"Hopefully, Michael Vick's 76-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin in Saturday night's wild card playoff loss to the Dallas Cowboys will be the quarterback's only connection to St. Louis in 2010.

Maclin, a Kirkwood High School graduate who starred at Missouri, finished the game with seven catches for 146 yards. Vick closed out the evening on the bench, watching Donovan McNabb turn in one of his poorest games of the season.

The Eagles must now decide whether to trade Vick or keep him around for the second year of his contract. I think it is fair and right that Vick was allowed to return to the NFL after serving two years for lying to federal prosecutors about his dastardly role in a dog-fighting ring.

Without dredging up a debate that was played out months and years ago, the St. Louis Rams' Leonard Little returned to football after killing a woman in a car accident he caused while drunk.

Receiver Donte Stallworth struck a pedestrian and killed him in Miami before the 2009 season began. If he chooses, he will play again in the NFL.

I'm not saying Vick should not be allowed to play football.

But I am saying I want no part of him in St. Louis.

There are reportedly a few folks at Russell Athletic Center, the Rams' office and practice facility, who would bring Vick to St. Louis as starting quarterback if he could be obtained for a low-round draft pick.

Whether or not head coach Steve Spagnuolo is one of them is unclear. He hasn't hinted that he is leaning in that direction, but he has not emphatically ruled out a trade for Vick.

The same can be said for General Manager Billy Devaney.

I find this disconcerting.

The top two decision-makers have not ruled out Vick playing for the Rams. That means there must be something going on. It doesn't mean they have decided to bring him in. It does mean that it is under consideration.

Ugh!

I'd let Marc Bulger give it one more shot at quarterback before Vick wore a Rams' jersey.

I'd tell the kid Keith Null to strap it on and get ready to take a run at starting quarterback with Chad Pennington or David Carr waiting in the wings as backup before going the Vick route.

Heck, I'd bring back troubled guard Richie Incognito before I brought in Vick.

Before detailing what a public relations disaster a Vick signing would be, let's look at why the Rams should really pass on him.

In 12 games after returning from suspension, Vick attempted just 13 passes and completed six for 86 yards and a touchdown.

The Eagles dabbled a bit with the "Wildcat" offensive formation, and Vick rushed the ball 24 times for 95 yards and a touchdown."