Steelers signed Vick

[GOT SVT]

Exactly. He's not worth the circus he will bring to town.

what about the saying " there is no such thing as bad pr " ?

[Troll]

Convicted Felon.

Wouldn't even get hired at Chick Fil-A

I don't even think Wendy's hires convicted Felons.

So, what'r you saying here? He would NOT get hired at Chick Fil-A and you don't THINK he would get hired at Wendy's? Does Chick Fil-A have a higher standard of fast-food morals than Wendy's? :tomato:

[thedak]

Chick Fila could have Vick cleaning up the shitters on Sundays I guess

[Dan B.]

He couldn't work for me.............we have to get all our clearances before being allowed to work.

[Troll]

League minimum for a player with 10+ years experience is 970,000. The people I work with hurl insults, mock and ridicule me and I make a fraction of a tenth of 970,000. I'm sure he'll be just fine. I don't know why you guys are so worried about his mental well-being. :LOL:

[Dan B.]

The people I work with hurl insults, mock and ridicule me and I make a fraction of a tenth of 970,000.

That's cuz you are a troll............has nothing to do with pay.

[Troll]

I've never been convicted of anything. Hell, never been arrested. Got stuffed once and got to sit in the front seat. I wasn't even a big enough threat to get cuffed or put in back seat behind the chicken wire. :(

[CobraII]

Chick Fila could have Vick cleaning up the shitters on Sundays I guess

No, they don't believe in working on Sundays.

[SlowSix]

I think Vick was the first QB to ever come into the NFL and make the college run/option work. He can run. I don't have the stats, but I'm pretty sure he got quite a few TDs on his feet first few years in the league. Let him do what he do and not a pocket QB and he could shock some defenses in a pinch.

I remember Vick putting in some work vs the steelers in his Atlanta days.....

http://www.pro-football-reference.co...og/?opp_id=pit

2-1-1 vs the steelers, 72/124, 833 yards, 9 TD, 2 Int, and 28 rushing attempts for 133 yards and 1 TD.....

Guys forget this dude is a vet that was a 4 time pro bowler.....great back up QB IMO. Hell, check out his career stats on that site as well not bad.

Good Article in Trib this morning... http://triblive.com/sports/joestarke...#axzz3jvN2mkip

snippet >>>

Professional football is a power play, not a morality play. Teams sacrifice ethics in the pursuit of victory. If you don't accept those terms, I will assume you stopped watching a long time ago.

x1,000,000. This is football. No one gives two ****s about morals. These guys are there to win. Stop watching football, and then maybe these "thugs" won't be making 5 million a year. Until then, carry on.

I don't see how needing a good player as a backup means your team wasn't hot after all. Some people get too personal about this and think everyone needs to be a moral role model, these guys are professional athletes not altar boys. Great signing.

x2. Most professional athletes are terrible role models.

would much rather see Tebow as back up, not a fan of Vick... he isnt a great QB more along the lines of a hyped up player by media

And Tebow isn't? lol. Tebow wasn't cut out for the NFL. I was actually going to jokingly suggest that should we have picked up Tebow instead....then you actually did. lol.

[phillysrt4]

LOL @ all this drama/rage over handegg

[thedak]

Guy def paid the price and has his life straight these days.

Is what it is.

[torqueboxer]

I'd prefer he went home and brushed his teeth with a pistol

[Dan B.]

I'm not a fan like some folks here. So I have two questions.

1. Is the hate for his lack of talent or his criminal history?

2. Is animal abuse worse than raping a woman?

[George C]

I'm not a fan like some folks here. So I have two questions.

1. Is the hate for his lack of talent or his criminal history?

2. Is animal abuse worse than raping a woman?

them hoes were asking for it against ben lol

yes dog fighting is worse

[torqueboxer]

He tortured the dogs in addition to fighting them

[PaxtonShelby]

I could care less about Vick's convicted criminal history. I just can't stand the media circus BS that will descend on our town because of all this. And on top of that he isn't a winner and simply is a less than average QB, especially this late in his career. Watch him pull a hammy in preseason...

Huge difference between a crime against another person vs against an animal. That being said, Ben was never convicted of anything...and Vick was.

[George C]

One had better lawyers then other

[gpfarrell]

Crime against animal vs person?

in this case, it was numerous and repeated crimes against the animals. They were planned and carefully premeditated. Especially heinous stuff. So, equal crimes I'd say versus the person, but he was convicted of some really evil stuff.

You might believe people change. We'll see. I wish the experiment wasn't being conducted in our home town.

[Dan B.]

I asked since most public perception is based on loose (very loose) information. I don't know the details and really don't care. Just wondering where the main rubs with this signing lay.

[PaxtonShelby]

....