Raiders Players Want Mike Vick

[Wildcard]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/thehuddle/2008/11/raiders-players.html

It's premature for the Raiders to be measuring the former Falcons starting QB for a uniform, but some Oakland players are openly lobbying for the team to sign Vick after he's released from jail.

"You can just imagine what it would be like," Raiders fullback Justin Griffith, a former teammate in Atlanta, told the Contra Costa Times. "But until he gets out, and we actually get him up in here, and we see how he is as a player, it's all up to Mike, and it's all up to (Raiders owner Al Davis).

"Would we like to see it? Yes. Would it add a whole lot to your offense? Yes, it would, man, but until it happens, you just imagine how it (would be)."

Said former teammate Ashley Lelie, "You have to sign him, if you're the Raiders. Trust me, I've played against him before. You don't want him on the other team. I've seen what he can do."

Vick, in jail after pleading guilty to federal charges for his role in a dogfighting operation, is scheduled to be released in July 2009. He is currently suspended from the NFL and would have to apply for reinstatement.

Another former Falcons teammate now with the Raiders, CB DeAngelo Hall, joined Griffith and Lelie saying they'd put some of their salaries up as collateral if the Raiders would take a chance on Vick.

"Oh, yeah, definitely," Hall said. "I wouldn't have any second thought about doing it. I'll put in my contract the same stipulations or whatever, man. I know anytime something like that happens, you wake up and you smell the roses.

"After talking to Mike, he definitely knows what's happening. He has a family, kids, fiancée. He definitely wised up and got those riff-raffs away from him. He knows who his true friends are. He'll move on and go from there."

 

[Roogy]

If this guy gets back into the NFL, I think the NFL is going to lose some respect in a lot of peoples eyes.

 

[Wildcard]

If this guy gets back into the NFL, I think the NFL is going to lose some respect in a lot of peoples eyes.

He should come back, and JaMarcus should go to jail for stealing all that money the Raiders gave him.

He wasn't even that good in college... there were QB's with better numbers. I don't see why this guy was drafted so high when other QB's with better mechanics and numbers aren't even looked at. The NFL drafting system is flawed.

 

[steeljake]

i cant believe i thanked a wildcard post. vick had speed and that was it, he lacked work ethic. i think he deserves a second chance, we all do, but he is not an nfl quarter back.

 

[Len B]

Guy deserves a second chance, but I can't see Russell getting the axe this early.

 

[Roogy]

I can see all the Madden cheesers rejoicing when news of him coming back happens...

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Dude will be back in the NFL, without quesiton.

Great bode of confidence for JaMarcus though.. lol.

 

[dboy_dc]

he'll come back and play in a preseason game only to scramble and a ref will jump in his way. the ref will get injured and Goodell will fine and put a lifetime ban on Vick for personal conduct on an official lol.

 

[Len B]

No, Madden fans will rejoice when the Wildcat formation is placed in Madden along with Vick on Raiders. Picture the cheese..

I was just thinking Monday night what would happen if Madden incorporated that wildcat.

 

[j.hen]

Vick had his best year that last season he played.

 

[LC AAU]

I love Mike Vick football wise. I hope he gets a second chance.

 

[Wildcard]

i think he deserves a second chance, we all do, but he is not an nfl quarter back.

He has the same career QB Rating as your Beloved Eli Manning.

He is a proven winner who just hasn't had the opportunity to be mediocre on a great team like the Giants.

I like Mike Vick... I'll take him as my QB, not on Dallas obviously... but if he was a QB in this league he would find a nice home somewhere.

 

[Roogy]

I was just thinking Monday night what would happen if Madden incorporated that wildcat.

It'll be the new "feature" they advertise the hell out of..

 

[Rush]

Fuck the Raiders man, I want Mike Vick on the Bears.

I was watching his youtube highlight videos in class the other day on my ipod touch and he was so sick.

 

[Marms]

lol raiders if they pick up Vick, that's pretty much telling Russell they're done with him already

 

[Obst]

Fast and Athletic, Al Davis just wet his pants

 

[Magnetic Spectrum]

vick is a good qb who could possible come in an make the raiders a contender.....hell i'd run to if my receivers kept dropping wide open balls.
they said he couldn't pass the ball then he went out and threw 3 tds the next game.Let the man try an make a comeback they did the same for adam jones why not vick????