If this is true, then I have to question Falcons GM Rich McKay’s sanity and intelligence for not being willing to trade Michael Vick. He may be an exceptional athlete, but at some point the Falcons are going to have to accept that Michael Vick will never be a great quarterback. In fact, he might be the most overrated player the NFL has ever seen.
The first pick in the draft alone is worth trading Vick for, let alone including Moss and Porter in the deal.
The Oakland Raiders are preparing to make a run at Falcons QB Michael Vick, according to NFL sources. The Raiders package would include receivers Randy Moss and Jerry Porter plus the No.1 overall pick in the 2007 draft for Vick and the Falcons first round pick (10th overall).
Update: Charles Robinson does a good job of explaining why I’m completely wrong. Most profound is the following:
Financially, the trade would be ruinous. Atlanta would be forced to take Vick’s adjusted cap hit of over $16.25 million, plus an additional pair of players who account for $10.75 million in base salary next season. So in one trade, Atlanta would be tying up $27 million in 2007 cap space – nearly 25-percent of what is expected to be a $109 million cap ceiling. As one prominent agent pointed out, the Falcons would have to cut several players just to make it work. And even if Atlanta dealt Vick after June 1 and split the cap hit over two years, bringing Moss and Porter aboard would still amount to over $18 million in cap space in 2007, and another $14 million-plus in dead money in 2008.