I’m often loathe to give any sort of merit to fantasy football here, even though I’m in an embarrassingly high number of leagues this year. But even though I will listen to you break down your fantasy rosters and keeper systems for hours on end, I realize that everyone else’s tolerance for such chicanery is much much smaller. So here goes:

Do not, under any circumstances, draft Michael Vick.

For the fantasy masses, the persistent Vick coverage [in the media] is the reason why he’s owned in a ridiculous 30 percent of Y! Plus formats. Nostalgic owners drafting the artist formerly known as Ron Mexico are hoping he can recapture the statistical prowess that propelled him to three top-10 QB seasons in 2002, 2005 and 2006.[...]

When Vick officially reaches full reinstatement after Week 6, his value will largely be undeterminable due to the gadget manner in which Marty Mornhinweg plans to utilize his services. –Brad Evans

To recap, almost a third of people paying to play fantasy football on Yahoo! DRAFTED A BACKUP QUARTERBACK. That’s unreal, and that’s all Vick is at this point, regardless of what he’s getting paid or how the team intends to use him. He’s like a non-denominational Sage Rosenfels. And yeah, he was drafted in one of my leagues last night. I won’t say who it was, but frankly I expected better.