Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
I think common sense would indicate that it was closer then you're letting on.I'm not sure why they waited... I think Kelly really wanted to make sure there was a 0% chance Foles could beat Vick out. Again, you'd have to ask Chip that, not me. I dont have any of the links to reports, but I will try to find some. However, most beat writers, tweets from camp observers, etc, were all saying that Vick was "way ahead" of Foles, and for weeks he's been taking most if not almost all of first team reps, that he's looked fantastic in camp. It was only a matter of time before Chip 'officially' announced it, but from everything I saw, it was not a neck and neck close competition by any stretch.Could you please explain the bolded? If it wasnt that close then why wait? I didnt see anyone report that it wasnt close at all.All reports out of camp were that it wasn't as close of a race as some vick-haters may like to say. Look, it's easy to judge from home, but I'm willing to bet that Kelly who has seen them both every day, and watched them compete, is by far a better judge on this then you or I. Kelly is not dumb, do you not think that he has considered all of your points above? Do you not think all these things have crossed his mind but that he is still making the decision he thinks is best for this team this year and long term?
I never said Foles' was a failure, I said he "failed to do so as much as Vick". Maybe Kelly saw that Foles didn't have it in him to be the starter he wanted in the future. I am confident Chip has a long term plan here and he isn't just making thoughtless decisions about this teams future. Let's give him a bit of benefit of the doubt here, he's the expert, not us.
I still think a 7-8 win season is better for the team long term then a 4-5 win season (taking draft pick out of the picture). There's a lot of people on this roster, its about evaluating them as well as just the qb. Maybe Vick is executing Chip's offense MUCH better then foles would, so having vick at qb will allow him to evaluate the potential of some WR's, RB's, TE's, etc working the system that Kelly really wants to implement. Maybe Foles just couldn't grasp fully what Chip wants to do and having him in for the season would be a wasted year as well, one where next year if he gets a different qb, the other skill positions will again have to readjust to a new system. These are all maybe's, but they are possibilities and things I'm sure our coach has thought about and evaluated. He took FOREVER to name a starter, he obviously had lots of time to make these calls, and I'm going to trust that he's making the right decision.
Vick has a great opportunity to light it up this year, which could become trade bait, or he could show he IS the answer semi-long term for us. And if he has a mediocre season like you expect him to (which is entirely a good possibility), then Foles is right there waiting to step in.
Barkley on the other hand I don't agree with. He was going to be the 3rd qb regardless of which was named starter, so I think using him as an example of wanting to evaluate him and start him this year is fairly far fetched.
I am not on Twitter all day- everyday but as you can see from probably more then half my posts all I usually copy and paste is Tweets from every local guy. I havent read a one that has said Vick was "way ahead" at any point before the Carolina game.