and brining in T.O. means we are willing to do anything to catch the Pats. I’m sorry but the last time I checked T.O. never spent a year and half in prison

by DCBillsBacker on May 20, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just have no idea how Vick helps the Bills, or any team, “win now”.

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on May 21, 2009 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vick will go somewhere… I really really really hope not here. We have enough RB’s.

a thought though,
I would pick him up for the Vet Min and make him our return specialist with parrish.

Delightfully Ignoring The Truth since 1995.

by NeverendingOptimism on May 20, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Our offense isn't going in that direction

But he would be a better back up than Fitzpatrick and if Edwards went down and he came in and did well…hello trade bait for 2010 draft

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on May 20, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Of course he did pay his debt to society, but this discussion of “getting a second chance” totally misses the point. We aren’t talking about a second chance here, we are talking about millions of dollars and a public stage. Even if he does work with the Humane Society, isn’t he just talking out of one side of his mouth because he will be back in the league, in the money, and in the spotlight.

by DCBillsBacker on May 21, 2009 12:00 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No matter how big of a piece of crap Vick is, and how despicable his actions were (and they were simply disgusting and inhumane), he still deserves a second chance. That doesn’t mean he deserves to be earning millions in the NFL again, but he has paid his debt to society, did his time and is free to pursue a career again. Do I like that? No, not at all, but I also don’t think it’s fair to bar him completely from playing the NFL.

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on May 21, 2009 2:00 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Tere are plenty of businesees and institutions

out there that will not hire convicted felons. I have not done research so can’t state facts, but I don’t think you can have any government job including teacher, mailman, police officer. You won’t get hired by many (if not all) respectable private busnesses and companies in corporate america. You cannot practice law (I think).

So, why should you be allowed to play in the NFL, a profession which is much more exclusive than any of these examples (only ~2000 players).

I hear and understand the argument that there are and have been players in the NFL that have done (arguably) worse things than Mike Vick. But that doesn’t mean that can’t change. I don’t believe that any of these people are saying that the NFL should ban Mike Vick but let Stallworth play (assuming convicted of felony). Or maybe they are, but I’m not.

I am saying that I personnaly would lose my job if convicted of a felony and I don’t see a problem with the NFL implementing similar standards. And I don’t see a problem with the NFL implementing those standards beginning today, with Michael Vick.

by shouldbeworking on May 21, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no comparison between Vick and T.O. One guy has a controversial personality and the other is an ex-con.

Vick will be an enormous target for opposing teams. I’d expect his on-field punishment to be brutal. Imagine some huge defensive linemen thinking of Vick as the guy who would enjoy strangling the lineman’s favorite childhood little fuzzy puppy. Bad thing’s man…

by dzil on May 21, 2009 7:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He deserves the second chance.
Dog fighting, while vile, is probably part of Vick’s cultural heritage in some sense, and had been around it since he was a small boy. It doesn’t make it right, but it becomes understandable in the sense that this is a cultural sub-group that exists, and he was a part of it and he paid the price. Vick obviously thought of Pit Bulls just as figther’s, like some might view racing dogs or horses or how a General at the highest rank of the military might view soldiers, with little empathy when there are casualties in war.
I don’t hate Vick for this, but just like any other horrible vice people have, I hope he separates himself from it and moves on.
No Vick for the Bills IMO, but I am excited to see Vick, maybe one of the NFL’s greatest pure athetes, back on the field. I think Vick was involved in a lot of unsavory activity and surrounded himself with equally unsavory characters, and if he just would have put in the study like Peyton Manning does, Vick would have been, and could be a much better QB. You can’t doubt his running ability, and I have seen him throw the ball as good as any player with accuracy and velocity. I think his inaccuracy has more to do with lack of knowledge of the opponents, and where to go with the ball, as opposed to just an inability to hit a target.

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on May 21, 2009 8:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It is all about Character

Vick’s actions lead him to jail. The Bills have strived to get players in here that have good character. Some have made mistakes but they still have character the is good. Vick would be the worst cancer the Bills would ever have and they do not need it.

TO is selfish but he has not been arrested for anything.

The place Vick needs to be is in the movie – The Longest Yard – not the NFL.

Fat, Drunk, & Stupid is No way to go through life.

by Deadpool71 on May 21, 2009 12:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Exactly what sort of character are they looking for? I’d be very hard-pressed to figure that out, at this point.

by thefourwinds on May 21, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am so done with this conversation.

I am not commenting on anything about Mike Vick until the time he is a Bills player if it comes to that.

You guys are never going to agree on his wrongdoings, whether he has served his debt to society, or where he stands on the list of NFL player transgressions. It’s pointless to debate it.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on May 21, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If Vick becomes a Bill this season, my last comment here will be, "I will miss you guys"

because I will be done with the Bills. I will not be a part of cheering for a guy like that.

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

by Joe P. on May 21, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would love to have that kind of resolve Joe. I think the Bills could sign Dan Marino and I would still watch. I wouldn’t be happy, but I would watch.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on May 21, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

O.J. and Vick are the only two players I can think of off hand that would lead me to that extreme

"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
- William Shakespeare

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

by Joe P. on May 21, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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