The addition of Vick is a very good thing.
I was stunned that teams were actually worried about the negative impact of signing him. Who gives a crap if PETA is protesting outside your stadium? Corral those losers over to a remote corner of your property and let them scream. Who cares if your local rag has a "columnist" or op/ed complaining of the signing of the devil? Are they afraid of losing season tickets? I would think that number would be in the low hundreds.
The NFL is a business, you win, you make money. Negative publicity about a players past will blow over in a very short period of time.
There is zero downside in signing this guy, esp. at the price the Eagles got him for.
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