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So am I. At this point it is idle speculation.
I agree, but you never know.
This also gets a "Come on Man!" Are they REALLY gonna trade Kolb? Really? Think guys... think!
Just seems so out of character for Andy. Howie Roseman I'm not so sure about. Still reeks of upper management involvement. Andy usually has well thought out plans and is very meticulous. To completely discard the entire offseason planning after 1 great game is very impulsive, imo.
No doubt. This does have Howie's finger prints all over it. I think he's paving the way to move Andy out of town. Either Andy submits to his will or he's gone.
lol
He did look terrible all pre-season. I imagine if training camp was ugly as well, its better to just cut your losses.
I hate when people say things like this. They've seen much more than 12 minutes of him. Just because we as fans have only seen him play a few quarters, doesn't mean that's all the team has seen. They see him every day. I'm not saying whether I believe the rumor or not. But, if it's true, there's more to it than the brief time he saw against GB.
So did Michael Vick, and we saw how that translated to the regular season...
No chance
This is true, but this logic also makes the Eagles and Reid look that much worse. You've seen him for three years and proclaimed him the QB of the future after seeing him every day. Now you change your mind? This is a big reason why the Eagles will never win a Super Bowl any time soon.
I didn't really understand that post originally, but it could mean the end of Reid if he still believes strongly in Kolb and Roseman/Banner are completely overruling him, as others have suggested in this thread. If Reid doesn't have the power to keep the franchise QB he really wants, then his time may be done.It does seem like a power struggle is a plausible explanation for what is going on here. Maybe Reid floated the story on Sunday that Kolb would start vs. the Jags to try to get ahead of it. Upper management didn't like that and called him out, leading to his wishy-washy comments on Monday. Now Vick is the starter.The only other thing I could think (which is in a similar territory) is that Reid is generally feeling a lot of heat from them and thinks that he has to have a winning season this year and does not have the time to let Kolb develop or he will be out of there. Though I would think that he would be confident enough that he could easily get another job, so he would just do what he thinks is best for the overall franchise this season.
Huh? That decision was purely medical. Why would he be bitter at the Eagles about it?
Did you think it was impulsive to (seemingly) change entire direction of the franchise based on 1 game in 2009? Besides, I don't think anything is being discarded. This is the NFL starting jobs have a tendency to change alot. Just 4 days ago, I was told by some on this board that, since Reid announced Kolb as the week 3 starter, this matter was closed. That clearly wasn't the case. This thing is fluid and if/when Vick struggles, Kolb will certainly get a shot.
Kolb no longer being the starting QB for the Eagles has nothing to do with anything medical.
Someone's head will roll. You trade your starting QB, in your own division yet, and come up with this. The only way the Eagle's hierarchy looks smart is if Kolb was there only as a buffer to get Vick through the public/media backlash, so he could be the starter. So your choice; they are either geniuses or idiots.
Why do you and other people think heads will roll and would not look smart by doing this? Trading your QB inside your own division may not be smart but did they not get a second pick for Mcnabb? Not lets' say they get a second round pick for Kolb and continue with Vick as the QB. At the end of the day they would have got two second round picks and still have a QB that is arguably every bit the QB as Mcnabb at this point in their careers. That does not seem dumb to me. Seems smarter than letting Vick and Kolb leave as free agents and hitching your wagons to an older QB while you get no draft pick compensation.
I don't think they really care how they look in all of this. I think they're doing this crazy thing where they make decisions based on what they think makes them a better football team. They've been doing that for a while. And, while they haven't won a SB, they've been one of the most successful franchises the last 10 years.
things change, maybe Vick is their future.
And what if Vick is better than McNabb over the next three years?
I don't know how I can stomach rooting for my team with him as QB.
McNabb knew the offense. He played in it for 10 years. Vick has one year of practice with it and the most success he's had is running around improvising. Do you really believe that Vick will be better than McNabb if McNabb was still here?
We have a former #1 overall pick that we didn't give anything up for and has been playing great. He is 2-3 years your than McNabb who we got a 2nd round pick for. The guy made idiotic decisions and he paid his time for it and has been given another chance. Get over it. When was Kolb ever good or prove anything?
I believe it's a push.
Whay has he done to prove he is the future?I've never been high on Kolb, and quite frankly don't know why anyone is COMPLETELY sold on him being the future.
Why?
I was all for giving Vick a second chance. He paid his dues and all that. What I'm worried about is him reverting to Superstar Vick from Atlanta where he runs up a storm but ultimately goes no where. McNabb is the better QB of all 3 of them NOW and would have been for the next few years in this offense. We finally get him some weapons and then ship him out. Eagles make me sick. Eagle fans make sick that they will vilify McNabb but embrace Vick after 1.5 games for doing the same things.
A Push?
The guy just threw for 420 yards with Joey Galloway and Santana Moss as his WR's and about the same O-line in Washington. Really? A Push?We must have different views of success.
Super Bowl = Success
