With each team able to carry 90 players this time of year, the idea of not being one of the top 2,880 players in the league is tough for Michael Vick to accept.
And he admitted to his hometown newspaper that it’s hard realizing he might be out of the league.
“Sometimes, it takes certain things to wake you up and [last year] was certainly a wake-up call for me,” Vick told Ed Miller of the Virginian-Pilot.
For all the highlights and controversy he created early in his career, last year might be remembered for his admission that he wasn’t prepared to play against the Chargers, and things didn’t really get better from there.
But he’s continuing to work. A month away from his 35th birthday, he’s continuing to work, saying he’s added muscle and that his arm is stronger than ever.
“I still feel like I can help a football team win a couple of games,” he said. “I see my role as being a mentor first and foremost, a confident quarterback who can come off the bench if necessary in whatever the situation may be and win football games.
“Whether it’s two or three games a year or four or five, I feel like I can put myself in that situation where I can, . . . use the weapons around me, play some smart football.”
Whatever the role, he said he’d like to play three more years. But at this stage, he might need to worry about one more, since there doesn’t appear to be much of a market for his services.
