Remember when Michael Vick used to play for Atlanta?! Can you please look back on the memories fondly, look at Vick as the most exciting quarterback in the league that went to Pro Bowls and won playoffs games and ran all over the place! This is what we have been screamed at by every single African-American journalist/analyst/blogger/radio personality. Well it's been a long long time since I've seen Michael Vick. I don't think Youtube is the best way to analyze what a player can do, because it only shows highlights. That is what the black sports media is trying to do, make sure we remember the highlights. Well what about stats. Do you guys remember that saying 'stats don't lie'? So why not just compare the stats from his last season he played in the NFL, 2006. Man, that was a while ago.
I'm looking at yards thrown and he threw for 2474 yards. He would rank 26th among QBs last year, right in between Tyler Thigpen and Jamarcus Russell. Even if we combine his rushing yards with his throwing yards he is still ranked outside the top 15. Right behind Matt Shaub, do you guys even know who Matt Shaub is? His YPA, which shows how much a QB's throws actually add to yards and first downs and touchdowns. He has a 6.4 which is ranked 25th right ahead of Kyle Orton. He did have 20 touchdowns which would be in the top 10. But here's where it gets ugly people. In this NFL, with complicated defenses and great coordinators and super athletes, accuracy might be the best way to determine what a QB can do. His completion percentage the last three years that he was in the league-2004, 2005, 2006-would have ranked dead last this year. 
Michael Vick wasn't a very good quarterback when he was in the league. I understand that African Americans have great pride in their small sect of quarterbacks. But you just can't rationally look at the stats and his career and say, 'Why Doesn't A Team Sign Him!!!??' Some will argue that it's not his throwing skills that made him 'successful' but it was his athleticism. He's 29, LT is 3 months older than him and did you see LT last season? Athleticism doesn't last long in our lives outside of football, but in the NFL you just don't see super athletes survive the league past 30. Yes Wide Receivers can make it too their mid thirties but they don't take a beating, and they don't have to do what Michael Vick will have to do to be valuable to an NFL organization.
Do you really think NFL teams don't compare and discuss stats and value and ability? They don't just go to YouTube and type in 'Mike Vick' and get some propaganda about how amazing he is. They look at the stats and see what I see. Michael Vick would have the worst completion percentage in the league, along with the 5th worst total yards and 6th worst ypa. And that was 3 years ago! This guy hasn't played in 3 years, so how can his statistics go up that elevator? They can't. I think if a professional soccer player took two and a half years off and came back he would be alright. Because that sport is based on simple movements and conditioning. But to take the time Vick took off of the most complicated position in pro sports is not so simple. Michael Vick would be the worst QB in the league, and an average athlete. So why would you want him on your team? Well that's the question that has no answer and that is why not one single beat writer, blogger, insider has mentioned one possible destination. Michael Vick is never going to play in the NFL.
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