2008 NFL Draft ended Michael Vick Era in Atlanta

Yes, the Falcons drafted a quarterback.

Coming into the brand new 2008-09 NFL football season, the Atlanta Falcons are hoping that the guy they drafted will finally save their franchise from the shithole they have fallen into after Michael Vick decided to bet on pitbulls.

You read it people, the Atlanta Falcons just drafted a guy that can potentially save this franchise and put them back on the map. As NFL commissioner Roger Goodell walked to the podium, he leaned towards the mic and said these very words Michael Vick probably didn't want to hear.

''With the third pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select [dramatic pause] Matt Ryan, quarterback.''

Yes folks, the Atlanta Falcons, after the rather miserable and pathetic performance they got at the position last season, drafted the former Boston College Eagles quarterback in hopes of finally having a solid man at the position that could finally give this team more wins for a change.

After the Atlanta Falcons drafted Matt Ryan, it is safe to say that the career of Michael Vick as a member of the Atlanta Falcons is... OVER. There will be no comeback for Vick with the ATL, perhaps there will be no comeback at all.

And if Michael Vick was watching the 2008 NFL Draft from prison, watching Matt Ryan drafted by his former team should give him a familiar feeling. You see seven years ago, Vick stood on the very podium where Ryan did last Saturday.

There was a freshly issued Falcons ball cap on Vick's head and a beaming NFL commissioner at his side. Together he and Paul Tagliabue had pinched the sleeves of a Falcons No. 1 jersey and held it in the air for the requisite draft day photo op. Vick's silverish-blue suit gleamed in the lights.

Vick was supposed to redefine how the quarterback position was played then. After the betting activities he had with pitbulls, yup, he redefined how the quarterback position is played alright.

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New York Giants 12-1

New England Patriots 5-2

Dallas Cowboys 7-1

Indianapolis Colts 8-1

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