Retired quarterback Michael Vick shared he has one main remorse concerning the notorious dogfighting scandal that value him two years of his profession.
“I want I had a father determine or any individual in my life — and I did, too, for probably the most half — however to not the purpose the place any individual was like, ‘Yo, man, you possibly can actually screw all this up,'” Vick defined throughout the “It Wanted To Be Stated” podcast hosted by Miami Dolphins star broad receiver Tyreek Hill, per Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak. “Ain’t no one got here and stated, ‘Bro, you possibly can screw all this up.’ One individual [did], I gained’t say his identify.”
Vick earned three Professional Bowl nods whereas that includes for the Atlanta Falcons from 2001 via 2006 earlier than the information about his Dangerous Newz Kennels dogfighting ring broke in 2007.
As famous by ESPN, Vick pleaded responsible to federal dogfighting fees and served jail time earlier than he returned to the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles forward of the 2009 season. The signal-caller made the NFC Professional Bowl squad for the 2010 marketing campaign and gained the NFL Comeback Participant of the Yr Award for that season.
Vick acknowledged throughout the podcast he initially thought in 2007 he might at some point resume his QB1 duties with the Falcons.
“The entire time like I used to be gone I believed they was gonna wait on me, however that was wishful pondering,” Vick stated. “Like, I actually thought like they was gonna watch for me to get again and all this might be over after which I step again in, be the starter, and we simply transfer on like nothing ever occurred. However that’s not actuality. And I hoped for one thing that simply couldn’t occur.”
Atlanta finally changed Vick by spending the third total choose within the 2008 NFL Draft on Matt Ryan. Ryan turned a one-time regular-season Most Useful Participant however by no means guided the Falcons to a Tremendous Bowl title from 2008 via the 2021 season, whereas Vick final performed with the Pittsburgh Steelers throughout the 2015 marketing campaign.
