Atlanta's Love Affair

With the Atlanta Falcons inching ever closer to a playoff spot, both ESPN and CBS sports columnist Mike Freeman looked at why Atlanta fans still love Mike Vick.

Let's be honest, we love a player that looks like us. 55% of Atlanta is black. They are rooting for Vick because he looks like them.

They don't care that he killed dogs, or allegedly gave a women an STD. They care about him because he was a black quarterback playing in a largely black city.

Here is the funny part, Vick never cared about them. Whenever he had free time, he never spent it in Atlanta. Instead he took off for Virginia. Instead of helping his team win, he would make a back breaking decision that would put Atlanta in the hole.

Vick never loved Atlanta fans, as much as they loved him. They bought his jersey's, defended him when it was obvious he was guilty of electrocuting Lassie. If Vick loved the Atlanta fans he would have never ran afoul of the law. He left the Falcons high and dry, and he left the fans high and dry. He never cared.

This doesn't matter to them though. He is their hero, and no one can replace him. Matt Ryan could win 5 Super Bowls, but he will never be Vick.

They have only one hero, and his name is Michael Vick.