So now, a few weeks after his own dad calls QB Michael Vick a "coach-killer", Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora, JR. tells a radio show he'd love to go back to his alma mater, and if the job came open at the University of Washington, he'd leave the Falcons even if they were "in the middle of a playoff run." Not exactly the kind of commitment to long-term planning that you want from your executives, I guess, but at least Mora was honest. Until he started backtracking, I mean, and making it sound like he'd never leave the Falcons until they fire him soon.

And that's the enigma of Michael Vick. Any game plan that protects him, limits him. You have to have a system that takes advantage of his skills, but can be used by a regular human quarterback when Vick is out with his annual injuries. He's a supremely talented athlete, not a guy who fits into any system and may never live up to the flashes of potential you see from him. He's big hits and big misses, he's Kevin Costner with better wheels.

And finally, if you're going to call Vick a "coach-killer," shouldn't somebody ask Dan Reeves about that? That's like saying Kevin Federline is a lousy husband, and just restrictying yourself to only one of his baby-mommas.

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