Michael Vick is no longer a Falcon
The team announced a few minutes ago that they had released the quarterback, who is serving out the final weeks of a sentence on illegal dogfighting charges.
“We spent a significant amount of time this off-season trying to trade him to another NFL club, and we had some conversations with a few teams, but nothing materialized,” G.M. Thomas Dimitroff said in an interview on the team’s official web site. “At this point, we feel releasing Michael is best for him and best for us. Our entire organization sincerely hopes that Michael will continue to focus his efforts on making positive changes in his life, and we wish him well in that regard.”
Vick is now free to sign with a team, although it's not guaranteed that he will be immediately reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
The timing of Vick's release is a bit of a surprise; we'd been hearing last week that the team was prepared to hold onto him for a few more weeks on the off chance that a team might be willing to trade for him, especially in the event of quarterback injuries during the preseason. The Falcons decided instead to cut bait, realizing that few, if any, teams would be willing to part with a draft pick for a quarterback they knew the Falcons were not going to keep anyway.
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