Sources: Vick will be back
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Sources: Vick will be back
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Eagles will bring Michael Vick back next season, team sources said today.
Vick is currently third on the quarterback depth chart and is slated to earn $5.25 million in total salary. That salary would be an exorbitant amount for the Eagles to pay a third-stringer. But if he were to be the backup, Vick's salary would not be significantly more than what other NFL backup quarterbacks earn.
And with his additional role in the Eagles' wildcat/spread formation offense, Vick would warrant the higher scale, according to one team source.
"As a coaching staff, we all have confidence that he'll get in there and do that," Eagles coach Andy Reid said last week, referring to Vick's wildcat role. "He can run the offense, too. That part of his game. That's a neat thing."
This scenario, of course, presumes that either starting quarterback Donovan McNabb or backup Kevin Kolb will be traded. At the NFL owners' meetings, Reid said that the Eagles were "entertaining" offers for all three of their quarterbacks.
McNabb, however, has been the subject of various trade rumors and appears the most likely to go now that the team has all but admitted that he is on the market. There was a report earlier this week that Oakland had emerged as the leading candidate in a trade for McNabb and that a deal was imminent. But team sources have indicated that something may not get done, if at all, until the draft.
The team is already on the hook for $2.5 million of the Vick's quarterback'ssalary, having paid a $1.5 roster bonus on March 9, and with that guaranteeing $1 million of his $3.75 million base salary if they chose to release him.
But a source said the Eagles aren't likely to cut Vick and in fact, they aren't shopping the 29-year-old anymore. That may have something to do with the relatively low interest teams have in trading for Vick. And, of course, the Eagles could just be trying to generate some demand.
Read tomorrow's Inquirer for more on this story and the Eagles.
Michael Vick was NOT a good QB even when he was thought of to be a good QB. Atlanta was better when Matt Schaub took his place and was beter with Matt Ryan. The only thing he is good at is killing dogs and lying.— carolina rasputin- The comments on the Eagles signing Vick is getting dumber all the time.Reid has screwed up the o0ffense and intergrating Vick is a plan for disaster.— tulsaphil
- Without Mcnabb, no shot to win it all. Give me a break. Keep all of them.— jasonbross9130
- The league saw what Vick could do last year and came to the same conclusion.....Vick Can't Play!!! Get over it. The Eagles screwed up big time and are now trying to justify their blunder.— realzeel
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wiff, 75% of you is 275 pounds.— tpizza- Comment removed.
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- Philly_has_a_Lack_of_sanity No one cares about you or the Phaggies, take a walk..... Loser.— DonovanistheEaglesallTimeGreatestPlayer
- This is so amazing...keeping a never-was who even in his prime was about 3 notches below McNabb. This is like a twisted reality where making sense makes no damn sense. I'm just appalled at the angst at McNabb...keeping Vick of McNabb...it really is a sick dream. I hope that wherever McNabb goes...he wins and wins big. The Eagles will be a doormat team for the next 10 years after this trade is done. We deserve nothing more.— JmH Reborn
- PhilthyDelphia Deserves Vick, He is a Loser like most of them.....— DonovanistheEaglesallTimeGreatestPlayer
- kmon-is , exactly right...They took a gamble and lost we are stuck with Vick. Nobody wanted him, somebody will get him for basement price next year when he is a FA...— phigglesfan75
- yaaaaaawwwwwwwwwnnnn. thankfully Halladay season is just about to begin. enough with the birds, vick was a loser in 01, 02, 03... then a felon, and now just a loser again.— kevin l
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I love the controversy as much as anybody. McNabb well could be our starter, so take it with the proverbial grain of salt. Let’s enjoy some baseball and worry about the Eagles in late summer.— Eagle1Vegas
