Michael Vick was, and is still a legend to so many guys currently in the NFL. Vick mentored LeSean McCoy, when Shady first entered the NFL, and he’s still offering advice to the talented running back.
Vick says he saw McCoy recently at DeSean Jackson’s charity event in Washington, D.C., and tried to help the Pro Bowl running back after he created some backlash with comments that Eagles coach Chip Kelly was racist.
“I try to give my little piece of advice that I can offer him. He’s his own man. He has his own feelings and emotions. So I can’t interfere with that,” Vick said Monday at Ron Jaworski’s Celebrity Golf Challenge at Blue Heron Pines. “The only thing I try to tell him is stay positive, don’t expose yourself so much. You’re still blessed to be playing in the NFL, a great league, and don’t take things so personal. Your life is great on and off the field. Keep it that way.”
McCoy was traded by Kelly and the Eagles this offseason to the Buffalo Bills for reasons that didn’t sit well him at all. Vick for his part, says he didn’t agree with McCoy’s comments.
“Shady said that for his own reasons,” Vick said “I know Chip personally and I don’t feel that way about him. I try not to even look at it that way.
“I don’t know why Shady said that. Maybe it was because of personal encounters. We just try to leave it at that, but I know Shady has moved on, Chip has moved on and we should all leave it at that.”
Only LeSean McCoy knows why he truly made those comments.