Amused to Death
Footballguy
Here's one beat writer's opinion, that I happen to agree with:
This isn't about Vick. His play has been terrific. In his starts against Detroit and Jacksonville, he was 38-for-65 for 575 yards with five touchdowns.
Vick hasn't done anything to lose the job except get hurt - sort of the same thing Kolb did.
If Kolb were a typical backup, I'd hand the job back to Vick as soon as he was fully healthy. But this isn't Koy Detmer or A.J. Feeley filling in for McNabb.
Those guys had no pedigrees. It was easy to put McNabb back in. Kolb is a different story.
The Eagles drafted him in 2007 with the specific intent of grooming him as their future, which he was for three seasons. And the team had apparently seen enough to blow up 11 years of history with McNabb.
For whatever reason - most likely Vick's strong play against Detroit - Reid decided to scrap a plan 4 years in the making after one half of football.
No matter how well Vick played, that still doesn't make sense to me. We never saw enough of Kolb to determine anything.
But now, and it is unfortunate that it took an injury to Vick, that plan is back on course. More importantly, it looks like a winning formula.
In his starts against San Francisco and Atlanta, Kolb has completed 44 of 60 passes for 579 yards with four touchdowns. Go back to last season and Kolb has now thrown for 300 yards in three of his five NFL starts.
With wins the last 2 weeks, the Eagles are 4-2, like a lot of teams at the top of the NFC.
I don't see the downside in keeping Kolb as the starter.
I'd be more concerned about losing games while a rusty Vick regains his rhythm.
Different people will take different sides, but in an equal test sample - two complete starts - Kolb and Vick are on even ground.
Still, if I'm the Eagles, I stick with Kolb because he is now performing the way you said he would.
He's running this offense the way you said he could.
What Kolb has done the last 2 weeks is what the Eagles said the plan was all along.
If I'm Andy Reid, I look smart right now. Why would I want to arbitrarily change that?
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/105158129.html
This isn't about Vick. His play has been terrific. In his starts against Detroit and Jacksonville, he was 38-for-65 for 575 yards with five touchdowns.
Vick hasn't done anything to lose the job except get hurt - sort of the same thing Kolb did.
If Kolb were a typical backup, I'd hand the job back to Vick as soon as he was fully healthy. But this isn't Koy Detmer or A.J. Feeley filling in for McNabb.
Those guys had no pedigrees. It was easy to put McNabb back in. Kolb is a different story.
The Eagles drafted him in 2007 with the specific intent of grooming him as their future, which he was for three seasons. And the team had apparently seen enough to blow up 11 years of history with McNabb.
For whatever reason - most likely Vick's strong play against Detroit - Reid decided to scrap a plan 4 years in the making after one half of football.
No matter how well Vick played, that still doesn't make sense to me. We never saw enough of Kolb to determine anything.
But now, and it is unfortunate that it took an injury to Vick, that plan is back on course. More importantly, it looks like a winning formula.
In his starts against San Francisco and Atlanta, Kolb has completed 44 of 60 passes for 579 yards with four touchdowns. Go back to last season and Kolb has now thrown for 300 yards in three of his five NFL starts.
With wins the last 2 weeks, the Eagles are 4-2, like a lot of teams at the top of the NFC.
I don't see the downside in keeping Kolb as the starter.
I'd be more concerned about losing games while a rusty Vick regains his rhythm.
Different people will take different sides, but in an equal test sample - two complete starts - Kolb and Vick are on even ground.
Still, if I'm the Eagles, I stick with Kolb because he is now performing the way you said he would.
He's running this offense the way you said he could.
What Kolb has done the last 2 weeks is what the Eagles said the plan was all along.
If I'm Andy Reid, I look smart right now. Why would I want to arbitrarily change that?
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/105158129.html
