Michael Vick A Backup QB Option For Seahawks?

It appeared as though the Seahawks would eventually re-sign Tarvaris Jackson at some point this summer to backup Russell Wilson. However, that was before the recent domestic incident in which Jackson is accused of threatening to kill his wife.

Earlier in the week, the Seahawks were among the team’s to place a waiver claim for Connor Shaw, but wound up losing him to the Bears.

Sheil Kapadia of ESPN writes that the Seahawks could bring in another quarterback at some point in the near future to compete with rookie Trevone Boykin for the backup job.

One option, according to ESPN analyst Phil Savage, could be veteran QB Michael Vick.

“I look for Michael Vick to be in the mix,” Savage said. “To me, he would really fit this team in terms of the mobility, what he brings to the table, and he’d be a veteran presence behind Russell Wilson.”

Vick, 36, said recently that he’s been working out and waiting for another opportunity with an NFL team with the hope of playing one more year .

“I haven’t officially retired,” Vick said on Monday,  via NJ.com. “As of right now, it’s pretty much at a stalemate type of thing. Just taking the days as it comes, but most importantly for me, I just have to continue to work out and train. I would love to play this year, suit up for another run at it. I still feel like I could play and there is a lot left in the tank.”

Although, Vick admitted that it would take the right offer and the right opportunity for him to return in 2016.

“It does matter getting the right offer. I don’t think at this stage you just jump right out there and then just take any opportunity even though if this is going to be my last year, which is what I feel like I’m leaning toward because of where I’m at in my life, I do want to suit up one more time, I do want to put the helmet on one more time,” Vick said. “I don’t want it to end the way it ended the last couple years.”

In 2015, Vick appeared in five games for the Steelers and threw for 371 yards while completing 60.6 percent of his passes to go along with two touchdowns and an interception. He also contributed 99 yards rushing last year.