Steelers Sign Michael Vick

You see a good reason not to sign him one I can understand. One that revolves around football and not our personal feelings.

 

We will not win games with this guy though. That is what I don't get. He is washed up and has been a pathetically inept player the past few times he has been on the field. I would rather let Landry Jones get a chance than sign this washed up, never really been good, gimmick QB. He is pathetically inaccurate and will not sit in the pocket and read through his progressions. And the fact that they automatically make him the backup QB with absolutely no knowledge of the playbook is asinine at best. Landry Jones is not all that great but at least he knows the playbook.

 

To pet owners, Dogs are members of our families and the cruelty of everything he did including but not limited to fighting touches each one of us deeply. Don't dismiss that. Chickens and Cows are food, mistreating them is wrong, but dogs are family. He didn't make a mistake, he had a lifestyle and thought he was above reproach. He thought he was untouchable. I KNOW this firsthand and WON'T elaborate publicly and was ahppy when he was finally busted. Fans take his actions personally, it hurts their heart and that's why you read the emotional responses here.

I don't like him personally, I didn't want him back in the league even though he paid for his crimes. He isn't donating money to shelters because he's such a remorseful good guy. A judge ordered that he set aside 900k to aid and care for "his" victims AND he's trying to rebuild his life.

He is allowed back in the league, has lived a model life since exiting prison and is now a Steeler. He going to make more money this year than I've made in the last 10..... I support his right to work ( wish it wasn't here ) and pray he uses ALL his life experiences to positively impact a young man's life. I hope he never takes a snap as a Steeler because if he does that means something happened to Ben and our chances of another ring just went down big time.

Cajun

 

Yes but I also thought no way in the world do the Rooney's sign Vick. So I'm not batting a 1000 right now

 

Horrible. The Steelers have made a terrible decision here. One of the saddest days of my Steeler life.

 

I see what you are saying but at the same time what most of mine revolve around in one or another is he did his time and in my eyes has tried to make up for it. I also don't like hypocrisy. Why can we accept what some have done and say it was a mistake and they made up for it but not others?

 

I don't believe deep down that he is truly rehabilitated but just sorry he got caught. It is ingrained into his culture and I don't believe for a second he won't go back to it when his football days are finally completely over. Once again as others have said, this man did not just make a mistake. It takes a very evil person to do the things he was doing. Most people that torture and kill dogs would not think twice about killing people. A sure sign of a sadistic serial killer is when they start as a child torturing animals. If you are evil enough to do this, then it is just part of your nature. It does not just go away.

 

Because it wasn't just a lapse of judgement which is most cases. This was a way of life. You have to be one sick MoFo to engage in this kind of behavior over and over and over again. He was knowingly and willingly abusing and torturing helpless dogs for personal satisfaction. I mean, that is just sick. The legal system may have forgiven him but it doesn't mean I have to.

 

This is really so out of character for the Steelers organization. A typical backup QB is supposed to wear a hat and walk around with a clipboard and not ever be noticed. Now they have picked up arguably the highest profile backup player in the league...... with no skills to offer. He doesn't play similar to Ben, he's not known as a phenomenal student of the game, he's 35 years old and washed up.

There are dozens of inexperienced backups that are being cut all pre-season..... we don't need a 1.a. starter QB, we need a tiny bit of depth just in case something happens to the first two guys. This definitely tarnishes the Steelers image.

 

So what about someone who buys and smokes dope? They know what they're doing is wrong and against the law yet they continue.

 

Very different state of mind in choosing to "smoke some dope" vs. "I am willingly going to torture these animals as a means of improving my business."

 

What personal feelings have I brought into this. In fact I don't like Vick as a person but that doesn't change anything I've said.

 

OK that is really slippery slope. What about the people that drive 5 over the speed limit and know its against the law and keep doing it?

 

Not if he was raised to see that there is nothing wrong with it. Like I said in another post there are a ton of cases throughout history that prove that fact. How many killers have gotten out of the death penalty because of the way they were raised? My wife was a juror on a murder case and the guy got out of the death penalty for the simple fact that he grew up with nobody telling him right from wrong.

 

C'mon, that's just grasping at straws. There's nothing morally wrong about that. The act of smoking doesn't seek/intend harm on anyone.

 

To me, that just says our criminal system is messed up.

 

No its the truth. If you are raised one was and one way only how do you know to think a different way then what you were taught? Is this always the case no its not people do overcome their upbringing but more often then not they don't. And yes our legal system blows.

 

^^THIS^^

 

Glenn are you seriously comparing smoking dope with what Mike Vick did? You must just be trying to rile people up...

 

Right. So he got off the death penalty. So does that mean they just let him walk free? Of course not.

I hate to keep pointing out how you're confusing your points, but most of it comes from these other cases that you keep bringing in. It all gets very muddled very quickly.

 

why have none of the other 31 teams had him on they're roster this year? that says it more than anything. he's not going to be here for any amount of time past this season. he's a turnover machine. he's 35 years old. we end up having to eventually bring in someone else after his time here and start fresh again. all this and i've not even touched on him personally. what is the upside. will there not be guys within the next couple of weeks available?

 

You aren't comparing apples to apples though. Heck, you're not even comparing apples to oranges. You are comparing apples to a hammer.