Paul Domowitch: It could be one-and-done for Eagles' Vick

It's still too early to tell where this whole thing with Michael Vick and the spread-option offense (aka Wildcat) is going to go.

One place I can tell you with absolute certainty that it's not going to go, though, is into next season. Well, the offense might stick around, but Vick's not going to be here.

From the beginning, the unwritten understanding between the Eagles and the prodigal quarterback was that this was a 1-year-and-done marriage.

Yes, the team does have an option to keep Vick for a second season at the hefty price of $5.6 million. But unless something drastic happens, like, say, both Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb get abducted by aliens, they have no intention of exercising that option. And that's the way Vick wants it.

Vick is here strictly to refurbish his image and serve as Andy Reid's Wildcat toy for a season. Nothing more, nothing less. If he doesn't do anything stupid off the field, and completes a few passes and runs for a few yards on it, he should be marketable enough after the season to draw a second-round asking price in a league that currently has just 20 quarterbacks with a passer rating above 80.0.

Those of you who think Reid brought Vick to town with the idea of him possibly replacing McNabb as the Eagles' starting quarterback in 2010 need to get a clue. Or go watch some tape of Vick trying to run the West Coast offense when he was with the Falcons.

It wasn't pretty. The guy might own the best set of legs of any passer in history. But he never developed into a very good quarterback. He was Vince Young before Vince Young.

His completion percentage in 2004, '05 and '06 never rose above .564. Threw just 11 more touchdowns (49) than interceptions (38) in those 3 years. A statistic that tells you everything you need to know about Vick: He has averaged more yards per carry in his career (7.3) than yards per pass attempt (6.6).

Falcons coach Jim Mora and offensive coordinator Greg Knapp bent over backward trying to adjust their offense to Vick's particular talents. The most luck they had was when they essentially bagged the West Coast and ran the spread-option.

Because of the concern over a rookie wage scale, a larger-than-usual number of underclassmen are expected to declare for next year's draft. Many NFL personnel people already think it could be the most talent-rich draft ever.