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OK. So you expected suddenly a dozen coaches were going to declare: “I want Vick!”?

If you haven’t noticed, NFL teams have fallen over themselves to declare their respective teams out of the Michael Vick derby. We’re up to 18. Now, none of this means Vick won’t be signed. Thirty-one teams can say no but it only takes one to give Vick a contract. But it does illustrate how quickly some coaches and front office executives wanted the Vick Distraction doused in their city.

So here’s the thing. There are 14 teams who’ve said nothing so far. Thanks in part to the aggregation of ProFootballTalk.com, you’ll see the 18 teams below that have publicly declared they have no interest in Vick. To make this easier to digest, I listed all 32 teams in order of last year’s standings. If there’s a line through the team, it’s out of the Vick Derby.

If there’s one safe bet, it’s that Vick won’t be playing in the NFC East. Every team in that division has pulled out. Below the standings, I list the 14 teams that haven’t made a public statement on Vick, broken into two categories: Possible contenders and less likely to have an interest.

Around the league . . .

NFC SOUTH
Carolina
Atlanta
Tampa
New Orleans
NFC EAST
New York
Philadelphia
Dallas
Washington
NFC NORTH
Minnesota
Chicago
Green Bay
Detroit
NFC WEST
Arizona
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
AFC SOUTH
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Houston
Jacksonville
AFC EAST
Miami
New England
New York
Buffalo
AFC NORTH
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
AFC WEST
San Diego
Denver
Oakland
Kansas City
THE VICK SCORECARD
(Disclaimer: “Already out” category means only that a club official or coach is on the record as say saying they have no interest. That doesn’t mean they can’t change their mind.)

ALREADY OUT (18): Atlanta, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Miami, N.Y. Giants, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Washington.

POSSIBLE CONTENDERS (5): Arizona, Baltimore, Minnesota, Oakland, New Orleans

LESS LIKELY TO HAVE INTEREST (9): New England, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Cleveland, Carolina, Denver, Green Bay, San Diego.

Labels: Football, foreclosure, Foreclosures, Michael Vick, Mike Vick

Chris Redman gave the Atlanta Falcons a feel-good
finish to an otherwise ugly season.

Redman set a career high with four touchdown passes, including
two to Alge Crumpler, and the Falcons rode three fourth-quarter
touchdowns to a 44-41 victory over the Seahawks on Sunday that
should give Seattle cause for concern about its defense in the
playoffs.

Seattle, the NFC West champion, allowed the woeful Falcons to
best their previous scoring high by 17 points. The Seahawks had to
wait to learn whom they'll play next week.

The Falcons ended a six-game losing streak, giving interim coach
Emmitt Thomas his first win in three tries. Redman, the third starting quarterback for Atlanta in the post-Michael Vick era, also threw touchdown passes to Joe Horn and Roddy White. He was 17-of-27 for 251 yards with no interceptions.

Warrick Dunn rushed for 70 yards with a 5-yard scoring run and Morten Andersen kicked three field goals for Atlanta.

Shaun Alexander and Maurice Morris, who rushed for 91 yards, had
touchdown runs for Seattle. Crumpler's first touchdown catch, a 55-yarder on the first play of the fourth quarter, tied the game at 27-27.

Atlanta (4-12) then made Seattle (10-6) pay for two fourth-quarter turnovers by backup quarterback Seneca Wallace, who played the second half.

Wallace fumbled when hit by Jonathan Babineaux. Defensive tackle
Montavious Stanley recovered to set up a 7-yard touchdown pass from
Redman to Crumpler.

On the first play of Seattle's next possession, Wallace was intercepted by Chris Crocker, who returned the ball 18 yards to the Seahawks' 10. On first down, Roddy White's touchdown catch gave the Falcons a 41-27 lead.


Wallace recovered to throw touchdown passes of 45 and 13 yards
to Nate Burleson .Andersen answered with a 32-yard field goal after the first touchdown pass to Burleson. Burleson's second scoring catch came with 54 seconds left.


White recovered Josh Brown's onside kick to end Seattle's
comeback.Matt Hasselbeck completed 15 of 25 passes for 147 yards and a touchdown in the first half. He was pulled to start the second half
even though the game was tied at 17.


Wallace was 17-of-22 for 206 yards with two touchdowns, one
interception and a fumble.

Labels: Atlanta Falcons, Football, Michael Vick

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A man who sold a champion pit bull to suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick's dogfighting operation pleaded guilty in Virginia Wednesday to a federal dogfighting charge.

Oscar Allen entered the plea to conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce to aid in illegal gambling and to sponsor a dog in animal fighting. That's the same charge to which Vick and his three co-defendants in the Bad Newz Kennels operation pleaded guilty. Vick is expected to be sentenced in December.

The 67-year-old Allen -- who lives in the Williamsburg area -- is scheduled to be sentenced January 25, 2008. He faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. He was released until sentencing with conditions, including a prohibition on buying or selling any dogs.

Allen admitted in a statement that he sold a female pit bull named Jane in 2001 to Bad Newz Kennels in rural Surry County and traveled with Vick's dogfighting associates to Jane's fights.

Labels: Atlanta Falcons, Dog Fighting, Falcons, Michael Vick, Mike Vick