Mike Vick Indicted for dogfighting. Faces 2 Felonies

Go Bolts · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3481 Location: San Diego

You have to also feel bad for the Falcons organization. They must feel like the dogs in Vick's fights. I bet the Falcons sign Culpepper
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m0town12 · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 4299 Location: Michigan

I hope they give ol' Joey a shot. He deserves one more in this league. He might be able to be decent starting for the Falcons.

screaming sheep · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 196 Location: Charleston SC

Schaub may not set the world on fire this year, because of the talent around him, but I would feel much, much better with him under center than Joey.
Seems to be a shortage of Falcons fans today.
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chief_fan822003 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

It's about time. Vick deserves this totally. I've been a fan of him, but good thing this happened. This may result in a few things:
1. Daunte Culpepper being a Falcon or...
2. HIDM's user name may turn out to be true.
3. With the first pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select QB Brian Brohm of Louisville.
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66830

panther89 · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 1498

I can definetly see brian brohm being a falcon next year.
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patsfan4life999 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject:

how long will he be suspened for.

i think that is a great way to get your self kick out by the nfl.

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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66830

by the way, i want to congratulate all you guys for having a discussion on this difficult and passionate subject with such aplomb and maturity.

we appreciate the lack of personal invective and insults, that's what we had planned for the NFL News Forum.

thanks again!
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BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject:

I do feel bad for Falcons fans. They didn't ask for this. You expect that your franchise players know how to handle themselves off the field. Hell, you expect that all of the players for your favorite team know how to conduct themselves off the field, but it's especially damning when it's the face of your franchise, your favorite player, etc. Michael Vick has let so many people down.

But like many others, I'm glad to see the federal government bringing the hammer down on Vick here, because to see all of this go un-punished or at least not see it go to court, would be despicable.

As for the comparison of smoking pot to running a dog-fighting ring... there is absolutely no comparison. Smoking pot is a misdemeanor. It doesn't harm anyone else. Running a dog-fighting ring is a federal offense that can lead to years in prison. A more viable comparison might be between Vick and a major drug-traffiker, and I highly doubt anyone is going to say a drug-traffiker doesn't know what he's getting into with that stuff.

To feel sympathy for Vick knowing that he executed multiple murders of dogs, including a mass execution just 3 months ago where there was, committing the executions by, "hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body into the ground." This is the same month, April of 2007, that Vick met with Goodell on the matter, the same month that he insisted he never even visited the property.

Good riddance, Michael Vick. To feel sympathy for Vick himself is kind of ridiculous at this point.
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