Vick’s inner circle: Signing may come soon

If Brett Favre backs out of his “agreement” and house in Minnesota, what do you all think of about getting this guy to replace T-Jack?

Suspended NFL star Michael Vick’s federal dogfighting sentence has ended, freeing him to lobby for a return to the field.

Vick’s attorney Lawrence Woodward said Vick was released from federal custody Monday at his home in Virginia. Vick had been under home confinement for the last two months of his 23-month sentence. The federal Bureau of Prisons had listed Vick’s release date as Monday. Freedom will allow Vick to step up his efforts to resume his pro football career. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said he will review Vick’s status after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback completes his sentence. If Vick is able to return to the NFL, it won’t be with Atlanta. The Falcons released Vick in June.

By Chamber the Blogger

Atlanta Falcons News: Without Michael Vick, the Falcon’s offense  was like salsa without the peppers… dull and bland (not necessarily in that order). The Vikings defense was able to keep the Falcons offense sputtering for most of the day.

The final score of 24-3 is not really indicative to how close the game acutally was. In fact, for most of the game it was tighter then two offensive linemen in a phone booth. With about 9 and a half minutes left in the game Atlanta kicked a field goal to close the gap to 7 points (10-3). Which of course started the thought, here we go again… Then with a little more then 7 minutes left to go in the game, Adrian Peterson provided some excitement on a 3rd and long play, barely catching a swing pass and rumbling 60 yards to pay dirt (echos of Chuck Foreman?).

Overall: The game and the final result were as expected. Let’s be realistic, they beat the second worst team in the league…..at home. Someone must have “pictures” of the official schedule maker. Should we be proud of this win…hell yeah! ahhh a win is a win and it is definately a step in the right direction.

Offense: The brightest spot was Adrian Peterson. He really stepped up, when Chester Talyor went down early in the game with an injury (strain to a stomache muscle). The rookie really carried the load for the rest of the game, racking up 103 yards rushing and 60 yards receiving. It’s great to be excited about a rookie on the team again. Not since Randy Moss have we had a rookie make this quick of an impact on the team. Hopefully this is not an anomaly (like when Herschal Walker came to the team). Travaris Jackson looked a little shaky in the first quarter or two. He was short arming swing/out passes and throwing behind receivers. However, in the second half it appeared that he settled down and got into the rhythm of the game. Sidney Rice looked good as well. Another rookie with some big time potential!

Defense: They definately created some excitement! Scoring two touchdowns and sacking Joey Harrington six times (one on the last play of the game). The defense still has some questions to answer. That deep comeback route was available all…day… long. This was Joey Harrington chucking the ball, for crying out loud, and they let him convert 8-16 on third down. That is a little unsettling. The biggest problem (like last year) seems to be covering the tightends. Critical 3rd downs found the tight ends wide open! Overall, we seem to get adequate pressure and did well on mixing in the blitzes.

It was a good game to watch and it always a good thing to start out the season 1-0. Please let’s keep a lid on our giddyness, since last year they started out 4-2 and ended up 6-10.

Game Ball – Obviously Adrian Peterson with 19 carries and 103 rushing yards, as a rookie!

Pet Peeve of the Week: Closer d-back coverage when we are blitzing! It happend on the last play of the third quarter, but seems to happen every week. On third down, we are blitzing and we are coming hard… the qb steps back and releases a quick pass to a reciever who is doing a quick slant… our db is still 5 yards (or more) off the receiver. Why are they not playing man to man? Do they not know we are blitzing? Get up on the man and play him tight if we are sending an all out blitz, you only need to cover him for a few seconds!

Pet Peeve Extra: Calling time out with 3 seconds left in the game when you are losing 24-3, what the hell are you thinking!!!…. let me see where did I put that 21 point play….or maybe I can get my quarterback injured on a meaningless last play of the game….

Next week: Detroit (1-0)

Chamber