The Bengals Reportedly Also Made Vick an Offer

[Ickey44]

It's one of those ideas that "in theory" made sense. Vick is probably an upgrade at back-up qb, and would have given them some wildcat options. On paper, that's good. The reality is, though, that kind of thing (all that Vick brings with him) probably can't work on a Bengals team as fragile as this one likely is. Not near enough stability to make that kind of gamble work.

I would rather him be here than have him in Pittsburgh or Baltimore. If Carson would have went down we would have been solid at QB. Vick doesn't need an Oline to be effective. I would have loved to have him here! The dudes debt is paid

Solid? The dude's been out of football for two years and is nowhere near football shape. What makes you think he'll be solid?

[Clackwoods]

It's one of those ideas that "in theory" made sense. Vick is probably an upgrade at back-up qb, and would have given them some wildcat options. On paper, that's good. The reality is, though, that kind of thing (all that Vick brings with him) probably can't work on a Bengals team as fragile as this one likely is. Not near enough stability to make that kind of gamble work.

I would rather him be here than have him in Pittsburgh or Baltimore. If Carson would have went down we would have been solid at QB. Vick doesn't need an Oline to be effective. I would have loved to have him here! The dudes debt is paid

Solid? The dude's been out of football for two years and is nowhere near football shape. What makes you think he'll be solid?

It doesn't take that long to get back into shape. Give him a month and he will be back to where he could play just fine. The guy wasn't ever a pocket passing machine so it wouldn't take long for him to get back to what he was, which was a scrambler that made passes after he broke the defense down with his legs! I would rather have him than any Backup QB we have or could get.