Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
@Richard- I don't watch football. So, I didn't see the game. Are you saying that MV was treated more harshly because of the dog fighting stuff, or that it just was a very physical game cause that is the way it went?
I don't know if he was treated any more harshly because of the dog fighting history, but.........

At the end of the year with so many playoff scenarios? There are teams wanting to improve on their standings for pride, some wanting to make the playoffs and some trying to play spoiler..The Vikes sucked this year and they were trying to keep Philly from getting any momentum going and to win the game.

MV is a mobile quarterback and he took many hits on Tues. He was really harrassed and some of the D-line players really teed off on him. I am sure that there are dog lovers in the NFL but they would never admit that they were trying to hurt him...to tell you the truth, when you play. you really don't care about stuff like that.

You want to knock the shiat out of MV, but when you aim that high, you do stupid things and open the door for penalties, ejection and maybe a League fine.

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That all said?

I am going to say something that will irritate some of you....

MV is a chump and a moron. I don't like him and think that he should be used to train attack/guard dogs. (I wish I had been the judge on that trial, I would have made him do that for about 6 months, and clean kennels for a year....)

MV is beyond talented as a football player.

Had he kept his nose clean he would be among the most revered and loved QBs in the game.

HE did pay a price for his a-holery, He lost playing time, money and went to jail.

This guy can play the game and is beyond what a coach would want from a player. I shook my head when I saw the games he played in-I never went out of my way to watch, but I would tune in to see him get creamed.

I guess that I am trying to say is that when you see someone THAT talented and gifted do stupid things like fight and kill dogs? the suspicion is that they have some kind of flaw in their character...no, no suspicion, it's a fact.

That is the saddest and most irritating thing about someone with that kind of gift......they have the ability to be tops in their field, but not the brains to execute a 'law abiding' living.

The more I see him play, I am even more angered that someone could be that brilliant at their profession, yet so dim in their life.

I'll never be a fan of his.

He did serve his time for what he did. But unless he saves a mom and her puppies from an ice floe going over Niagra Falls?

And even then, I would not readily forgive him.

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I guess it's up to what history will say about him.

I do believe in penance and forgiveness, but that's further down the line and not up to me to hand them out.

If you watch him play, you will see an exceptional talent. IT is separate from his personal life, but you are the same being when you walk into/onto your job.

IT's his cross to bear and it will follow him forever.