The Eagles on Tuesday afternoon removed quarterback Michael Vick from the Exempt List and added him to their 53-man roster and released wide receiver Hank Baskett.

Vick is eligible to practice when the team resumes its work at the NovaCare Complex on Wednesday. He is not eligible to play in a game until Week 3, when the Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs at Lincoln Financial Field.

Clearly, the Eagles want to get Vick back on the practice field to get him ready to play in some capacity as quickly as possible. Vick played in the team's final two preseason games, both as a "Wildcat" player lining up both at quarterback and at receiver and in the second half of the game against the Jets as a quarterback.

Baskett joined the Eagles as a rookie free agent in 2006 after a fine career at New Mexico. He was originally signed as a non-drafted rookie by the Vikings, who then traded him to the Eagles for wide receiver Billy McMullen. In his time as an Eagle, Baskett caught 72 passes for 1,052 yards and 6 touchdowns.

He was due to become a restricted free agent in this past off-season, but the Eagles signed him to a one-year tender worth $1.545 million. Had another team signed Baskett, the Eagles would have received a second-round draft pick as compensation.

Instead, Baskett signed and looked forward to a significant role in the offense. However, the Eagles drafted Jeremy Maclin in the first round of April's draft and then added Brandon Gibson in the sixth round. Both players had strong performances in the spring and summer and the Eagles carried seven wide receivers on their 53-man roster through the first week of the season.

-- Posted by Dave Spadaro, 2:51 p.m., September 15