Friday, August 14, 2009

Vick in Philly ... but not to challange Donovan

QB Michael Vick officially signed with the Eagles on Tuesday, and held a press conference in which he said he hoped to be an "ambassador" to the game. Vick is still subject to a suspension until Week 6, which was announced by Commissioner Roger Goodell. However, Vick can participate in training camp, and continue to work out with the team during his suspension. He said QB Donovan McNabb lobbied coach Andy Reid to sign Vick, sight unseen.

"He’s familiar with our offense having done it the last few years in Atlanta before he was incarcerated. I was able to talk to him a little bit about that, and he recalls some of things such as the terminology and so on," said Reid. "There won’t be a quarterback controversy. That’s not how it is going to go down here. We have to make sure he gets back into football shape. He’s been out of this thing for a couple of years now, so it’s important that he gets himself into football shape. He is suspended for this [preseason] game and the next game, so he won’t play in either of those. He’ll be back for the last two preseason games, and then we’ll see what goes on with his situation in the regular season."

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