Goodell waiting until Blank returns?

After further consideration, perhaps Commissioner Roger Goodell is waiting to make a definitive statement until he can confer with Falcons owner Arthur Blank. I understand from Atlanta sports radio station 790 The Zone that Arthur Blank and Rich McKay are on a return flight from Africa.

This means that the lawyerly official statement from the Atlanta Falcons likely came from the station-keeping part of the organization, without input from Blank or McKay. Late tomorrow, after the Falcons brass have had a chance to digest the situation, we might have a better idea how the League will handle Vick's indictment.

UPDATE: Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports! Reports! that Vick will be suspended.

Vick is expected to be suspended by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after news broke Tuesday evening that Vick was indicted by federal authorities in connection with dog fighting in Virginia. The indictment followed a three-month investigation.

While Goodell was not reached for comment, two sources said the commissioner has been monitoring the Vick case since April, when investigators initially found evidence of dog fighting at a home Vick owned in Smithfield.

"Where (Vick) is in the most trouble is that he lied to the commissioner," a league source said. "He told (Goodell) in April that he didn't know anything about this. The commissioner gave (Vick) every chance to come clean, be straight about what was going on. Instead, he just kept denying it."