Don't be surprised if Andy Reid shows up this afternon at the new SugarHouse Casino on the Philly waterfront.
After all, the man has just taken the biggest gamble of his life.
I can just see him bellying up to a table, cigar clenched in his teeth, pushing a huge stack of chips to the middle of the table.
"All in."
That, in effect, is what Reid did in pulling the plug on the Kevin Kolb Era after less than one half of football and jumping on the Michael Vick Express.
I'm still trying to read the tea leaves surronding this baffling move.
Something tells me there are more than just Reid's fingerprints on this decision, and if it does not work out, I could see both him and Kolb winding up in Cleveland with Reid's old pal, Mike Holmgren.
For now, there is Vick in the starting lineup, Kolb on the sidelines holding a clipboard, and Reid no doubt wasting timeouts Sunday against the Jaguars.
But I don't think this was about the Jags' game. Instead, I think the Eagles were caught looking ahead, at the following Sunday and the return of a certain No. 5 to Lincoln Financial Field.
I think the brain trust of the vaunted "gold standard" down at NovaCare Nation came to the conclusion they could not risk having Kolb go one on one with Donovan McNabb. They just might be right.
I have just one question that no one else seems to have addressed.
What happens if Vick does not play well Sunday in Jacksonville?
Like I said, Andy Reid - and the Eagles - are "all in."
Let the chips fall where they may.
After all, the man has just taken the biggest gamble of his life.
I can just see him bellying up to a table, cigar clenched in his teeth, pushing a huge stack of chips to the middle of the table.
"All in."
That, in effect, is what Reid did in pulling the plug on the Kevin Kolb Era after less than one half of football and jumping on the Michael Vick Express.
I'm still trying to read the tea leaves surronding this baffling move.
Something tells me there are more than just Reid's fingerprints on this decision, and if it does not work out, I could see both him and Kolb winding up in Cleveland with Reid's old pal, Mike Holmgren.
For now, there is Vick in the starting lineup, Kolb on the sidelines holding a clipboard, and Reid no doubt wasting timeouts Sunday against the Jaguars.
But I don't think this was about the Jags' game. Instead, I think the Eagles were caught looking ahead, at the following Sunday and the return of a certain No. 5 to Lincoln Financial Field.
I think the brain trust of the vaunted "gold standard" down at NovaCare Nation came to the conclusion they could not risk having Kolb go one on one with Donovan McNabb. They just might be right.
I have just one question that no one else seems to have addressed.
What happens if Vick does not play well Sunday in Jacksonville?
Like I said, Andy Reid - and the Eagles - are "all in."
Let the chips fall where they may.
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