Theres No Place Like a Home

If there is no place like home, why can’t Michael Vick find a place to call his own? The dog fighting case has really put the, once positively talked about Vick, into a world of a NFL cast away. Not a single team wants this player who is considered a game changer? He may not throw as accurate as the upper tier of QB’s (quarter back), but Vick can definitely run a muck on opposing defenses. He’s your second running back. So again, no team really wants this guy?

Since being reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, after being out of the NFL for about two years, Vick is chomping at the bit to return to the grid iron. But not so fast, if he does sign with a team, he will be able to participate in training camp, but he will sit out the first five games of the season. As demanded by Goodell as part of his suspension. It might be a situation of rust that seems to be the underlying reason why Vick hasn’t found a home. Or it could be his troublesome past. But no matter how you slice the cake, as of today 27 out of the 32 NFL teams has expressed that they want nothing to do with the troubled star.

So who are the takers?

The final five teams that haven’t ruled out Vick appearing in their jersey is as followed; the defending NFC champions the Arizona Cardinals, (don’t expect to see Vick there, they already have a QB situation) the Carolina Panthers, the Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers and the Green Bay Packers (that’s Aaron Rogers’ team, he wont be there).

So since you can rule out two teams out of the five that leaves you with, the Panthers, Texans and Chargers. Here is the scenario for the final three.

The Panthers have a star in Steve Smith, one of the games premier wide receivers. The have rather decent, not the greatest, but decent running game. But with Jake Delhomme at the helm and an aging defense, don’t you think Vick would be a nice addition to spice up the locker room? But honestly, Delhomme is getting up there in age and his predecessors are in the form of Matt Moore and Josh McCown. Who? Exactly. Vick would add playoff experience and a cannon of an arm to go along with his fast and elusive running. If and when Smith gets open, Vick could get him the ball in no time. Lets just hope their attitudes can co-exist in the locker room.

Next up is the Houston Texans. Since coming into the league, this team has been begging for a star. Well, they do have wide receiver Andre Johnson and they now have Rex Grossman at QB as household names in Houston. But can you see Vick fitting in? Probably not, because they have two pretty good back up QB’s Matt Schaub and Dan Orlovsky. The Vick saga wouldn’t continue their. Whose left?

The San Diego Chargers are next on the list of the thinning prospect of teams Vick may sign on to. He wont start for them because there is a guy named Philip Rivers there, and he is a pretty darn good QB. He might be able to back him up; because the Chargers back ups are Billy Volek and Charlie Whitehurst. He is definitely a touch better than the both of them even with his two year long rust. Vick and Chargers running backs Darren Sproles and Ladanian Tomlinson would give opposing defenses fits. Running around and chasing these powerful and fast guys. The is a Madden players dream. But that’s something we will just have to wait and see.

It’ll be a total shame if we cant find a place for this talented player in Vick. But maybe this will be a good thing that no team wants to sign him; he can go play in the Canadian Football League and show the NFL teams that he still has it, The speed and the arm, and maybe he could then polish his accuracy and become the player that everyone thought he would be.

But if all else fails, wait, there is nothing else to fall back on. So lets just hope all else doesn’t fail.