Worried if Kolb doesn't pan out? This is why I'm not.

I thought that you were a Broncos fan.

1. The only QB in the history in of the NFL to throw for 300+ yards in his first two starts.

I dont know that I am being a moron. And I am also not saying that Kolb shouldnt get to start. But I dont know that he’s earned it simply because he rode pine for 3 years. What if Peyton Manning and the Colts couldnt come to terms on a new contract, and he became available next year? Wouldnt you want the Eagles to at least consider him? I certainly know that I would. And I wouldnt care who rode the bench previous. And thats really MORE than I am even trying to say with our current situation. IMHO, Kolb just isnt the Golden Child yet. I hope that he is, and soon. I’ve just never really liked him. I hope he turns me into a believer….

bad metaphor. if my dog dies, and then i go get a new one that has been through training, i certainly hope i am not dealing with an untrained puppy.
he definitely gets a few more weeks. but i do think his leash (pun intended) is going to be shorter than if he was actually a rookie.
ouch…..too much “dog” stuff in this post when Mike Vick is on our team.

Vick circa the Atlanta years begs to differ with that argument. What did he win there? Absolutely Nothing.

I’m going with Reid and FO here. What YOU haven’t seen in 10 or so quarters they have over the last couple of YEARS. Let alone how good Kolb looked in his two starts last year, you’re going to go and pass judgment on 10 passes in the first game of the year?

That’s just silly.

It’s absolutely ridiculous how jumpy football fans are. Earlier this offseason it was we can’t trade McNabb, after the trade it was, I hope Kolb does well, during training camp it was damn this kid looks good and now 10 passes later Kolb doesn’t have any hope of being a decent starting QB? Give me a damn brake, take a seat and see how he does because I promise you, the guys making the decision have a football IQ exponentially higher than any of us. They know Kolb they know what he can do because they’ve seen him do it every day in practices you’ve never watched since they drafted him. To go and make an impulse decision to go with a QB who has been inconsistent in the past but has put up good performances against a defense who wasn’t prepared for him to play that much in Green Bay and another defense that just isn’t as good in Detroit is just stupid.

*to give him 24 games IF he is sucking.

it really sounds like you’d have some pull over who starts the remainder of the year once you see some more Kolb. LOL. just funny wording….

he came in 1999 because Doug Pederson blew. He showed flashes of greatness, won a couple games, lost more.

Then in his first FULL season…he leads the team to 11-5 record and 2nd round of the playoffs – history and fans will say ‘it was the defense, it was the defense, #5 was ’inaccurate,’ blah blah blah – but bottom line is – he got it done.

Kolb hasn’t had his first full season yet…heck…he hasn’t played in 3 straight games yet…but from the little we’ve seen…he hasn’t showed much of anything.

Not saying he’s done…

I do agree the vick interchanging with kolb so often is a little silly…

But let’s not say ‘kolb hasn’t gotten the same chance’ because ‘dmac got to play full years as a full-time qb’

no sh*t. he just started.

As much as we’re killin the Eagles O Line…

i imagine #5 would love for his first NFL start to include McCoy, Jackson, Maclin and Celek.

and let’s not act like McNabb wasn’t getting pressured for 70% of his career.

Runyan, Thomas get wayyyyyy to much credit, especially Runyan. This man was solid, came to work every day. which is respectable. It’s invaluable. but let’s not act like Runyan didn’t get his ass beat consistently by the NFC E’s premiere pass rushers. Same goes for Tra ‘what happened’ Thomas.

Vick gives the team the best chance to win now. end of story. all that other sh*t

“kolb is the more accurate qb…”
“kolb is the better fit for the W Coast Offense”
“kolb has better touch, can make quicker reads…”

all of that means jack sh*t if DeMarcus Ware is in Kolb’s face – or Clay Matthews for that matter.

-Damon Moore (i saved the division back in 2001)

Yes, that’s exactly what it did, took Kolb out of rhythm.

And uh I’m not sure which game you were watching but Shady’s TD run was at the end of the 3rd quarter, we were losing 13-3 at halftime.

But the 3rd and 21? It was a horrible play call and lacked the sort of guts a head coach needs. Go for the damn first down, that play call wasn’t for the first down. They could have given the call to Kolb for some easy to complete pass to set up a FG or heck, do the right thing and try and get a first down. Instead they pulled Kolb from the game and let Vick run a run they knew would never actually be a first down.

It’s all about the game in the head, and that’s a big part of it, yes some of the plays worked for the team at those particular moments but I think hurt it in terms of consistency in the first half. Taking a player off the field and making him watch a play takes him out of the feel of the game and in one way is equivalent to say “we don’t trust you.” For a QB to command a game he needs full control and needs to be in it every down. How is he supposed to build any personal momentum being yanked around like that?

The FO doesn’t want to win a SB this year, they don’t care about that. They said that as they sent McNabb to Washington, they’d rather not win this year in order to break in Kolb. So yeah, I’m OK with a hiccup here and there that costs us, I’d rather have Kolb take a sack there and lead a goal line drive because those are the experiences he needs in order to be a successful NFL QB, he can’t gain that sort of experience sitting on the sidelines watching Vick do it.