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Michael Vick Will Get Some Playing Time Today

Earlier in the week, Coach Tomlin said that the team hadn’t made a determination as to whether or not newly signed QB Mike Vick would play in Buffalo. According to Bob Labriola, the team has decided to give Vick some reps today at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

https://twitter.com/BobLabriola/status/637666808158420992

Ben Roethlisberger is expected to play the entire first half today, so it will be interesting to see how much playing time Vick gets. Will we see the final two quarters evenly split between Vick and Landry Jones? The team takes the field at 4:00.

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[Video] Michael Vick Speaks To Local Media

Newly signed quarterback Michael Vick has undoubtedly taken over your timeline, message board discussion, Twitter feed and whatever else over the past 24 hours. It was no different for the Steelers locker room today when reporters swarmed to get a chance to speak with Vick.

The veteran quarterback spoke with the gaggle of media for about 13 minutes this afternoon answering questions about becoming a Steeler, how he sleeps at night, his thoughts on the offense, and answered several questions on a variety of topics.

Some quick hitters from the interview-

He said Tomlin and he go way back. Called coach Tomlin a phenomenal man and said he always went to his football camps.

Called it an honor to sit back and watch future hall of famer Ben Roethlisberger work.

Vick said Landry Jones has been helping him all morning with the playbook. Jones is his neighbor in the locker room. The other side is Ramon Foster.

Vick says everybody’s different when they’re 20 compared to 35, and he wants people to look at the right he’s trying to do. He also said he realizes that some people still feel a certain way about what happened, but he just tries to stay positive and keep building on what he’s built for the past five years. You can watch most of the interview below in 2 segments.

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Michael Vick Will Wear Number 2

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Unless you’ve been on a wilderness retreat, you probably heard that the Steelers signed Michael Vick yesterday. Vick has worn #7 throughout his career, but obviously that number is taken in Pittsburgh. The Steelers announced this morning that the veteran quarterback will wear #2.

https://twitter.com/SteelersPRBurt/status/636509227452923904

Vick is slated to speak with the media after practice this afternoon.

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Steelers Sign Michael Vick

The Steelers have signed Michael Vick. Vick was in for a visit that lasted a few hours today, and ultimately, signed to a 1 year contract.

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Vick is coming off one of his worst years statistically with the NY Jets. There were reports last summer that indicated Jets ownership wasn’t happy with Vick’s effort to compete for the starting job. Vick is 35, and hasn’t played like the Michael Vick of old in a few years. His former coach Rex Ryan was tempted to bring him in recently as their QB situation isn’t very good, but said he thought better of it.

“Our conditions are a little different than most teams,” said Ryan. “And Mike will tell you, he’s not built really for a bad weather quarterback. He doesn’t have great big hands, and the weather affects him some. And he’d be the first one to tell you.”

Fact of the matter is that there really aren’t a lot of options right now in free agency, and the Steelers aren’t comfortable enough with Landry Jones to ride with him and hope for a backup to become available down the road.

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More Details On Gradkowski’s Injury, Michael Vick Update

As was reported earlier, Bruce Gradkowski has a dislocated finger that requires surgical repair. WPXI is reporting that Gradkowski already had his surgery today. The veteran QB had two dislocations in his left ring finger. One that required surgery to repair, the other that will heal without surgery. He also suffered some torn ligaments.

Following up on the Michael Vick news from earlier, he is at the Steelers south side facility now.

https://twitter.com/C_AdamskiTrib/status/636224376833241088

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Report: Gradkowski Having Surgery Today, Steelers Hosting Michael Vick

According to Adam Schefter, the Steelers are hosting QB Michael Vick today.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/636181642617356288

Schefter also reports that Bruce Gradkowski has a dislocated finger, and will be getting surgery today.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/636182772210630656

Vick appeared in 10 games with the New York Jets last year. He completed 52.9 percent of his passes for 604 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions.

Obviously Vick’s history doesn’t need reiterating. I think there are going to be a lot of Steelers fans who will be very upset if the team signs him. From a football standpoint (putting what kind of human being he is aside), he could be a serviceable backup with some time to get the playbook under his belt.

If his physical checks out, I have to think the team will probably sign him. As Mike Tomlin said in an interview on NBC, the two both grew up in Newport News, VA, and Coach Tomlin indicated that he was interested in bringing Vick in after he was released from prison in 2009, in hopes to help rehabilitate the veteran quarterback.

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