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In the end, Roger Goodell conceded, his reinstatement yesterday of Eagles quarterback Michael Vick into the NFL for the third week of the regular season was “a gut check.” Vick had lied to Goodell once before, when he told the NFL commissioner that he had not been involved in a dogfighting operation when, in fact, he had. Still, after meeting with Vick and Eagles coach Andy Reid for about an hour yesterday morning and then speaking with Vick’s mentor, Tony Dungy, for 45 minutes, Goodell decided that a two-game suspension, rather than a six-game suspension, was adequate. Vick will be eligible to play when the Eagles host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 27 at Lincoln Financial Field. “I said …

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