It’s been 18 years since Michael Vick pleaded guilty to federal charges related to dogfighting. Nowadays, Vick’s six-year pattern of cruelty to animals rarely gets mentioned.

The situation resurfaced this week, after Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray posted a photo of himself in a Michael Vick Virginia Tech jersey, along with a dog that looked like a pit bull.

During his Wednesday press conference, Murray apologized.

“ In no way, shape or form do I condone animal cruelty or dogfighting ,” Murray said, via Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com.

Murray, who was nine when the dogfighting operation on Vick’s Virginia property was first discovered, made it clear that the connection wasn’t intended.

“They both get treated like kings,” Murray said of his two American bulldogs. “So, it’s not lik

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