Matt Ryan seems to have answered that question. it wont be VICK:
Blank’s right - Vick should return to NFL
By Terence Moore | Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 10:27 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Everything that Falcons owner Arthur Blank told ESPN.com in a recent interview about what should come next for Michael Vick was exactly right.
First, Vick should be allowed to play in the NFL again following his stay in prison next summer. Second, Vick’s return shouldn’t involve having the Georgia Dome as his football home again.
The Falcons already have a quarterback, and he’s pretty good.
“We’re committed to Matt Ryan,” Blank told ESPN.com of his strikingly composed rookie who has led the Falcons to a surprising 4-2 record with an 82.9 passer rating. “Even before his early success, we were committed to Matt Ryan. We made that decision when we drafted him. When you select someone in the draft at that level and pay him what we’re paying him, you expect him to be successful, and you expect him to be a leader.”
It makes sense to me.
Once Falcons officials anointed Ryan as the new face of their franchise, there was no turning back - and certainly not back to Vick who earned a trip to the slammer over his dogfighting mess.
Even so, Blank was correct when he told ESPN.com about the virtues of second and third chances. Added Blank, “That doesn’t mean I believe in forever chances.” Then again, Blank came close to doing just that with Vick over the course of months, ranging from that water-bottle silliness to the flipping off of hometown fans during a game to that stolen-watch thing at the airport.
Vick is the Falcons’ past, though. Ryan is the Falcons present and future, but that doesn’t mean Vick can’t have a future …
With somebody else.
Blank’s right - Vick should return to NFL
By Terence Moore | Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 10:27 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Everything that Falcons owner Arthur Blank told ESPN.com in a recent interview about what should come next for Michael Vick was exactly right.
First, Vick should be allowed to play in the NFL again following his stay in prison next summer. Second, Vick’s return shouldn’t involve having the Georgia Dome as his football home again.
The Falcons already have a quarterback, and he’s pretty good.
“We’re committed to Matt Ryan,” Blank told ESPN.com of his strikingly composed rookie who has led the Falcons to a surprising 4-2 record with an 82.9 passer rating. “Even before his early success, we were committed to Matt Ryan. We made that decision when we drafted him. When you select someone in the draft at that level and pay him what we’re paying him, you expect him to be successful, and you expect him to be a leader.”
It makes sense to me.
Once Falcons officials anointed Ryan as the new face of their franchise, there was no turning back - and certainly not back to Vick who earned a trip to the slammer over his dogfighting mess.
Even so, Blank was correct when he told ESPN.com about the virtues of second and third chances. Added Blank, “That doesn’t mean I believe in forever chances.” Then again, Blank came close to doing just that with Vick over the course of months, ranging from that water-bottle silliness to the flipping off of hometown fans during a game to that stolen-watch thing at the airport.
Vick is the Falcons’ past, though. Ryan is the Falcons present and future, but that doesn’t mean Vick can’t have a future …
With somebody else.
