49ers NOT interested in Michael Vick
There was some discussion about the 49ers leaving the door open on Michael Vick. Well, Maiocco is reporting that door has been slammed close. It's certainly reasonable to think this is just a ploy to avoid tampering issues. However, as far as I'm concerned, it's sufficient for me to never address Vick/SF issues any further. People are free to talk about it, but barring any dramatic changes, it's finished as front page post fodder.
Call it the Throw had the most pertinent comment in the most recent Vick FanPost:
Can anyone who wants to sign Vick provide a rational football related reason?
To repeat: he was by all accounts a jerk in the locker room and (look at his numbers) an average to below average quarterback. He was a great runner, but he is now about two years removed from competitive play, has been in jail, will be 29 by the time the season starts, and has suffered through multiple injuries, some serious.
If the best reason you all can give is that there are other people who have done terrible things in the NFL, you are grasping at straws.
To throw out a cliche, he was a whole lot of sizzle, and very little steak. One could argue he was actually beginning a descent to mediocrity by the time the dog-fighting stuff went down. No matter how you feel about the dogs, that's not the interesting argument in the Vick rumors. It's the fact that he's really not that good. He's got a cannon for an arm and can run like crazy but never really turned into a legit and good NFL QB. At least that's my opinion (and obviously an opinion shared by many).
If you feel like discussing Vick in this thread, let's keep it off the dogs and on the field. Discussing the dog-fighting raises emotions which are not conducive to a clear and lucid argument. I feel the on-field numbers say it all.
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Thanks for the shout out Fooch
And I for one am THRILLED that the Niners have shut the door on this one. Let’s pursue or draft a legit QB with a future ahead of him, not a never-was like Vick.
by Call It The Throw on Feb 17, 2009 8:21 PM PST reply actions
THANK GOD THIS STUPID CRAP IS OVER
Gene Wojciechowski (or however you spell his name) had an article about what vick could get for the falcons, how likely it is he could be gotten, and who could get him. The niners were listed as a viable option. Now we can stop talking about this idiocy
Blind devotion.
by ProfessorBigelow on Feb 17, 2009 8:44 PM PST reply actions
The 49ers could have shut the door on this subject...
During the Pep Rally, but they didn’t. In fact, they left it open for discussion. Maybe they actually did consider Vick at one point? Heck, maybe they just left it out there to see what “the fans thought”.
Well, we're waiting....
Or...
… it’s possible they never discussed him together and thus weren’t on the same page. If I recall, Singletary didn’t shut the door, but Jed did say it was “unlikely.”
Well said
Hopefully Vick is never brought up in relation to the Niners again.
by Brendan Scolari on Feb 17, 2009 9:44 PM PST reply actions
I don't really want Vick either.....
….BUT, if he WERE to become a Niner, I would back him. It couldn’t be any worse than ten years ago when all of us loved T.O. Now look. Opinions of someone can change, and even though I wouldn’t really want him, I would support him in the red and gold.
Vick and the Niners
Vick is probably in the best shape in his life right now-what do you think they do in prison…The Niners have been known to make some bone head moves and continue to do so. Vick is the type of CB that they need. And to really get things going lets get T.O. back for a season and see how they mesh. Singletary just might be the man to keep these guys in check. Just my thoughts…

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