Vick Signing With Jets Could Be A Good Thing....Maybe

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson has seemed to really change his mindset about his football team. Johnson went from wanting to re-build his team to he wants to win now. His latest showing of wanting to win now, it was signing Quarterback Michael Vick to a one year deal worth $5 million. This could turn out to be either a really good signing, or it could really blow up in the Jets faces.

Here's the upside to this deal. It gives Vick a chance to be a starting Quarterback again. He lost the starting job a year ago with the Eagles to Nick Foles after Vick got hurt. Foles led the Eagles to the playoffs, which pretty much meant Vick was headed out of Philadelphia. Going into free agency, he had been the best available quarterback on the market, so the Jets decided to take a chance on him and pick him up. Of course he will be competing with 2nd year QB Geno Smith, who started every game of the season for Gang Green last season. Vick will be 34 by the time the regular season starts in September, so he may still have a few good years left in the tank. There is no guarantee that he will beat out Geno for the job, but if he does, Vick may be the better option of the two as your starter. Vick has a better arm, is a better runner and can hang onto the football and make better decisions with the ball as compared with Geno. It gives the Jets more options at Quarterback to see which one will work best for them this season. Plus Vick walks into the Jets door already kinda knowing the offensive system run by Marty Mornhinwig, which is a West Coast Offense. That's the same style offense he was in with the Eageles. I only bring this up because going into the Jets offense would be an easier transition for Vick than had he possibly gone to any other NFL team.

Sure Vick may be the better option, when he is healthy and on his game. But the downside is that Vick hasn't really been able to stay healthy during his career. Vick has played one full 16 game season, that was back in 2006. So you know that Vick has had health issues over his career so its a big risk. If Vick gets hurt, Geno has to get thrown back into the fire, which could happen late in the year when the Jets are making a playoff push. The Jets tried this idea twice in the last few seasons.

I know that the Jets want to win now, but as we have seen in past seasons with this football team, having QB's competing for the job has really blown up in their face. Remember what it did to Mark Sanchez last year. I know it was a freak accident in a preseason game against the Giants but still if it hadn't been a competition and mismanagement by the team, Sanchez most likely wouldn't have gotten hurt and would probably still be a Jet. And let us not forget the experiment the Jets tried with Tim Tebow two years ago when they brought him in from Denver.

So there really is a double edge sword for Jets management bringing Vick into the fold. It's either going to work out or blow up again in their face. Now if they can go out and fix that weak secondary the Jets have I would feel so much better.