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The Michael Vick Experience was one of the hottest rides in town years ago. It was something no one had ever seen, but then, just like that, it was shut down.

Last year, you were given a free ticket*to the ride’s reopening. There was a lot of risk involved, considering it had been a while since it was up and running, but the reward outweighed the risk. After all, you paid nothing.

Though it was not without faults, the Vick Experience did not disappoint. You got a Disney World-like ride for the price of a*merry-go-round.*However, the ride is no longer the bargain it once was. If you want to hop on again in 2011, it will cost you.

As if you weren’t already, you are now caught up with Michael Vick’s resurgence, thanks to my use of a long drawn-out analogy. Now, just how much will Vick’s immense ceiling cost you?

If you are a riverboat gambler, a case could certainly be made for Vick to be the first overall pick, although I would kindly, yet very strongly, disagree with you. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t even touch Vick in the first round of a fantasy draft, which is where he will go in nearly every draft this summer.

With your first pick you have the ability to pick the guy you think has the highest upside with the least amount of downside. When healthy, nobody has a higher ceiling than Vick. However, his downside is also paralleled by no other player. Vick has played all 16 games only once in his eight-year career. No other first round pick is at a higher risk of being carted off the field on any given week than Vick.

Why not just pair Vick with a solid backup QB? Even 12 games of Vick, plus four games of a fill-in is better than*any one*QB, right? Well, kind of….

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