Eagles re-sign Michael Vick to a 1-year deal

[Bleedin_Green36]

[BrettFavre4]

I don't care what anyone says, the Eagles had no choice but to keep Vick. It was the smart thing to do. There's not one starting-caliber QB in this free agent class and the best one available for trade will be Alex Smith unless he's released. The draft's week for QBs. With a new coach, the Eagles would have been stupid to release him and not at least give him another year to see what happens. Of course, it all depended on restructuring the contract and it was able to get done so it's a good move.

Vick's got to stop the turnovers and has to be better at decision-making. But I will say this, in defense of Vick, for I still think he's a decent QB and still a starter, that offensive line has to get better and healthy. We'll see what they do in free agency and the draft (releasing Bell is a start) but they missed Peters desperately last year, not to mention Kelce and Herremans. It's hard for any QB to stand upright when half of the starting linemen were on IR but it's even worse for a QB as fragile as Vick who gets hit a lot because it's part of his game to move outside the pocket. If the Eagles go into the season with a healthy and improved line, I think Vick could do decent under Kelly. I'm not sold on Foles so at this point I think Vick will be the starter in Week 1.

[eagles101]

while so far this offseason is exactly what i didnt want to happen....this isnt so bad. we are paying him very little and there is no one else on the market thats any better. if we had the option of any available qb, draft, FA, or trade....hes the best option. the only problem i had with him is the money....so now thats fixed. we are going to suck next year but there is little we could do with the coaching decisions we made.
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props to deadpulse

[Dropkick_pride]

makes sense...

keep Vick, bring in Dixon...

Foles? trade him. there are 5 or 6 QBs that could be brought in as depth to run Chips offense, and use what you get for Foles to add to roster elsewhere.
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[SteelKing728]

[babyatemydingo]

This just kept all options alive.

Vick is due the same $3M he was due anyway plus $500,000.
He gets another $3.5M for being on the opening day roster.
He can still be cut.

Or traded. Yes, traded.

Is Vick a horrible back-up for $3.5M?
Is a team going to fret about paying him another $3M if they win the Super Bowl?

Some teams actually makes sense.
Take the 49'ers.
If they trade Alex Smith they will have no one to back up Kaepernick.
Why not get a guy with a similar skill set?
Hell, they are set to pay Alex Smith $8.5M.
Also, they'd be swapping out about what they got for Smith to get Vick.

I know, eleventeen 49'ers fans are going to post how Vick sucks and how Tolzein is great because they have him. blah, blah, blah

At this point Vick's $3.5M is commensurate with what a team would pay a decent back up.
Sure, there's another $3M in incentives.
But, if he meet those wasn't he worth it, champs?

[WhackyPlague]

[WhackyPlague]

[Spiel612]

Considering Chip Kelly believes that all sacks are on the quarterback and he wants a quarterback who gets the ball out quickly it doesn't really make sense to consider Vick as "the guy" for Kelly's offense. Whether he uses what he used at Oregon or not, it's pretty clear that those things are still going to be very important.
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[Withmy89vision]

Vick is terrible now. Instead of being stupid half the time and spectacular the other, he is stupid half the time and injured the other half.
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[JaguarCrazy2832]

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