Vick given a second chance and I'm on board, too

By Chad Garner

Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Michael Vick is now a Philadelphia Eagle!

I know everyone was jumping for joy, right?

Who cares either way, if he signed or not, I say.

But what I have a problem with is how every armchair quarterback is bashing Vick because that's what society says we should do to him. We all know he did a bad thing with the dogfighting ring he spearheaded. I get it. He paid the ultimate price, too, considering he was in federal prison.

But that's still not good enough to all the judge and the jury members around the nation.

They want Vick to be jobless, a bum with a bottle of Mad Dog on the side of the street, and it probably wouldn't matter if he was executed, either. 

I think it's a complete joke.

Most people deserve second chances to correct the mistakes they made -- well, not rapists, murderers, child molesters, ect. (you get the picture) -- but Vick was in the dogfighting business. Go on the Internet and see how popular dogfighting is, you'll be amazed.

I'm not saying it's right, at all. No animal should be treated that way; I think we can all agree on it.

But give Vick another chance. He's got a right to work and football is what he knows. Let's really see what type of person he is after taking a major paycut (he once did sign a $100 million contact and had to settle for $1.6 million this season with an option for $5.2 million next season with the Eagles).

Has he changed? Will he become a role model once again? He's got the platform to do good and correct the bad that he's done.

Not to mention, on the field, he's still tremendous talent and an entertainer. He'll back up Donovan McNabb -- the clear-cut starter with Philly -- and may play in some sort of Wildcat package or wide receiver.

Either way, Vick is a show. Admit it, you'll tune in to see him in a Philly uniform and to see if he'll step on the field in some sort of capacity.

Vick, who still must serve a six-game suspension with the NFL and can only practice and play in the final two preseason games -- has a lot more to do before he can be believed that he's rehabilitated. 

But give him a shot, the Eagles did.