Vince Young likely to start vs. Seahawks
Looks like a third consecutive start for Vince Young at quarterback for the Eagles when they travel to Seattle on Thursday night.
Vince Young likely to start vs. Seahawks
Les Bowen and Daily News staff
Looks like a third consecutive start for Vince Young at quarterback for the Eagles when they travel to Seattle on Thursday night.
Michael Vick will not practice today, although he will throw on the side and is making progress, coach Andy Reid said today.
Vick "can't put heavy torque on the ball without feeling some pain," Reid said, adding that Vick won't practice until that issue is resolved.
"We'll take it day-by-day," Reid said.
Young will continue to take snaps with the firs team.
"It’s pretty much the same each week; even from Week 1, Week 2, you know it’s just preparation, you never know what goes on and you always have to be prepared," Young said. "So it’s really nothing too different about it; the only thing is when the head coach tells you you have to start. So overall you just want to stay in the book and stay ready.”
Asked about the hardest part of the short turnaround, Young said, "Game planning [and] just making sure that you know everything that’s going on. I know we crammed everything in today but you just have to get a little extra study time in and I feel like everybody should be OK.”
Nnamdi Asomugha and LeSean McCoy will be limited in practice today. McCoy was added to the injury report Monday with a toe sprain.
King Dunlap (concussion), Moise Fokou (knee) and Jeremy Maclin (hamstring, shoulder) will not practice. Reid said it was more the hamstring injury than the shoulder that was holding back Maclin. He said they need to get the tightness in the hamstring out.
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Reid said the spat on the sideline between Jim Washburn and Marty Mornhinweg has been worked out. "They're fine," Reid said, adding that "things happen."
Reid said he has spoken with the two coaches and they have talked to each other.
Reid declined to divulge what led to the verbal dispute, in which the two men had to be separated. He said such occurrences are part of the intense gameday atmosphere.
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DeSean Jackson will start this week after he was benched in the second half against the Patriots. Reid said DeSean needs to move forward off the last game and have a good game this week.
Jackson spoke to reporters yesterday. Here is what he said.
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Reid said Nate Allen will start at safety and he does not believe Allen is being hampered by his knee injury.
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Today is the Eagles' only real practice before the Seattle game. Preparation will be more mental than physical, with the extremely short week so late in the season. Reid said one objective is to use stuff from the previous week's gameplan that you practiced but didn't employ. (The running plays should be available, right?)
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To read our earlier reports, click here.
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Re: Washburn/MM Andy in denial? Seems like all these little flare ups are leading to a major forest fire to me. Different week, different fire.— tpizza- This is ridiculous. The season is lost, why not play Kafka? This is becoming one large and growing snowball of stupidity.— PinkstonsStrengthCoach
- SNOWBALL???? WHERE IS SANTA???? BETTER YET WHERE IS ANDY????— devilhawk51
- The Eagles are going to tell themselves they're in the NFC East race until the day the Evil Empire( Dallas) is celebrating on the field with their NFC East champs hats. No point in trying to change their minds. The Eagles CAN play a part of a team celebrating a division title simply by winning Thursday's game,unfortunately,that team is the San Francisco 49ers.— drbob1
- Makes perfect sense to start your 2nd string QB. Why chance further damage to Vick's ribs by playing him now. Young has improved each game, eventually....he will win one because of his play. I'd even consider playing Kafka a some. Make the next 5 games an evaluation period for the draft and next years training camp.— PhillyFanSouth
- Young has improved each game? Really? He under threw Jackson and the ball got intercepted again, he under threw Celek, he got Avant killed, and you say he has improved. Don't let the yardage fool you. Young is responsible for leaving 3 TD passes short, add that with the 2 Jackson dropped and that's 35 points we didn't get. He was TERRIBLE right along with Jackson. Kafka stinks, he and Young should be cut and draft a QB in the coming draft and groom him for the future. LB should be taken with the first round pick and QB with the second we got in the trade for Kolb.
- Why start Young? He is gone after the season and Kafka needs experience. Just another in a long series of questionable decisions bu the Gold Standard.— 2ndNlong
- No news is no news...why do I read this garbage? Thank goodness I don't have to listen to Andy Reid say nothing for a living.— PhillySubsMac
- kafka??? are you fa realz??? for what he's not the future nor the answer!!! young is way better then kafka they are evaluating talent young is the best option at qb at this point!!! just face it the seasons lost/over its best to start preparing for next year!!! & don't start callin for reids head because there aren't any viable candidates to replace him, period end of story!!! we need to use the rest of this season to set the table for next year!!! all the guys that we'll have under contract needs to be eval'd to see if they are worth keeping!!! also we need to start lookin for a d/c i love castillo but hes no match for the experienced o/c's out there i think sunday was pure evidence of that!!! tank to get the best posible draft positions to get the best new crop out there defensive players mainly and some o line men!!!! go birds 2k12!!!— DJ_Bootleggah
- You are right on about andy. He MAY have one losing season out of 13. Yes, we are spoiled. He deserves the right to try and fix this ship. Hey, we won the divison title last year. While most analyst were saying it was a rebuilding year for us. So, we swapped seasons. Ok. Andy has two years left on his contract. I think the ownership should come out and say "Andy will be our coach for at least one more year, then we can re-evaluate." — radicaleaglesfan
- Washburn is probably wondering why Morty's wig keeps throwing the ball up for grabs while McCoy sits in
and blocks.— gmr18901 - Vick not playing with 2 broken ribs when Romo played with 2 broken ribs AND a partially collapsed lung. D-Jax alligator arming TWO touchdown passes. Reid never answering questions directly. Ed Rendell actually having a permanent seat in the Post Game Show. Ladies and Gentlemen, THIS is your Dream Team!!!!!— Bobby V
- Starting VY makes no sense! The season is lost & VY is a goner - Why not play Kafka to get him some valueable experience? VY has no future in Philly, it appears that Kafka will be 1 play from being your starter next year so lets get him some snaps now!— ChangeISNeeded
- the city of brotherly hate!!! is what they really meant but somehow love came uot lol!!!! no wonder the city is in the state its in geezzz!!!!— DJ_Bootleggah
- I can't believe even you people believe that Tony Romo is running around a football field with a collapsed lung and broken ribs, and you can't be that stupid.— charmaine
