Anyone who felt the least bit of remorse for Michael Vick, as I did, when he gave his heartfelt apology two weeks ago should now be reconsidering his or her stance. Faced with the prospect of the loss of millions of dollars, his freedom, and his NFL career, the former Falcons quarterback just can’t seem to stay out of his own way.

I’m no expert on the finer points of marijuana or NFL discipline, but I’d venture to guess that Vick’s positive test this week might have put the final, fatal nail into his proverbial coffin. After being convicted of a couple of run-of-the-mill felonies, Vick was lucky to be able to spend some time at home prior to sentencing. As is usually the case with Vick, he took that freedom for granted and made a complete mockery of the law once again.

How this recent transgression impacts his impending prison term and subsequent NFL sentence remains to be seen. My money is on Roger Goddell in this fight, though. What is certain is that Vick is toast in the court of public opinion. Even the staunchest Vick supporters have to be scratching their heads at this point. Though his apology seemed contrite and seemed to echo the right sentiments, he has effectively wasted every bit of good will that might have been accrued on that day.

Meanwhile, Vick’s former team sits at 0-3 and there doesn’t seem to be a light at the end of tunnel. The new quarterback is Joey Harrington and aside from avoiding the law, he’s been anything but good. Against their hated I-85 rivals from Carolina on Sunday, the Dirty Birds let victory slip through their fingers at home because of some untimely D’Angelo Hall penalties and an overall offensive ineffectiveness that would have made Rex Grossman proud.

Hall was not only flagged for 64 yards worth of penalties during a critical second half drive, but he also showed his distaste for new head coach Bobby Petrino by publicly berating the former Louisville head man on the Georgia Dome sidelines. Hall’s penalty? He’ll pay $100,000 in fines and sit out a little bit of the Falcons’ next game. As if things couldn’t get any worse for the organization, the man coming to town this weekend is former Falcon backup Matt Schaub, who has led the Houston Texas to a 2-1 record thus far.

We all knew that is was not a heartfelt apology. It was written by his lawyers I think.
When you have the Feds after you, tell yourself it is over.
He might get at least 15 years in jail.

This post was last modified: 09-28-2007 07:44 AM by Andy19.

15 years? Not sure about that. I'd go with two at most.

I honestly felt, and I still do, that his initial apology was genuine. However, I think it is obvious that this guy has a total lack of responsibility and it almost seems like he is completely out of touch with reality.

I mean, seriously, after everything that he has gone through so far, how can you allow yourself to be put in this situation where you fail a drug test? It just CANT happen.

I can forgive one poor decision, but at a certain point you I just cannot have sympathy for someone who was given such a great opportunity and continually makes the absolute wrong decision every time.

15 Years? Nah, I think it was 6 or something like that. But I think the feds were suggesting less.

But the apology was just something he had to do. It's what everybody does when they screw up and it's all over the news