The Eagles' Starting Nine
The first starts for the nine quarterbacks that have started under Andy Reid.
The Eagles' Starting Nine
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Let's face it, I have a better chance of starting at quarterback for the Eagles Sunday at Washington than Michael Vick does.
Vick, suffering from a "pretty significant concussion" according to Eagles' head coach Andy Reid, will give way to Nick Foles, who finished off the Cowboys game Sunday (right). He will become the 10th quarterback to start for the Eagles during the Andy Reid era.
The Birds are 5-4 in those nine first starts, but have generated a 100-yard game out of a running back five times in those nine games. Duce Staley did the honors for Doug Pederson and Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook for Jeff Garcia, and LeSean McCoy for Vick and Vince Young.
The nine "first starts" by Eagles' quarterbacks during the Andy Reid era:
Date |
Quarterback |
Opponent |
Result |
Cmp. -Att. |
Yds. |
TD |
Int. |
| Sept. 12, 1999 | Doug Pederson | Cardinals | L 24-26 | 12-26 | 191 | 2 | 2 |
| Nov. 14, 1999 | Donovan McNabb | Redskins | W 35-28 | 8-21 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec. 19, 1999 | Koy Detmer | Patriots | W 24- 9 | 10-29 | 181 | 3 | 2 |
| Dec. 1, 2002 | A.J. Feeley | Rams | W 10- 3 | 14-30 | 181 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov. 20, 2005 | Mike McMahon | at Giants | L 17-27 | 18-39 | 298 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov. 26, 2006 | Jeff Garcia | at Colts | L 21-45 | 19-23 | 140 | 2 | 0 |
| Sept. 20, 2009 | Kevin Kolb | Saints | L 22-48 | 31-51 | 391 | 2 | 3 |
| Sept. 19, 2010 | Michael Vick | at Lions | W 35-32 | 21-34 | 284 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov. 20, 2011 | Vince Young | at Giants | W 17-10 | 23-36 | 258 | 2 | 2 |
Counting down the games for no other purpose than seeing the Reid era end is no fun. Thanks for not being a man and doing this last season Jeffy. Now learn from your mistakes and send Howie back to the mailroom so the Tonner doesn't have to go through another two seasons of poor player evaluation before you learn you need to bring in a real GM to run football operations. Jeffy, whether you like it or whether you don't like it, learn to love it because it's the truth according to the Tonner and it's the best thing going today. You know it.
