Vick in Atlanta this Sunday night, how quickly we forget.

Back in 2007 Michael Vick was accused of running a dog fighting ring, when the accusations came out the owner of the Atlanta Falcons (at that point Vick's employer) asked Michael for a private meeting. During that meeting Arthur Blank, the Falcons owner, asked Michael personally "are you guilty of these charges?", Michael's response "no sir". As time would eventually tell, Michael lied, he lied directly to the face of the organization and essentially his boss. Now, 4 years later, Michael Vick returns to Atlanta as the starter of the Philadelphia Eagles.

With the history lesson over, I can't believe the latest comments by Dan Reeves (one time coach and originator of the Vick pick for Atlanta). Reeves came out on the NFL network a day ago and claimed that "Atlanta turned its back on Vick", really..really, are you nuts Dan? What exactly would you want Arthur Blank to do, back a guy who lied to his face and made him look like an asshole? Is that the goal here? How about we just move forward and stop trying to shuffle blame for the sake of a talking point. Michael Vick has repeatedly apologized for what he did and accepted blame, whether you believe he is contrite or not isn't the point. He has tried to move forward; seems to me Dan Reeves (who currently has nothing to do) simply wanted his name in a headline again.

I'd rather hear Jim Mora's point of view since he had to deal with the 2007 Falcons as the head coach. I imagine his perspective is just a tad more in touch than Dans.

Either way, Reeves should apologize for being a moron.

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