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Flying to Philly: Reinstated QB Vick signs contract with Eagles 2 year contract
By halftime of Thursday night's preseason opener, the Lincoln Financial Field crowd was buzzing: Michael Vick was a Philadelphia Eagle.
Suddenly, no one seemed to care much about the game against the New England Patriots. All that mattered to most Eagles fans was that Vick had joined their team.
Even though they already have five-time Pro Bowler Donovan McNabb as their starting quarterback, the Eagles gave Vick a one-year, $1.6 million contract with a one-year team option exceeding $5 million, a league source told NFL Network's Jason La Canfora.
Watch the press conference live
The Eagles have scheduled an 11 a.m. ET press conference to introduce Michael Vick on Friday, and you can watch it live on NFL.com.
The Eagles will introduce Vick at a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. ET Friday.
"I'm a believer that as long as people go through the right process, they deserve a second chance," Eagles coach Andy Reid said. "He's got great people on his side; there isn't a finer person than Tony Dungy (a former NFL coach who's serving as Vick's mentor). He's proven he's on the right track."
Vick, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Atlanta Falcons in 2001, once was the highest-paid player in the NFL, but he hasn't played football since 2006 when his career came tumbling down in a scandal. He was convicted in August 2007 of conspiracy and running a dogfighting operation, sentenced to 23 months in federal prison, indefinitely suspended by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and
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