In an article in Sports Illustrated S.L. Price writes of Vick's epic performance against the Red Skins that.
[...It wasn't even halftime of Vick's Monday-night rampage against the Redskins when Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett tweeted, "Vick doing so good, he got dogs cheering for him."
So there are two conflicting narratives going on: one that Vick, no matter what his superlative comeback means, is still a convicted felon and the other that what goes on on the gridiron should make us ignore his transgressions and only look at his amazing comeback.
I think the latter is true and I think there is some racism going on here. What he did was wrong but the cry for blood was over the top as dog fighting is commonplace in the South
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