Wow - I need to rename this thing so that it has a catchy acronym.  Well I'd be remiss if I didn't make a Michael Vick related post.  Truth be told, had IJWMFTT been started during football season, half the posts would be Vick related.  Now let me say this - up until now, I never had a personal issue with Michael Vick.  He is a football player.  He plays it well enough (more on that in a minute).  He plays football whilst likely having a skeleton in his closet.  A/P clerks have skeletons in their closets.  So long as they cut your expense check on time, it's not a big deal if she flips off a bad driver on the way home.

That said, the skeletons being spoken of right now are not of a figurative nature.  Now, I may have piqued someone's interest with my earlier wording when I declared Michael Vick "good enough."  What does that mean?  It means that he probably is one of the 32 best quarterbacks, and as such, will have a job in the NFL.  What he is NOT, is the elite quarterback that hypists factions led by the likes of Joe Thiesman and Stu Scott would have you believe.

Readers can't say that I'm downgrading his skills based upon his personal issues.  Nor can they say that I don't identify with his hip-hop image.  Here at IJWMFTT, we deal in objectivity.  I did this quick study two years ago.  I sent it via e-mail to all the people with whom I share a Sunday afternoon.  It was basically an analysis of Michael Vick's performance versus the performance of "replacement quarterback defined" Kyle Boller.  In 2005, Boller threw for more yards, had the same TD/INT ratio, a similar completion percentage, a similar winning percentage, and was sacked 11 fewer times.  "But the rushing yardz!01010!! Revolutionizing the position!!01010!"  Save it.  Teams are willing to let you scamper for 10-12 yards on 3rd and 15, especially if you're the one who couldn't make the read and got sacked on 2nd and 7.

So that's Michael Vick in a nutshell.  On to fileting talk radio personalities (Plus Cowherd is on soon.  The potential for material right there is endless).  Ryan Stewart cohosts the Atlanta based "2 Live Stew" program (Now that's a catchy name for your niche in the world!).  He was just on Mike and Mike in the Morning.  He declared that the feeling he got when hearing the news about Vick's indictment was the same feeling he had when he found out that Barry Sanders retired.  In fairness, Stewart did play five years for the Lions.  That said, really?  Is it really the same?  Your best player player retires over a contract squabble.  That's the same as using property to mame, kill, and bet on animals and getting punished for it?  REALLY?