Falcons owner Arthur Blank has been communicating by letter with Vick, who is at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., incarcerated at the facility's minimum security satellite prison camp.
"He is staying in shape,” Blank told The Daily News. "Apparently, there was a prison football team and he played quarterback for both sides.”
This is truly an amazing story. A troubled professional quarterback goes to prison and remains in the public eye by playing quarterback for the penitentiary's football team. Sound familiar? Well it should, because it's the exact story line from The Longest Yard, a classic sports movie remade by Adam Sandler several years ago. Vick resembles Paul "Motley" Crew, a pro QB who lands in prison, and leads a rag tag team of football playing cons against a team comprised of prison guards.
In the movie, Sandler's character, Crew, wasn't lacking help in the talent department. He had speedy and shifty rapper Nelly in the backfield carrying the ball and real life criminal Michael Irvin out wide to throw the ball to.
It remains uncertain as to whether Vick is surrounded by similar talents at Leavenworth. If things keep up the way they're going lately, he may be joined by some NFL players himself. "Pacman" Jones, Tank Johnson, Chris Henry (and half his teammates) are just a few pros that may be filling up the roster alongside the dog fighting ringleader.
One thing is for sure, Vick better watch his blindside ... and his backside.
2 comments:
the original with Burt Reynolds was pretty awesome.
yeah I agree ... I had my doubts with the remake, but I gave it a chance and it was pretty funny too
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