Eagles Keeping Vick for a Second Season?
In what is sure to be a daily occurrence throughout the offseason, reports have been circulating throughout the internet about the Eagles quarterback situation. This time, the word on the street (via Michael Lombardi of NFL Network) is that the Eagles have decided to keep Michael Vick for the 2010 season. Could this mean that a move regarding McNabb is in the works? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to draw any conclusions just yet.
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All this means...
is that we’ll pick up his option and trade him. No real news here…
About 10 minutes ago, I was pondering my own existence. Then I decided that it didn't matter.
Hot Air
Word is most teams don’t think we will pick-up the option and are just trying to get a trade before they can get Vick for free.
The Eagles need these rumors to scare someone into a trade.
no it doesn't
if the eagles put it out there that they were actively shopping vick, his trade value would diminish. by saying that they would keep him, teams would be more willing to throw a little more to get him in a trade.
This means
(1) were trading McNabb(Im hoping this happens)
(2) were just picking up the option and looking to trade him
(3) Picking up the option for shits and giggles.
thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro
"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb
This is blather
No one knows what will happen.
For a team to trade for Vick I think that A) other teams are interested in him and B) they think it is possible that the Eagles will not cut him. Otherwise why not wait until he is cut and just sign him.
I think that I would be most surprised if all three are on our roster on opening day. Other than that anything is possible.
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yessir
this is what ive been waiting for
Eagles should keep him he’ll improve
eff you we winning anyway
A.I. IS BACKKKKKKK
They're keeping all 3.
The Eagles know that the 2011 NFL season will be cancelled. By keeping all 3 under contract through next season, the NFL strike will force McNabb’s hand in retirement (as well as other notable quarterbacks like Matt Hasselbeck), who will have nowhere to go, and will be unable to sign on as a starter to any team by 2012, when he’ll be 36.
Kolb will also have next to no leverage, and will basically have to agree to whatever terms the Eagles will give him when football resumes. Vick’s relevancy is practically dangling by its last thread.
Also, if you assume the 2011 season is toast, then the trade offers for McNabb/Kolb/Vick will be limited to only the teams who are the most desperate for one season of play, because after 2010, who knows. Problem is, those teams are in the NFC, and the Eagles will want too much in return compared to an AFC team. Teams like Buffalo, Cleveland, etc. who want a QB they can keep in town for longer than one year will probably counter with really weak offers, because if they were to get McNabb, and the strike happens, he could retire and leave them hanging out to dry.
If any trade happens it will be because a team (us, or them) got desperate. Everyone’s going to keep the chips and the cards close to the vest for now.
i REALLY hope we do
with the window of time we have before next season the coaching staff could really come up with some great schemes in this potent offense. imagine the possibilities……and if donovan doesnt throw interceptions. all kidding aside i would love to see him come back. Hes another X-Factor in this system
In 20 We Trust
Vick is good as gone
They took a flyer on him last year because:
1. He was relatively cheap
2. They though he might be a factor in the Wildcat/Red Zoen
3. They figured they could move him for a pick
This is just posturing by the Eagles. Several factors are against Vick being here next year including the huge jump in his salary, his relative ineffectiveness last year, issues it might create with Kolb/McNabb next year as the starter, and Vick himself stating he wants a chance to start.
Only question is how much the Eagles get for him and I don’t think it will be much (4th-5th round pick).
vick
the thoughts you guys have are WAY OFF…
"Eagles fans are a passionate group who love their team," said McNabb, "if not the actual players. It's not like winning a Super Bowl before the first month of the season is the hardest thing they've ever asked of me. That'd be all those times they asked me to go kill myself."
yah
cus reading the same thing over and over is truly insightful….we’re gonna pick up the option, we’re gonna trade him, we’re gonna keep him….really, WOW..
"Eagles fans are a passionate group who love their team," said McNabb, "if not the actual players. It's not like winning a Super Bowl before the first month of the season is the hardest thing they've ever asked of me. That'd be all those times they asked me to go kill myself."
by greenbean#twoOH on Feb 3, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
I had an idea, but yours is so much better
by MyFathersSon on Feb 3, 2010 3:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think he is an insurance policy for Kolb. No Guarantees Kolb doesn't go down.
No way we keep McNabb and Vicks Salaries though, this seems to indicate a McNabb trade. Maybe the offer him the opportunity to compete with Kolb for the starter spot, and If and when Kolb wins that spot, he would start and serve as a quality Backup and good 3rd down guy.
Works everyway, Kolb hasn’t earned anything yet, if he wants to be a QB in the league, he should have no problem beating out Vick at camp. If he can’t, then we extend Vick, and Kolb will just be a career backup for life. But either way, he will be afforded his chance to earn that spot. With McNabb here, Kolb will never be given that chance, no way you keep McNabb as a backup!! So, its best to capitalize on his value, and work that Vick/Kolb experiment. Heck, what if Kolb isn’t good, we have Vick (we extend Vick and problem solved). Makes more sense to keep him than to trade him for only a 4th round pick. We have a 100 of those.
Kolb deserves the chance to COMPETE for a starting position, and if trading McNabb and keeping Vick happens, he will be given that opportunity to COMPETE for that spot. I am confident he will WIN that position. Vick is happy just to compete for that position, at least he would be #2, not #3.
In Kolb we trust
Hmm...
I disagree that Kolb deserves the spot over Donovan. Vick is remarkably (some might say singularly) ineffective at the QB position, so a season that was predicated on the idea that Kolb would be the starter with Vick coming in when Kolb starts off 0-4 sounds like a horror show to me.
Experimentation is for Merck, Smith Kline, DuPont and Bill Nye the science guy. It’s not for a team that went 11-5. We need the Kolb/Vick freak show like we need impacted bowel syndrome.
...But if he pulls the rug on his quarterback, Reid must do it knowing that he let McNabb down more than McNabb ever let him down.
Phil Sheridan--Philadelphia Inquirer
I don't think Kolb should be given the job either. I think he deserves the chance to compete for it though.
Lets face it, there is no way he gets that chance with McNabb, even if plays better. We are best served getting picks for McNabb while we can. If you are going to change QB, its prudent to have a back up plan. What if he gets injured, than Adam DiMichele is our QB, or some dude like that. I would rather have Vick. Plus, lets say we trade Vick, was it worth all that bad PR just to get a 4th rounder? I wouldn’t trade him for anything under a 3rd rounder.
In Kolb we trust
I don't what he made plus incentives this year.
DUDE, DID ANYONE SEE VICKS CONTRACT
Year Cap Value Base Salary Proration Other Bonus Dead $ If Cut
2009 4,635,000 1,625,000 750,000 2,260,000 1,500,000
2010 4,500,000 3,750,000 750,000 0 7,500,000
This means he is untradeable!!!!! We eat 7 mil if he gets cut, or gets traded!! Someone clarify, we can only avoid this by dropping his option. Which isn’t happening, looks like we never intended to trade him!!! Ouch!
In Kolb we trust
Oh, reading it now, it is a typo... The dead money would be 750,000 if traded, or cut. Not 7,500,000
I just did the math on that, Wooow, that was scary man.
He is definately tradeable now reading that.
In Kolb we trust
there probably won’t be a salary cap next year, so that probably won’t factor in, if I’m not mistaken.
Get rid of him by any means necessary
He was a gimmick. An ineffective player that seemed to only cause timing issues with our offense. He is not a quality back up or of any other value to us besides for a trade. Vick was never a QB, Vick was an athlete and he will never be that athlete again. Hell teams were already figuring out how to stop him before he decided to be a despicable human being. We trade Vick this year for a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, whatever we can get for him. We take that pick and hook up our secondary, linebacker corp or o line with some quality depth. We let McNabb try one more year and decide what to do with him as a result. We extend Kolb, we sign a journeyman who actually QB’s as our third stringer and we go and win us that freakin Superbowl!!!!!!!!!!
peppers
supposedly espn says the eagles are the top team with the pats to get peppers… maybe vick or mcnabb will be involved in a deal… peppers on one side and cole on the other would be unreal
No trade, Peppers is a FA. He cannot get franchised next year, as part of his previous agreement.
In Kolb we trust
they can franchise him 1 more time
“Gantt called the Eagles and Pats the favorites at this early juncture, but noted on Twitter that it’ll likely take “a first and change” to land him in trade." “If the Panthers franchise him (again) for 2010, that runs his base pay to $20.8196 million”
Nutzovic...
Rumors are going to swirl around every high-profile player suspected of changing teams or wanting to, mentioning every possible way things could go – and then out of a blue Vick (or Peppers, or Wilfork, or Porter) will end up being traded to a team that nobody had even considered.
Seriously, how many people expected Vick to be signed by the Eagles?
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