Shannon Sharpe Drops the Mic (Hard) on Michael Vick

Shannon Sharpe is a Hall of Fame tight end. He’s also one of the greatest trash talkers in the history of professional football.

It’s for that reason some people might see him as arrogant or a loudmouth. That just comes with the territory of being good, knowing you’re good, and not being afraid to talk about how good you are. Sharpe has talked so much over the years that his tongue has sharpened to katana levels. When he gets his dander up and decides to cut loose, woe be to the man or woman who gets in his sights because it’s not going to be good.

Michael Vick found that out the hard way. He, like everybody has been kept apprised of the controversial and baffling banishment of Colin Kaepernick from the NFL over his decision to kneel for the national anthem in protest against continued police brutality on minorities. Vick offered advice during an appearance on FS1 to fix the issue.

"“Just go clean cut, you know? Why not?” said Vick, who sometimes wore his own hair in an Afro or cornrows in his younger days.“The most important thing that he needs to do is just try to be presentable.”He added: “I just think perception and image is everything, and listen, it’s not the Colin Kaepernick that we’ve known since he entered the National Football League. And I’m just going off my personal experiences, but I love the guy to death and I want him also to succeed on and off the field. And this has to be a start for him.”"

Not only did Sharpe disagree with those comments. He was outright insulted by them.

Shannon Sharpe keeps the message on the right track

A point can’t be made much clearer than that. Michael Vick is certainly not a man who should be qualified with giving career advice. Kaepernick took a knee to protest unjust death. Vick went to prison for training dogs to fight and die for money and amusement. Those transgressions aren’t even in the same galaxy of each other. Kaepernick chose to express himself and has never once been in trouble. He just did something a lot of people were annoyed by.

Meanwhile Vick is about to be honored by the Atlanta Falcons in retirement. To be fair he did make the best of his second chance to change and be a better person. Yet it doesn’t change what he did. Vick was allowed back into the NFL right after he got out of prison. Kaepernick is still waiting. It’s hard to make sense of something like that.