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Goodell Reinstates Vick Much Too Soon

Sep 4, 2009 – 10:20 PM
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Jay Mariotti

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Michael VickSo just like that, quicker than you can electrocute an underperforming fighter dog, Michael Vick is officially back in the NFL. What should have been a step-by-step, multi-week process -- you know, to make sure he truly is rehabilitated after 18 months in federal prison -- instead became a puzzlingly mad rush to reinstate him to an active roster. He'll return to the Philadelphia Eagles for their Week 3 home game against Kansas City, meaning he'll be an integral component of a contending team and the core focus of a regular season that should center around more triumphant stories.

Tell me: What happened to Commissioner Hammer, anyway? Since when did Roger Goodell become Vick's guardian angel? Wasn't this supposed to happen as late as Week 6? Couldn't this have happened next offseason so as not to engulf Tom Brady's comeback from knee surgery, Brett Favre's latest drama in Minnesota, Jay Cutler's arrival in Chicago, the Mark Sanchez experiment and other developments?
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