Michael Vick is being released from prison soon, and several Raiders players would happily welcome him to their team:

"Would we like to see it? Yes," Oakland fullback Justin Griffith told the newspaper.

Raiders receiver Ashley Lelie said, "You have to sign him, if you're the Raiders. Trust me, I've played against him before. You don't want him on the other team."

Oakland cornerback DeAngelo Hall, who has spoken with Vick during his incarceration at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary on a dogfighting conviction, says he would put his seven-year, $70 million contract up as collateral against Vick getting in trouble with the law again.

"I'll put in my contract the same stipulations or whatever, man," Hall told the newspaper. "I know anytime something like this happens, you wake up and smell the roses. After talking to Mike, he definitely knows what's happening. He has a family, kids, a fiancee. He definitely wised up and got those riff-raffs away from him. He knows who his true friends are. He'll move on and go from there."

And lastly, offensive coordinator Greg Knapp:

"I love the way he had fun playing the game," Knapp said. "He was a hard worker, was on the path of understanding what it takes to be a quarterback in this league. So, he was making great progress when this unfortunate thing happened.

So part of me says yes, because we need something. The other part says no, it's the last thing the Raiders need...