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Michael Vick's construction job didn't last for long.

Needing a job to meet his house arrest requirements and with the NFL currently blocked as an option, Vick had started working construction last month in Hampton, Va. But he's left that job to start working for the local Boys and Girls Club. Although it's not exactly clear what he'll be doing with the Boys and Girls Club, they said he'll be working on health and fitness with the kids.

While there is speculation of Michael Vick eventually becoming a Dolphin, Yahoo! Sports' Jason Cole has a pretty firm story that says Vick won't be playing in the NFL anytime soon. Cole also says that wide receiver Plaxico Burress is facing an indefinite suspension as well, which would put a giant bucket of cold water on any hopes he has of landing a solid free agent deal.

Cole cites three sources with knowledge of the situation. According to them, commissioner Roger Goodell will continue to throw his weight around when it comes to suspensions. He's already slapped wide receiver Donte Stallworth with an indefinite suspension after Stallworth pled guilty to DUI manslaughter. One of Cole's sources says its likely that Vick will be suspended for the entire 2009 season as well, which would mean he would be out of football for three seasons, making any return even tougher in 2010.

It's impossible to find an NFL head coach or general manager who is willing to say that he wants to sign Michael Vick, but former NFL coach Dennis Green, now coaching for the start-up UFL, thinks he knows where Vick will end up.

As he sees it, Bill Parcells wants Vick, and if Parcells wants something, he's going to get it. So he thinks Vick will end up as a Dolphin.

"I have a hard time believing that Michael Vick is not going to wind up with Bill Parcells, simply because he has that creativeness that says that no matter what it takes, he's going to find a way to get Michael Vick," Green told Sirius NFL Radio. "Now, whether it means convincing the commissioner or whatever it takes, Michael Vick is probably going to wind up at Miami because of the fact that Bill Parcells is Bill Parcells."

ESPN's Pat Yasikinas has a solid story today about Falcons linebacker Stephen Nicholas and his infant son's heart transplant. It's a great story for Father's Day and well worth the read.

But beyond Nicholas and his wife Irene's emotional journey of dealing with a sick child that thankfully has a happy ending now that Stephen Jr. is doing well, something else jumped out from Yasikinas' story: the Falcons as an organization got it right.

It's easy to make jokes about the Falcons' history of ineptitude on the field, but what struck me is that the team got every detail right off the field with Nicholas.

There are some very legitimate questions about how good the Falcons' defense will be. Atlanta will be relying on a largely new set of linebackers, a much younger set of safeties and a still-potentially thin defensive line.

But offensively, is there a Falcons fan who doesn't think the Falcons will be even better than they were last year? They replaced the league's worst set of tight ends (combined 19 catches for 211 yards) with Tony Gonzalez (96 catches for 1,058 yards). The running game of Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood is back, the wide receivers should be even better as Harry Douglas enters his second year, and the offensive line returns intact.

Todd McClure is one of the few Falcons who remembers what it was like to get to a Super Bowl (even if he was on injured reserve). And he wants to stick around long enough to get a chance to go back.

McClure refuted a Pro Football Talk report that he was considering retiring because he is unhappy with his contract. In fact, he says, he's as happy as he's ever been to be a Falcon.

ATLANTA -- Nearly every moment I'm in this area, where I've lived for the past 25 years, I encounter somebody who wishes to discuss No. 7, usually in a highly emotional way. It doesn't matter whether I'm in a church service, sitting in a barber's chair or rising for a set of crunches at the gym.

Michael Vick, Michael Vick, Michael Vick.

When does he get out of prison?

Where is he going to play?

Why don't they leave him alone?

The Atlanta Falcons will release Michael Vick Friday, officially bringing to an end the suspended quarterback's tenure with the franchise.

Social networking is proving to be quite dangerous to professional athletes. We've heard about teams surreptitiously spying on potential draftees, and we've seen players forced to defend different groups they joined because of the questions it raises about their character. With the arrest of Falcons offensive tackle Quinn Ojinnaka, though, we're moving into new territory.

According to his father, Michael Vick's time in prison helped him grow up.

Michael Boddie, Vick's father, hasn't always gotten along really well with his son, but Vick's time in prison helped mend some old wounds. They started writing letters to each other and eventually moved on past an old argument that stemmed from Boddie's criticism of Vick back in 2007.

Now Boddie says that when he sees Vick, like he did last Friday, he sees a more mature Vick.