This well-done article about Michael Vick pokes some pretty hefty holes in the “Michael Vick is reformed” story we’ve been told. Go. Read.

I’ll admit, I bought into the story. He certainly appeared humbled. But now… I dunno.

Linda Holmes over at NPR’s Monkey See blog sums up the situation rather nicely:

I think the piece only says as much as it says, really — it’s not that there’s no actual remorse, even though I have to admit it was my initial reaction, which has been tempered somewhat by conversations with other people, that there wasn’t much. It’s that a team of handlers and Nike reps has created a narrative that has been enormously successful in rehabilitating Vick’s reputation, and while that recovery may be a good thing, that underlying narrative only partly tracks with what Vick himself seems to believe. It’s not that there’s no humility, but the humility is different and more complex than the story he’s paying people (and being paid by people) to present.

If anyone needs me, I’ll be over here hugging my dog.