Michael Vick is expected to be released from federal prison after serving a 18 month sentence and is set to start home confinement on Wednesday. Vick will serve two months of home confinement before being released from federal custody in late July just in time for the start of NFL training camps. He will live in his home in Hampton, Virginia where he is expected to be accompanied by his wife and children. While in home confinement he will work for a local construction company working 40 hours a week and making $10 a hour.
The Falcons still have the rights to Vick but have stated that they will bring him back and tried to trade him this off season but found no takers. Vick is still currently suspended by the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell has said Vick will need to show true remorsefulness in order to be reinstated. Recently former Indianapolis Colts Tony Dungy met with Vick in prison but no details of the visit have been made public.
If Vick gets reinstated by Goodell the question then becomes where will he play this season. The Raiders could certainly be a possibility and Al Davis has given a second chance to players in the past. I don’t know if the Raiders would want to give up of JaMarcus Russell after selecting number one overall only two years ago. The Broncos could be an interesting fit after trading Jay Cutler. Kyle Orton is not a franchise quarterback and Josh McDaniels comes from New England where they gave Corey Dillon and Randy Moss a second chance. If Brett Favre doesn’t work out for the Vikings perhaps they might take a look at Vick. The Redskins tried to for Jay Cutler and trade up to select Mark Sanchez this off season they would seem to have some interest in Vick if he was available.
All of those teams do make some sense but if I had to guess what team Michael Vick would play for it would be the San Francisco 49ers. Earlier in the off season coach Mike Singletary said that he was interested in Vick but then ownership quickly said after they were not interested. Despite their denial I still believe they would be interested. They don’t seem to be sold on Shaun Hill as the starter and former number one pick Alex Smith looks like a bust. Also Singletary is looking to run the ball and there is no better quarterback at running than Vick. It might be hard to sell for the fans but for a team that hasn’t won in awhile it might be worth the risk.
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