Poll: Michael Vick Most Disliked Player in NFL

Michael Vick has been named the NFL's most hated player according to a poll released by Forbes. Photo courtesy: BusinessInsider.com 

With a locker room that houses Riley Cooper it would be easy to assume that the NFL's most displiked player resided as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. 

However, the recipient of such a dubious honor does not play wide receiver for the Birds. Rather, the most disliked player in the NFL is Michael Vick according to a poll conducted by E-Poll Market Research and released by Forbes.com.

Taking home 53 percent of the vote of Men, a total of 1,100 votes in his disfavor, Vick clearly has not yet shed his reputation from a 19-month prison sentence for dog fighting in May 2009. 

Somewhat surprisingly San Diego Chargers Manti Te'o took home second spot in the poll and 48 percent of the respondents point to his fake girlfriend scandal while at Notre Dame. 

Cooper of course drew national ire, not to mention the anger of the Eagles fan base for a video surfacing of the 26-year old using a racial slur while at a country concert of the summer. 

Nevertheless, it appears Vick is still a lightning rod and could be for some time. 

Matt Lombardo is the Editor-In-Chief of Eagledelphia and also an on-air personality on 97.5 FM The Fanatic in Philadelphia. Join the conversation and follow Matt on Twitter.