New York Jets quarterback Michael Vick encouraged those who are demanding that Roger Goodell be fired over his handling of recent domestic violence cases involving NFL players to give the commissioner time to resolve the issues.

Vick disagrees that Goodell should lose his job, saying patience should be observed while addressing the domestic violence allegations involving Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and others.

“You have to give the man a chance, you have to him a chance, you have to give everybody a chance to get it right,” Vick said.

Goodell indefinitely suspended Vick in 2007 when the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges. Vick missed the 2007 and 2008 seasons while serving a prison sentence before he was reinstated by Goodell and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles.

“I think some situations are more complicated than others,” Vick said. “You’re not going to get it right all the time or the first time. These situations that are arising are situations that we’ve never dealt with before in the NFL — from a PR standpoint, just from a situation standpoint.

“It’s kind of new to everybody. That’s why we’re talking about it right now. It has to be dealt with. Nobody is perfect. Nobody is going to make the correct decisions right there and then on the spot when faced with all forms of adversity.”