All around great guy and underrated player Warrick Dunn sounded off about Michael Vick to the Atlanta Journal Constitution Tuesday. Although he was professional as always, one term he used especially stood out to me:
“To me … he needs to worry about his life,” said Dunn, who keeps in regular contact with Vick. “As an ex-teammate, right now he definitely wants the guys on this football team to move on and move forward.”
Ex-teammate? Wow. Even though it’s a foregone conclusion that Vick’s days in Atlanta are over, it’s interesting to hear a guy like Dunn – a teammate and friend of Vick’s since 2002 – say “ex-teammate” just a day after Vick announced he’s guilty. I marvel at the way Dunn is quickly moving on from the whole situation and putting the onus back on football. What else is there to do?
Professionalism like this shown by Dunn is one of the reasons why I think the Falcons are actually going to rid themselves of Vick sooner than people think. Maybe not on the field of course, but certainly off it.
