Waiting for the other shoe (Feeley) to drop
Now that Michael Vick will be activated for Week 3, whither AJ Feeley?
Waiting for the other shoe (Feeley) to drop
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Now that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has announced that Michael Vick will become a real, live member of the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 3 of the regular season, the next question rises quickly:
What about AJ Feeley?
You can argue this a hundred different ways -- OK, maybe three different ways -- but it seems to me that this should be the progression: trade Feeley now, not Kevin Kolb, and then either trade Vick at the end of the season or make him your starter in 2010.
Exactly what the Eagles think of Kolb -- really, really think in their hearts -- remains a mystery. The acquisition of Vick does not necessarily mean they don't like him. The Eagles are value players, and Andy Reid loves the gadgetry, and Reid and Lurie and Joe Banner are all on this redemption kick, and it all adds up like this: they got Vick for nothing, he has the potential to be a special weapon, he gives them a feeling that they are doing some social good, and they can turn around after the season and trade him for a pretty good asset if they can get his feet back under him first. In all, that's the way I have seen this from the beginning.
In the meantime, then, you are left with the question: trade Feeley or trade Kolb -- which they not can do and go thin at QB for two weeks, until Vick is activated. I would trade Feeley because there probably is more of a market for Feeley right now. Anybody trading for a quarterback in the first week of September is looking for a veteran, known quantity. That isn't Kolb, it's Feeley. That doesn't mean Kolb can't play. It just means that the only really valid opinion right now in the whole NFL belongs to the Eagles' coaching staff. There isn't any way for anybody else to know about Kolb, either way.
So that should be the progression: trade Feeley, do the Vick thing this year, and then either flip him for a package of draft choices or make him the 2010 starter. If your intent is to maximize the value of this crazy summer, that's what you do.
Trade Feeley...we know that he is most likely a good short term sub. Kolb is still unknown as a true starter.— psuwelsh- A article about the future of the Eagles QB spot and not a single mention of the best QB in franchise history! C'mon Rich you are talking about starting Vick in 2010 when McNabb is and will be the starter in 2010.— kmbgonzo
- The Eagles can win the Super Bowl with Vick. They have no chance with McNabb.— fred13
- Your right kmbgonzo, Vick has never been any more than a gimmick QB. I sorta like what I'm seeing so far from the combo. Vick ticks off and motivates Mac and helps to confuse defenses. That would be nice to get something for Feeley, he is definately overrated (whatever rating he has).— Phils_World_Champs
- Yep. Ever since the breakup with Heather, we really don't need him.
- Feeley - the gift that keeps on giving. Andy should offer to share anything we get in trade with Miami, considering that fleecing. Then again - they unloaded Booker on us, so we're even.— dragoon6
Comment removed.- Trade Kolb, you won't get squat for either and I don't want Kolb running the offense....don't think he can play in this league. Cigar store Indian.— flippy
- Rich, Read your second to last paragraph again. You might english help need. Who has a higher completion percentage passing McNabb or Vick? Yeah, you really should not be writing sports columns.— JL68
- Have only seen Kevin Kolb play against Bmore last Nov. 23, he helped set a record NOT favorable to us(108 yd. int return) and I was glad he saw the bench again. Maybe not fair to judge on one performance, however, I am not a fan of UH quarterbacks Klingler, Ware, etc.— J.L.Thompson
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- Have only seen Kevin Kolb play against Bmore last Nov. 23, he helped set a record NOT favorable to us(108 yd. int return) and I was glad he saw the bench again. Maybe not fair to judge on one performance, however, I am not a fan of UH quarterbacks Klingler, Ware, etc.— J.L.Thompson
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