'Real stretch' for DeSean to play Sunday
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'Real stretch' for DeSean to play Sunday
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Eagles coach Andy Reid said it is a "real stretch" for injured DeSean Jackson to play Sunday against Tennessee.
Jackson suffered a concussion yesterday against the Falcons. "DeSean Jackson has a concussion," Reid said. "He is in the training room. He is in good spirits."
Reid also dismissed reports that Jackson suffered memory loss.
"You get hit like that, you're not going to remember everything," Reid said. "He remembered his touchdowns, he didn't remember the hit."
Reid also said Kevin Kolb is his likely starting quarterback against the Titans, indicating that Michael Vick would not be healthy enough to play.
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Makes sense on both counts. Why push Vick with Kolb performing well? And Jacksons not playing is no surrpise. I'm glad it's not as bad as it looked when both players were laid out on the field.— PhillyFanSouth- Let Djax rest and come back after the bye, same with Vick. The season's long, let these guys get healthy.— allen_jones
- a baby arm? did you see the throw, into the wind, that he put on the money/in maclin's hands for a TD? that was a 45 yarder.— Lunchboy
- Kolb should continue to start based on his performance the last 2 weeks but he should never EVER throw that late over the middle to Jackson again. And shame on Reid/Morningwheg for running Jackson on a shallow crossing route like that. He is way too small. Run him on DEEP crossing routes and run Avant and Celek underneath like that. Kolb/Reid may have seriously hurt Jackson's career, earning potential, and quality of life AFTER football with that stupid play.— sbdons1982
- Imallaboutdatruth - you are lucky im not the moderator. would have put you on a dummie account after that comment. stop being a troll.— sasquatches
- The sad part about the Jackson injury is that if Kolb had looked right, he had McCoy wide open with nothing but green in front of him. I realize that was easier to see from the 200 level than the field. I'm just making an observation.— flyigglesfly
- Good choice of words considering #10 was REALLY STRETCHED!!!!...as in LAID OUT!!!!— RoastedBird
- The sad part about the Jackson injury is that if Kolb had looked right, he had McCoy wide open with nothing but green in front of him. I realize that was easier to see from the 200 level than the field. I'm just making an observation.— flyigglesfly
- of cousre he won't play....this is andy reid bs....he has a concussion....and lawyers are salavating to see the Eagles and the NFL put him right back, get a hit and be a vegetable......get a grip haters.....it is time to insure that he gets well versus making your small brian macho ego feel good..— nuggett
- That was one play where we have to lay some blame at Kevin Kolb's feet. Speaking of feet, Kolb should have pulled a Donovan McNabb and thrown the ball at DeSean Jackson's feet. There was no time for Kolb to look elsewhere, he was in the process of being sacked. He got rid of the ball, but that one should have actually been a worm-burner... not a completion that would get your receiver killed.— knighn
- It's easy to criticize that play from the stands. All 3 of the players involved were trying to make a play...Kolb under heavy pressure to get the pass off, Jackson to catch the pass knowing he was going to be hit hard, and Robinson trying to break up the play. Do I think Kolb may have been better throwing it away? Sure. But that is easier said than done in the heat of a game, esp. for an inexperienced QB. He didn't see McCoy at all either unfortunately. But to BLAME in this situation is futile...it was a combination of 3 guys trying to make a play.
- I cannot beleive that any idoit on here would blame KK for that hit....what a bunch of morons and really stupid people— SkipinWV
- What the Eagles need is to bench Kolb and Vick and let all of the poster play QB. They would never lead a receiver into a hit, miss a wide open receiver or throw an interception. All posters have laser arms and clearly know more about the game than anybody wearing a jersey on Sunday. Eagles superbowl drought is simply solved by having a tryout among poster on philly.com.— pking222
- Truth you would not know the truth if someone shoved it down your throat. There must be something you know something about, go write about it and leave sports alone. You are in way way over your head dude.— obergruber
- Amen Skipin!— obergruber
- Sit Jackson and Vick . 3 weeks of rest does a body good. Word to Andy & Morniwheig: Don't send Jackson over the middle ever again. That crossing route is for big bodies who can absorb the punishment.— MJPD345
- So Andy is saying that Vick won't be ready to play Sunday. What does Michael have to say about that? Andy seems to have Michael locked away somewhere that nobody can talk to him. Andy is hedging his bets. If Kolb stinks up the place on Sunday, then Vick is the starter after the bye week, no questions asked. If Kolb plays a great game against the Titans, Andy will say that Vick's rib injury is still lingering. Andy must have promised Vick something to just stay in the background and keep his mouth shut.— SteveS11
- Trade one of these's Q.B.'s now while their value is high
- Trade one of these's Q.B.'s now while their value is high
- Wondering weather Jackson will play Sunday is stupid. I'm wondering if he'll play ever. These candy-armed posters have little or no thought pattern. Again, Andy Reid with a 21 point lead and two minutes left in a half deep in your own territory, passing. Good teams do not do that, period.— JACK V
- One of the disadvantages of living among people whose freedom of speech is protected by the Constitution is having to read garbage like most of these comments. Opinions are like a**h***es: everybody has one, and sooner or later we get to hear it.— rad205
- How many more hits can Jackson take before his career is cut tragically short. Two concussions in two years. This one being where he is knocked out cold.— Drew777
- @pking222>>>Now that doesn't make sense. Have an open tryout of posters from Philly.com? What would that accomplish, really? Even though we haven't heard from him recently we all know Lonewolf would win any competition. He truly is the best person for the job. That is unless of course he is the starting pitcher for the Phillies in the world series next week...— Eilex826
- I see the Cowboys fans in sheeps' clothing are out in force with their "trade Vick, trade Kolb for high value draft pick" talk. They don't like our "beautiful situation," do they?— jimqk
Did you catch ESPN's discussion last night on head shots? Steve Young said the Desean hit was caused by incompetent quarterback play. He said D-Jax was running a man route against a zone, once the QB reads that he can't throw the pass because it leaves the receiver defenseless. Hopefully Kolb learns from this and hopefully his mistake doesn't haunt D-Jax for his career and beyond.
Sorry for the copy & paste— mtairy1
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