I think I'm finding myself agreeing with Az and his opinion of Atlanta's motives towards Vick.
Let's speculate a little bit. IF the Falcons wanted Vick to get back on the field as soon as possible, but still have to deal with the PR nightmare, how would they do it? They would want to be the first to act by imposing a 4 game suspension. If they waited for teh league to suspend Vick first, then their team imposed suspension would be on top of what the league would hand down. By giving Vick a 4 game suspension first, it would be more likely that the league would jsut extend that suspension which would probably end up being less overall time than if the league acted first followed by a team suspension. Also, by wanting to give Vick a team imposed 4 game suspension, he would still have been available to work with everyone during Training Camp. That Blank is so obviously against the Leave of Absence suggests that he wants Vick to be at Training Camp. Doesn't it?