Eagles Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) - Printable Version

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Eagles Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) - Sassy - 08-20-2009

The decision to approve the signing of quarterback Michael Vick wasn't an easy one for Eagles owner Jeff Lurie.

He knew the public uproar it would cause if his team brought in Vick, who spent 18 months in a federal prison for running a dogfighting ring and killing and torturing dogs. Did Lurie, a respected member of the Philadelphia community, need that? Did he really, really need that?

But after hours of discussions with head coach Andy Reid, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy and Vick himself, Lurie finally gave the green light to a move that likely will define the Eagles' season in one way or another.


"Sometimes in life you have to make extremely difficult and soul-searching decisions where there is no right answer," Lurie said.

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