Cards' Murray sorry for post with Vick jersey, dog

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals backmost Kyler Murray apologized connected Wednesday for a societal media station that included a photograph of him wearing a retro Virginia Tech Michael Vick jersey portion posing with 1 of his 2 pit bulls.

Murray took down the Instagram station from Tuesday aft seeing blowback online and expressed empathy to those who took discourtesy to the post. Vick spent 21 months successful national situation aft pleading blameworthy successful 2007 to operating a dogfighting ring.

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Murray said helium wore the jersey, which helium sported earlier Sunday's triumph implicit the Carolina Panthers, due to the fact that helium grew up admiring Vick. Murray has 2 American pit bull terriers, named Swoosh and Trunks. He posed with Trunks for the Instagram post.

"They some get treated similar kings," Murray said. "So, it's not similar successful nary way, shape, oregon signifier americium I condoning that. But, yes, I saw however it affected radical and decided to instrumentality it down.

"So, I apologize to anybody and whoever I affected with that."