Honors for Kolb and Jackson
The Philadelphia Inquirer Blog - Eagles
Honors for Kolb and Jackson
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Quarterback Kevin Kolb was named NFC offensive player of the week for his performance against the Chiefs last week and wide receiver DeSean Jackson will be named NFC special teams player of the month for September.
Jackson opened the season with an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown against the Panthers and leads the NFL in punt return average (22.2).
-- Kolb completed 24 of 34 passes (70.6 percent) for 327 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 120.6 passer rating in the Eagles’ 34-14 win over Kansas City. Kolb also scored on a rushing touchdown, the first of his career.
-- He became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for 300 yards in each of his first two career starts. In Week 2, Kolb passed for 391 yards against New Orleans.
-- He threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Jackson, the second consecutive game the duo has combined for a 60+ yard score. The last Eagles duo to connect on 60+ yard touchdowns in back-to-back games was QB Ron Jaworski and wide receiver Mike Quick in 1985.
-- In his third season from Houston, this is Kolb’s first career Player of the Week Award.
-- Kolb is the sixth Eagles quarterback to be honored and the first since Donovan McNabb in 2004 (Week 13).
Yep, nothing like a good old fashioned wiff beat down. Everytime I read one of your posts I get the smell of manure coming from my computer. Must be a connection. You don't play fantasy football? Seems like that's ALLyou play. Meds, wiff, meds. Lots of meds.— tpizza- "If" Don plays? Hellooooo. Heard the news yep wiff? Don's #1, Don's #1. Back to the clipboard KK and thanks for holding the fort till the HOFer gets back. You may have of future yet,but that ain't right now.— tpizza
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The true measure of a receiver is to get open - not if they can actually catch a ball thrown in their zipcode. Sure, Kolb threw for a lot of yards - one of those in a losing game and the other against the chiefs. Ty Detmer looked great his first 4 games, too, until the other teams got film on him and figured out what to do to shut him down. I'm waiting for a few more games out of Kolb before passing judgment.— reb- Comment removed.
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- 300 yards in a blow out loss and 300 in a blow out win against a CFL quality team. Lets put the kid in Canton today! or maybe we can wait until he wins the nfc east divison or a few playoff games. You Kolb lovers say hes the next great qb, I say he's got Bobby Hoying written all over him. - wolf out (your a tool!)— ajbrown2005
