Should Michael Vick be able to play again?
Could ex-Falcon Vick join Raiders after release from prison?
JaMarcus Russell is in the shotgun formation, barking out the signals. To his right stands second-year running back Darren McFadden. To his left is a man who once roamed the NFL landscape, someone who accomplished things no other has done in the history of the game.
Could it be? No, it can't be. Russell shakes his head, blinks his eyes, does a double-take. Are you kidding me? In a Raiders uniform? Yes, it's possible.
Raiders fans who hoped to see Michael Vick playing for the Atlanta Falcons today at the Coliseum won't get their wish. However, several of Vick's former teammates embrace the prospect of Vick's joining the Raiders after his release from Leavenworth State Prison in Kansas.
"You can just imagine what it would be like," said Raiders fullback Justin Griffith, a teammate of Vick's from 2003-06. "But until he gets out, and we actually get him up in here, and we see how he is as a player, it's all up to Mike, and it's all up to Mr. Davis (Raiders managing general partner Al Davis).
"Would we like to see it? Yes. Would it add a whole lot to your offense? Yes, it would, man, but until it happens, you just imagine how it (would be)."
In July 2007, Virginia authorities did what so many defenders failed to do. They sacked Vick. He and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sponsoring a dog-fighting operation.
By all accounts, Vick is in shape, accountable for his actions and taking steps toward making amends for his past.
JaMarcus Russell is in the shotgun formation, barking out the signals. To his right stands second-year running back Darren McFadden. To his left is a man who once roamed the NFL landscape, someone who accomplished things no other has done in the history of the game.
Could it be? No, it can't be. Russell shakes his head, blinks his eyes, does a double-take. Are you kidding me? In a Raiders uniform? Yes, it's possible.
Raiders fans who hoped to see Michael Vick playing for the Atlanta Falcons today at the Coliseum won't get their wish. However, several of Vick's former teammates embrace the prospect of Vick's joining the Raiders after his release from Leavenworth State Prison in Kansas.
"You can just imagine what it would be like," said Raiders fullback Justin Griffith, a teammate of Vick's from 2003-06. "But until he gets out, and we actually get him up in here, and we see how he is as a player, it's all up to Mike, and it's all up to Mr. Davis (Raiders managing general partner Al Davis).
"Would we like to see it? Yes. Would it add a whole lot to your offense? Yes, it would, man, but until it happens, you just imagine how it (would be)."
In July 2007, Virginia authorities did what so many defenders failed to do. They sacked Vick. He and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sponsoring a dog-fighting operation.
By all accounts, Vick is in shape, accountable for his actions and taking steps toward making amends for his past.
