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Column: Balance in weighing Michael Vick

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - NOVEMBER 09:  Quarterback Michael Vick #1 of the New York Jets meets quarterback Ben Roethlisberger #7 of the Pittsburgh Steelers after winning 20-13 in a game at MetLife Stadium on November 9, 2014 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Ben Roethlisberger congratulates Michael Vick after the Jets beat the Steelers last November in New Jersey. -- GETTY

Michael Vick tortured dogs. Maimed them. Mangled their faces beyond recognition. Even killed them. That said, the man has every right to play in the NFL.

Ben Roethlisberger congratulates Michael Vick after the Jets beat the Steelers last November. -- GETTY

Michael Vick tortured dogs. Maimed them. Mangled their faces beyond recognition. Even killed them. The dogfighting ring he ran out of his backyard, one fueled not for the money he didn't need but for sheer bloodlust, got him shipped off to prison for 23 months.

That said, the man has every right to play in the NFL, and the Steelers have every right to employ him.

Just as I'll reserve every right to consider him a wholly loathesome human being.

And yes, holding both positions really is possible.

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