Throughout Andy Reid's career as Eagles head coach, he has always been loyal to his quarterback. He stuck by McNabb during his 11 years here, and through out all of the criticism and tough playoff losses, McNabb was still his starting quarterback at the end of the day. When the Eagles decided to trade McNabb during this past off season, it wasn't a shock to anyone. Although McNabb gave the Eagles 11 great seasons, he never won a Super Bowl, and it was definitely time for the Eagles and Donovan McNabb to go their separate ways. With McNabb gone, Kevin Kolb was named the starter by Andy Reid. This is where Big Red really screwed up. With both Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick as quarterbacks on your roster, Andy should have gone into the offseason with the quarterback position up for grabs. If he had done this, there would be no quarterback controversy right now and the Eagles for all we know might be 2-0. But he didn't, he simply named Kolb the starter and didn't open up the position for competition because Kolb was a guy that he drafted, and he wanted him to succeed so he didn't look like an idiot. Sometime during the past week Andy finally woke up and realized that he has an incredible talent in Michael Vick and he named him the starting quarterback for the foreseeable future. Now, Andy looks like the bad guy because he ripped the starting spot away from Kolb and now Kolb's feelings are hurt. But this is football, and feelings don't matter. The only thing that matters is winning, and Michael Vick at quarterback gives you the best chance to win football games. With a shaky offensive line, Vick can get out of the pocket and make plays on the run. He can break off a 30 yard run, and he can rocket a pass way down field for a 50 yard play. Michael Vick is the better player, plain and simple. Looking ahead to the future, it will be interesting to see what the Eagles do. Do you let Vick play the remainder of the season and then go with Kolb next season? Do you resign Vick, who is in the last year of his contract, to a big deal and make him your quarterback of the future? These questions will be answered in time, but I expect big things from Vick and the Eagles this season. Coming into this year, people saw this season as a rebuilding year with Kolb and expected an 8-8 season. Now, with Vick under center, this offense is extremely dangerous and will put up enormous amounts of points week in and week out. This Sunday, I expect the Eagles to run all over the Jaguars and put up another 35 points. As a sort of closing statement to my post I will leave you with this thought to ponder. When Michael Vick was in Atlanta, he had no weapons to throw to on offense. He had no Desean Jackson or Jeremy Maclin or Lesean McCoy, and yet the Falcons still managed to contend. How did he do this? Because Michael Vick is Super Vick, and he is a freak of nature. He can make other defenses look silly, and with weapons on offense, and a solid defense behind him, the sky is the limit for this Eagles team.
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