Haven’t Written About Michael Vick In A While
July 7, 2010 – There’s a limit to how many chances a guy can get. And even though the Eagles don’t have anyone aside from a rookie from Northwestern to back up Kevin Kolb, they should go shopping. And by the way Andy Reid, cross JaMarcus Russell off your list.
Michael Vick is in trouble again. His dog fighting partner, who he’s not supposed to be near, got shot in the leg at 2:00 AM outside the Guadalajara in Virginia Beach, site of Vick’s birthday party. According to Vick, he was long gone before the dogfighter/shooting victim, Quanis Phillips, was felled. According to security tapes he wasn’t. According to one of Vick’s lawyers, Larry Woodward, Vick didn’t shoot him. According to the NFL, Vick isn’t supposed to draw this kind of attention or lie to authorities.
According to accounting 101, Vick has just jepoardized his $3 million dollar paycheck, which he hoped to leverage into multiple years and increase his money to pay back debts stemming from his dog killing days. According to NFL scouts Vick has lost a step and isn’t the elusive ‘wildcat before there were wildcats’ that he once was. According to Vick he’s as great as ever and deserves to start somewhere.
According to public opinion this guy isn’t worth the fuss. Even with Tony Dunghy taking his side as a Christian reclamation project, thousands of felons and lost souls don’t even get a second chance, let alone three. Michael Vick isn’t that good as commander of a huddle in the NFL anymore. What he’s good at is huddling with his confidants and lawyers and figuring out how to get out of jams he habitually gets himself into.
How long will it take the Eagles and the NFL to figure out this guy is a chump, destined to make bad decisions for the rest of his life? Perhaps we need something besides a dog to die?
