They obviously were right two years ago when they took a relatively inexpensive monetary gamble on a former all-pro quarterback trying to rebuild his life and his career. It wasn't about the dollars involved then. The biggest risk was the potential cost from a public-relations standpoint of taking in a player whose reputation as a dog killer made him unpalatable to many fans.
If Vick had not been fully changed by losing everything, including an 18-month stretch of his freedom, then the Eagles were making a huge mistake. People are made of flesh and blood, not glass, so assuming transparency is a tricky business, but Vick outwardly has been everything the Eagles could have hoped since his arrival in August 2009.
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