Via The National Football Post:
I know that after doing my “Inside the NFL” segment on Showtime last night about Michael Vick and his potential return to the NFL, I received three calls today from teams asking about his pending release. It will be a topic for discussion until he is released in July.
Might as well make a splash, new guy. I mean, I already went ahead and made the cover of next season’s media guide. What the hell do the Lions have to lose? Their image? The bar’s been set ridiculously low. Who, exactly, is going to care? People with strong convictions like Rick Reilly? He’ll be the happiest person on Earth. He’ll have two tailor made columns spoonfed to him. One about how the laughingstock, godawful Lions actually managed to sink lower by signing a dog-killing criminal and a second in two years later when they go 10-6 and win a more than likely still mediocre NFC North. You know, a tale of ultimate redemption or whatever monotonous Ed Hardy-loving horseshit he feels like spewing out. Weather the brunt of the backlash, make few appearances, autograph a few dogs for PETA and just wait until some other NFL player fucks up big time. On a long enough timeline, the shock value for everything drops to zero.
Is anyone really sold on Matthew Stafford or Mark Sanchez? (Besides Pete Carroll, who must have clearly witnessed first hand how bad Mitch Mustain actually sucks.) Me either, at least to the point that given the choice of Stafford, Sanchez or Vick, I’d choose Vick. Look at these numbers and ask yourself what he could have done if NFL quarterbacks were throwing him the ball? And I have no worries about Vick’s physical abilities. Jamal Lewis came out of the clink firing on all cylinders. Besides, as long as you’re not under Joe Arpaio’s thumb, jail’s awesome. Ask DMX. He’s loving that shit. At least he used to. Seriously, if you have 20 minutes to kill on a Friday, this interviews pretty fascinating.
The Raiders are set at QB. There aren’t a lot of options, or at least there aren’t a lot of teams that can take the PR hit. The Lions have no PR. They could probably even concurrently implement one of my other awesome ideas and it honestly wouldn’t matter. Nobody outside of Lions fans put much thought to the team , unless, of course they want to test the water on a few new WR-related zingers. And why not? Those jokes are as fresh as ever.
Teams turn around quick. The Lions now have the apparent NFL equivalent of Billy Beane running the show, one of the best WR in football along with the small bounty they received from the Cowboys for a marginally talented, ho-hum injury prone receiver. The team already has a killer four game preseason winning streak, sign Vick, draft Andre Smith or Michael Oher. Hell, draft both if Oher slips to #20 (I know. He won’t). Or just don’t take a QB with the top pick. That what all this was for, just a big elaborate plot orchestrated to help you see the light.
Please take an offensive lineman.
