*Old school rocker Nils Lofgren isn’t gonna like this one bit, but a year and a half after being released from prison for dog fighting charges, Michael Vick is leading the vote getter for the upcoming NFL Pro Bowl.
As of Wednesday morning the the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback had 729,838 fan votes, nearly 39,000 more than second-place Peyton Manning, the NFL said Wednesday. Manning topped the balloting two weeks ago before being surpassed by Vick.
It’s the latest evidence many fans seem willing to forgive Vick for the vicious dogfighting operation that sent him to prison for 18 months – and embrace his stunning return to NFL stardom. A backup to start the season, Vick has led the Eagles to first place in the NFC East, accounting for 21 touchdowns and throwing just two interceptions.
Manning had 691,146 votes, which led the AFC, followed by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (623,074), Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (591,598) and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (547,340).
Online Pro Bowl voting ends Dec. 20. The teams are picked by a combination of fans’, players’ and coaches’ votes.
Rock guitarist Nils Lofgren is so outraged by the amount of praise heaped upon Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick that he took time out of his schedule to write an open letter about it “to the men and women of the sports reporting community.”
Read Lofgren’s open letter HERE.
Well of course he is leading Manning. Have you seen Vick play lately? Have you seen Manning?
I agree.
Shid. Fans, myself included, wouldn’t have as hard a time forgiving or forgetting the ish IF YALL DIDNT REMIND US OF WHAT HE DID IN EVERY ARTICLE WRITTEN ABOUT HIM, damn. We get it. He did it. Plead guilty. Did his time. And now he’s lighting they azzes(the league) up. I read about 4 articles about Vick earlier this week and they all included ish similar to what’s written above —> “fans seem willing to forgive Vick for the vicious dogfighting operation that sent him to prison for 18 months” smdh
I know. How many times do they have to say the same thing!! Talk about saturation.. It took him a year to get back in football shape, He has learned the playbook, Let the man be as he excels.
Yeah & that happened over 2yrs. ago! & he paid for his mistakes & a few OTHER people’s! Meanwhile?, they don’t even UTTER WTF Favre did just a few months ago! YT & America!
I hope Vick continues to excel, above that I hope that one day he gets a chance to say F/U to those who keep dangling his past in his face.
He deserves it!!
Beit the POTUS & his wife,M.Vick or any OTHER lie or “set up” YT has designed, YT hates to be shown as the hypocritical racist they & everyone else KNOWS they are! Everytime a person who isn’t White has a chance to be forgiven?, they NEVVA DO forgive “them”! Meanwhile?, a long list of Whites…D.Trump,J.Nicholson,Bush,Cheney,Rove,W.Allen etc… go on making money without a fkn hiccup in their lives! Again I say…YT & America! I hope Vick gets EVERY fkn award & makes EVRY fkn dime they made him loose! Yes! I said “made him loose”!, b/c..if they had handled Vick’s situation, lkike they’re handling B.Favre’s “dyck pic” situation?..errbody would’be forgotyten dat shyt in a fkn…week! But nooooo!, they haaaaad to do dat shyt to Vick b/c YT has always liked & respected “dogs” more than Black people! So..they maaaaaade it a bigger issue than it was! No!..in NO way am I saying what Vick did was…”ok”!, but it was a HEAVILY magnified situation, & all because he is…Black!!!