Could Kolb win job back?; More on NFL crackdown on hits
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Could Kolb win job back?; More on NFL crackdown on hits
Andy Reid tapdanced when asked today if there was any way Kolb could win back the job permanently with a strong performance this week. He said he was only thinking about the Titans.
"We’re worried about Tennessee right now and we’re not worried about starting jobs," Reid said. "You guys can worry about all that. We’re worried right now about trying to put together a gameplan, learn the gameplan and execute the gameplan. That’s what I think Kevin is focused in on, that’s what we’re focused in on as coaches. I haven’t thought about all that other stuff.”
Kolb said he will "continue to prepare like a starter, and that way I'm ready when my name's called. Whatever he decides, he decides."
"It's really not as hard as what people think" to focus on the week ahead, and not the larger picture, Kolb said.
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Eagles guard Max Jean-Gilles sauntered past defensive end Trent Cole (to the extent that a 350-pound man can "saunter," anyway), in the locker room today, chanting "you can't hit me, you'll get suspended." He didn't add "naah-nahh-nah-nah-nah," but it was implied.
Cole was not amused.
On the TV screens hanging above the lockers, the ESPN graphic spoke of the NFL's crackdown on concussion-causing hits, provoked by last weekend's incidents, including the gruesome collision between the Eagles' DeSean Jackson and Atlanta's Dunta Robinson. Neither Jackson nor Robinson is expected to play this week, and Robinson has been fined $50,000.
Linebacker Ernie Sims said he doesn't want to lose "money I've worked hard for."
"I'm not for it," Sims said of the crackdown.
"As defensive players, those are the types of plays you WANT to make," he said. "I'm going to go out there and play football like I always do."
"It's something that needs to be addressed," said quarterback Kevin Kolb, who will have to face a ferocious Tennessee defense this week without Jackson. "But it's a fine line, because you still want guys to go out there and play aggressive football ... There's maybe a slight hesitation with those (defensive) guys now. Maybe it helps us offensively, I don't know. But I don't know how you play the game full speed and then at the last second, decide how you're going to hit 'em. But I'm not on that side of the ball, so I don't have much of a feeling on it."
Kolb, who lost the starting job after suffering a Week 1 concussion, said that with bigger, faster players, "we've seen it this year, the numbers are staggering with the concussions. I think the league is doing a good job of doing what they can."
Kolb said he was "very afraid" as players from both teams knelt around Robinson and Jackson Sunday.
"That's a part of the game none of us wants to see or wants to watch," he said. "I'd be shocked if many of the players in the locker room have gone back and watched that hit very much ... Hopefully that's not going to be in our game too much longer."
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Kolb- "NFC Offensive Player of the Week" 'How you like me now?'— greenflyer- Kolb is NFC Player of the week. How you like me now?— greenflyer
- After the Bye-Week start kolb or vick depending on the defense.— garcia7
greenflyer -- i'd like it more if it was NFC player of the Month- READER: Could Eagletarian find a new story?— NickEeee
- Kolb should not be the starter when Vick is healthy. He does not give us the best chance to win.— najones
kolb is now 4-0 when he plays the whole game without looking over his shoulder every 3rd down, and an O-line that blocks. and averaging what 300+ yards a game, with about 24 PPG? sure they weren't all playoff teams, but what does the guy have to do to get his job back? run around and throw at feet? air guitar? give kolb his job back. if they fall out of contention early, and it's because he sucked, then yank him for the last 2-3 games and give Vick a place to showcase his exit out of town. or just say kakfa can get some reps in. with as bad as the NFL is this year, i think the birds can go 8-8 and still make the playoffs. 4 or 5 more wins the rest of the way is doable. where are all the commentors that said 4and12 or 6and10 now? i've been trumpeting kolb since last year, and i stand by it. if he sucks and plays air guitar or makes phony phone calls during a playoff game, i'll call him out about it. it's kolb's team.— Evilvet
Comment removed.- BABYARM has 1 great game, and these guys are ready to have his baby! lol— BooDuhBud
- It's pretty clear now Ernie Sims' thought process out there: 'Me see ball, me run to ball, ball not there me make mistake. Me get penalty'
- KK PLAYER OF THE WEEK again this is twice in four complete games he played,3-300 yard games 3-1 record of course this is KK's job and team and without the whining jackson stabbing him in the back,this kid is special and BIG RED better wake up and smell the KK coffee.....wolf.— wolf 4
- Little wolf write with forked email. Embrace heritage little wolf and speak no evil.— Big Chief Strongbow
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- evilvet -- he lost to the saints last year when he started btw(3 picks that game too)
- It was a good game last week, but Kolb is still Kolb. Crapping your pants and freezing like a girl when the pocket collapses means the only thing you should start in is a depends commercial... Kolb is right where he needs to be when Vick is healthy, second string. Vick is our greatest chance at success.— PDXEagle
