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Andy Reid needs to reconsider his proclamation immediately after the Eagles lost to the New England Patriots, 31-28, that Donovan McNabb will be back at quarterback if he's healthy enough on Sunday against the Seattle
Seahawks.
That's not a smart move, not with what is at stake, not after the way A.J. Feeley played against the Patriots; the way he played a week earlier against the Miami Dolphins.
McNabb has had 10 games to figure things out, knock off the rust, recover from injury, regain his form.
For whatever reason, it hasn't happened. The Eagles were lucky to be 5-5 in those starts.
Except for that spectacular game against the Detroit Lions and some flashes here and there, McNabb has rarely looked like an upper-echelon quarterback, much less the one who made five Pro Bowls in his first seven
seasons.
And now, with five games remaining and the Eagles having no margin for error, everything has to be about playing the players who give you the best chance to make the playoffs.
I even surprise myself to say this, but the guy at quarterback at this particular moment is Feeley.
This isn't just a knee-jerk reaction to Feeley completing 27 of 42 passes for 345 yards with three touchdowns against mighty New England, although that does provide a huge item of support.
This really is as much about what McNabb hasn't done as it is about what Feeley has done in the last two games.
Before McNabb went down with a twisted ankle and bruised thumb last week against the winless Dolphins, he had completed just 3 of 11 passes for 34 yards with two interceptions.
McNabb was as bad as his 0.4 passer rating indicated. And while he hasn't been that horrible the entire season, he has not played all that well.
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