Overview

• Murray removed a Sept. 16 Instagram photoshoot that showed him wearing a Virginia Tech Michael Vick jersey while posing with his pit bull, Trunks, and he limited comments on the post.
• Addressing reporters on Sept. 17, he said, “In no way, shape or form do I condone animal cruelty or dogfighting,” adding that his dogs, Trunks and Swoosh, “get treated like kings.”
• A Cardinals fan account known as Maserati Marv reposted the images on X, accelerating their reach and prompting broad online criticism of the optics.
• The backlash stems from Vick’s 2007 guilty plea in a federal dogfighting case, for which he served about 21 months in prison before returning to the NFL and later advocating against animal fighting.
• It remains unclear whether the Cardinals urged Murray to take down the post or if he did so independently.