Will Michael Vick sign with an NFL team and play in the 2009 NFL season? Based on comments and positions of almost all the NFL teams, the answer is absolutely No!

But what happens in late October and early November? You know as well as I, that the NFL season can be tough on a QB. Injuries, ineffectiveness and/or lack of surrounding talent can mean the worst for any QB. Do you expect the 2009 NFL season to be any different?

The only question in my mind is when will Michael Vick be signed. Will it be by the end of the major league baseball regular season? By Halloween? How about Thanksgiving? Either way, Michael Vick will be signed and will play in the NFL in 2009 for a football team headed to the NFL playoffs.

When Vick does sign, expect that NFL owner to say all the right things; to spin the Michael Vick saga as “the comeback story of the decade”. That NFL organization will say that Michael has served his debt to society and that he deserves a second chance.

Of course, this will all be hypocrisy – done only to gain an advantage; to help them win football games.

And you can bet there will be many who protest the signing. But who are they to judge?

The New York Jets made a bold move in signing rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez to the biggest contract in franchise history. The Jets are betting that Sanchez can lead the Jets to their first Super Bowl in 50 years.

Sanchez, drafted fifth overall, signed a 5 year deal worth $50 million. The deal guarantees Sanchez $28 million with incentives that could reach more than $60 million.

The Jets huge investment is the writing to on the wall for Kellen Clemens, the “other” Jets QB. Clemens was expected to start before Mark Sanchez was signed.

“For me, this is the tip of the iceberg,” Sanchez said yesterday. “There is so much more I want to accomplish. This doesn’t assume that you’re going to be successful. It’s going to take a lot of hard work.”

If the Jets had any reservations about signing a rookie QB to such a large contract, they only needed to look at Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, the first pick in 2008, who let Atlanta to the playoffs.

Hopefully the signing of a new QB, combined with a new head coach, will mark a new beginning for the post-Mangini Jets.