Quote of the Week II

Drew Brees has been razor-sharp in his last three preseason games, completing 35-of-39 passes for 355 yards and one touchdown. AP

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"Peace, Phillips and Vick agreed to the killing of approximately 6-8 dogs that did not perform well in 'testing' sessions at 1915 Moonlight Road, and all of those dogs were killed by various methods, including hanging and drowning. Vick agrees and stipulates that these dogs all died as a result of the collective efforts of Peace, Phillips and Vick.''

-- A passage from the plea agreement detailing Vick's admissions, implicating Vick and co-defendants Quanis Phillips and Purnell Peace.

Quote of the Week III

"I wish people would stop sugarcoating it. This is Mike's thing. And he knows it.''

-- Michael Boddie, the estranged father of Vick, on his son's love of dogfighting, in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Quote of the Week IV

"He is now a role model for something terrible, and it's not appropriate that he suit up in an NFL uniform.''

-- Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, following the Vick plea deal.

Quote of the Week V

"From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors.''

-- New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury

Quote of the Week VI

"I feel sorry for Arthur, because I know it can happen to any one of us. I don't know how a lot of our players spend their private time. If someone is a really good poker player, he could be living a private life that's very different than what we think. You hope you never get snookered by it.''

-- New England owner Robert Kraft to the Boston Globe's Jackie MacMullan, on Atlanta owner Arthur Blank, who got blindsided by Michael Vick's love of dogfighting.

Quote of the Week VII

"I can tell you about every one of those four incompletions that should be complete.''

-- New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who has completed 35 of 39 passes in his last three preseason games.

Quote of the Week VIII

"I'm not going to lose any sleep [over] what Tiki has to say. I guess I could have questioned his leadership skills last year with calling out the coach and having articles about him retiring in the middle of the season and [how] he's lost the heart. As a quarterback, you're reading your running back has lost the heart to play the game, and it's about the 10th week. Well, I could see that a little bit at times.''

--Giants quarterback Eli Manning, after Tiki Barber criticized his leadership ability on NBC's Football Night in America' halftime show eight days ago.

Three little points on this story:

1. The day Barber walked out of the Giants' locker room forever, he ceased to be a New York Giants' employee and became an NBC employee. He now owes his 110 percent to telling the truth as he sees it for NBC, not to anyone else.

2. One of the New York tabs called the Barber-Manning thing a "vicious feud.'' Come on. This is some interesting and valid criticism by Barber of a player most teammates will privately agree is a little too mild-mannered for his position. And I would hardly call Manning's statement about Barber's supposed diminution of heart ("I could see that a little bit at times'') the start of Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr II. "Vicious feud,'' no. "Mild sniping by former teammates,'' yes.

3. Peyton Manning says he now knows one business he won't get into at the end of his career, after hearing Barber's criticism. Whoa, whoa. Say it ain't so. Of all the players I've talked to over the years, Manning is among the top five who can interestingly explain what happens on the field. It'd be a shame if Peyton decided to never do TV because he's afraid of knocking someone.

Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me I

Under terms of his plea agreement, Vick has to pay for all the costs associated with the 53 dogs living on his property and now being housed at a Virginia animal shelter. If the dogs are euthanized (most, if not all, have been trained in a manner that they cannot be house pets), Vick will have to pay for the cost of putting them to sleep.

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