Eagles QB Vick was proved to be innocent

The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick will report for the team’s training camp on time and play his backup role for starter Kevin Kolb just as scheduled, because the league announced that investigation resulted in no evidence of Vick shooting at his 30th birthday party. A lot of speculations were ended by the announcement, and Vick will stay with the Eagles for one another season, neither to be released nor to be traded.

Now we may have a look back on how Vick got involved into the trouble. He went to a restaurant in Virginia Beach to celebrate his 30th birthday with a group of friends in Brett Favre jerseys and allegedly left the scene before a shooting happened out site the restaurant. What made him more like suspect was that the man in Saints jersey being shot was Vick’s co-defendant in the dogfighting case. The well-known case put Vick in jail for 18 months and led to a long suspension from the NFL.

As local police made it clear that Vick was not the shooter, the quarterback does not have to face any arrest now and the league will neither punish him with a suspension, which was expected by many people when Vick was suspected to be the shooter. The Eagles, who have always been insisting that they would not release Vick, now proved that they were right.

Eagles rookie WR Cooper received career-first contract

The Philadelphia Eagles announced on Tuesday that their rookie wide receiver Riley Cooper was signed to a four-year contract. As a result, the Eagles have signed all but two draft picks from the 2010 NFL draft, leaving defensive end Brandon Graham and safety Nate Allen unsigned.

The rookie wide receiver was from Florida and is one of 13 draft picks the Eagles had as they make the transition from a veteran team to one driven by some young stars. They traded former starting quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins and promoted backup quarterback Kevin Kolb to be the starter. As a fifth-round pick, Cooper was previously expecting to put on Saints jersey to start his NFL career. The two-sport standout was also selected for twice in the Major League Baseball draft, but he seems to prefer football. Although failing to draw interest from his favorite team, he was still glad to join the Eagles.

Beside making a plan to sign or release the remaining two unsigned draft picks, the Eagles also need to decide on whether to keep backup quarterback Michael Vick for another season. The former Falcons star quarterback was recently involved into off-field trouble again and may face suspension and imprisonment again if he pleaded guilty.