I’m as critical as anyone of the Eagles.
Today I am here to give them a solid thumb’s up. They stuck to their guns and finally dealt backup QB Kevin Kolb to the Phoenix Cardinals. Not only did they reel in a much-needed starting cornerback in Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, they also snagged a second-round draft pick.
‘DRC,’ as he is known, will step right in across from Asante Samuel to solidify a shaky Eagles secondary.
I do, however, have a couple of questions for Andy Reid and the Eagles brass (you knew that was coming, didn’t you?)
Reid went out of his way to shower praise on Kolb at a late-afternoon press conference at Eagles training camp at Lehigh. He said Kolb deserved the chance and that he would be a great starter.
If they thought so highly of him, why did he not get his job back after suffering that concussion on opening day last year and watching the Michael Vick show light up the Philly stage? Why? Because Kolb wasn’t as good as Vick, and that only became more clear as the year went on.
Mark this date on your calendar: Nov. 13. That’s when Kolb will lead the Cardinals into Lincoln Financial Field. Put the house on the Eagles.
And then there’s Jason Babin. Everyone is talking about his Pro Bowl season last year. No one is talking about the fact that the Eagles have already released this guy once. Just a slight mistake on talent evaluation? Of were they again trying to be nice guys and give a guy a shot to start somewhere?
At any rate, the Eagles are now racheting up the pressure on the Phillies and Ruben Amaro for Back Page supremacy.
The ball now has been smashed back into the Phils’ court by Joe Banner and the Birds.
Amaro has until Sunday to pull the trigger on another deal, most likely for Hunter Pence. Watching Carlos Beltran stroll to the plate in a Giants uniform likely did not help.
But watching his lineup go weakly into the night two straight nights against Giants pitching – much as they did in last year’s National League Championship Series – might push Amaro over the edge.
If I was Domonic Brown or Vance Worley, I’d be nervous this weekend.
Today I am here to give them a solid thumb’s up. They stuck to their guns and finally dealt backup QB Kevin Kolb to the Phoenix Cardinals. Not only did they reel in a much-needed starting cornerback in Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, they also snagged a second-round draft pick.
‘DRC,’ as he is known, will step right in across from Asante Samuel to solidify a shaky Eagles secondary.
I do, however, have a couple of questions for Andy Reid and the Eagles brass (you knew that was coming, didn’t you?)
Reid went out of his way to shower praise on Kolb at a late-afternoon press conference at Eagles training camp at Lehigh. He said Kolb deserved the chance and that he would be a great starter.
If they thought so highly of him, why did he not get his job back after suffering that concussion on opening day last year and watching the Michael Vick show light up the Philly stage? Why? Because Kolb wasn’t as good as Vick, and that only became more clear as the year went on.
Mark this date on your calendar: Nov. 13. That’s when Kolb will lead the Cardinals into Lincoln Financial Field. Put the house on the Eagles.
And then there’s Jason Babin. Everyone is talking about his Pro Bowl season last year. No one is talking about the fact that the Eagles have already released this guy once. Just a slight mistake on talent evaluation? Of were they again trying to be nice guys and give a guy a shot to start somewhere?
At any rate, the Eagles are now racheting up the pressure on the Phillies and Ruben Amaro for Back Page supremacy.
The ball now has been smashed back into the Phils’ court by Joe Banner and the Birds.
Amaro has until Sunday to pull the trigger on another deal, most likely for Hunter Pence. Watching Carlos Beltran stroll to the plate in a Giants uniform likely did not help.
But watching his lineup go weakly into the night two straight nights against Giants pitching – much as they did in last year’s National League Championship Series – might push Amaro over the edge.
If I was Domonic Brown or Vance Worley, I’d be nervous this weekend.
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