By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick joined the Rich Eisen show Wednesday to discuss the team that he's most synonymous with, the Atlanta Falcons, competing in Super Bowl 51. During the appearance, the 36-year-old also addressed his own future:
"Would I play football again? Rich, I was really happen to take into consideration everything that I got going on outside of my life. First and foremost, my family, my wife and my kids. I kind of got used to getting up in the morning and taking my kids to school and lightening the load for my wife and just being the best dad I could be. When I was in Pittsburgh, I missed those opportunities and I kind of saw what I was missing. You know I love the game of football, I don't know if I ever really want to play again. I enjoyed my experience with the Pittsburgh Steelers and I think they sent me out the right way. It would have to take a lot of commitment upon myself to want to get back into the game. "
Naturally, Eisen followed up with Vick on whether he's filled out his retirement papers yet:
"They've been throwing it out there at me to file my retirement paperwork and the only reason that I haven't did it is because there's always that thought it the back of your mind that 'yeah, I would love to do it again and recommit myself.' I'm 36 years old, Rich and I don't have a bone that aches in my body."
Vick would go on to point out the irony of the fact that he feels healthy at age 36 — which is certainly rare for someone who had a 13-year career, let alone someone who dealt with the amount of injuries that he did throughout his career.
Of course, whether Vick officially retires or not, he is done in the league. The Steelers didn't sign him until Training Camp two seasons ago and he didn't play in the league in 2016. Vick doesn't sound like someone who is particularly interested in being a third-string quarterback, and even contending teams that got desperate for quarterbacks during the 2016 season, like the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans, didn't seem interested in Vick.
Assuming Vick's career is over, he's had one of the most noteworthy careers in the league. He's one of the most electrifying rushing quarterback's that the game has ever seen and more importantly came back from a nearly two-year prison sentence for dog-fighting to become someone that seemed genuinely sorry for his transgressions and motivated to make the best of a second chance.
