The Vick-Foles debate will enter another week
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The Vick-Foles debate will enter another week
Zach Berman
Michael Vick still has not been cleared, so Andy Reid can continue to evade the question of whether Vick will be the starter when he returns from a concussion.
"We have to get him healthy here to see where he's at," Reid said. "He took another test today and he didn't pass it. I'm not going to put him at risk. I'm not going to do that. That's not where we're going with this thing."
The decision will not be simple. Reid does not look like he'll coach beyond the next five games, but Foles' development could be meaningful for the long-term future of the franchise. The balance between playing young players and veteran players will be an ongoing subplot to the final month of the season.
"You saw some young guys play today," Reid said. "If the young guys are available to play, we're going to put them in and play them. If that's the situation, I'm not going to hestitate to do that. But we'll see how things go here as we continue to roll on."
For his part, Foles said Vick is the quarterback and offered his support of the veteran quarterback. And he also insisted that he's not worried about trying to prove to Eagles brass -- a group that could include the future head coach -- whether he can become a starting quarterback in the NFL.
"I don't think specifically about that," Foles said. "My goal when I go to work is to be the best teammate, best player possible and to work at my craft, work every day to get better. If you do that, whatever happens, happens. That's how it goes. I don't really worry about things I can't control. All I can control is getting better."
Comments (30)
- jon gruden? really why? because he is white? ghettodelphia huh. ill give you gruden more like jay gruden he is up and coming jon gruden won his superbowl if he came back he wouldnt do it again i see why we can hate the team but to hate the city and still call your self a fan is ridiculous you make no sense. racism is still alive lol
— defroe - The NFL has realized the past few wks that Vick is the least of the problem. Vick & Andy will land with better teams next yr and you'll be stuck with a weak OL, soft D, & DB's that can't cover my grandma. You'll get your hopes up in August, overlook the obvious in October, and cry again next Dec like you have for yrs before Vick arrived. — tony11
- Vick needs to start packing for his next coach killing mission. None of the black head coaches want him because they understand the negative dynamics he creates with the other bros. Whatever he says is more important than what the coach says.— 4in5out7gone
- Is Rich Kotite or Ray Rhodes available?— neddyflanders
- the only debate is with you reporters who have no clue about the game, take what andy or anyone says out of context and try to make a headline. Reid has said Vick is the starter. Him saying he has to see where "he is at" means Vick has to pass the concussion tests. come on guys lets report the story not what you want to see.— kidrocco
- Vick sucks and is an awful 11-17 the past three years...Vick has LOST FIVE GAMES IN A ROW...Vick has the Eagles LAST IN NFL in points scored..Vick is a $100 million bust....however some of you morons want to bad mouth a rookie in only his second NFL game ever...you are clueless dopes.— jim35
- Vick sucks and is an awful 11-17 the past three years...Vick has LOST FIVE GAMES IN A ROW...Vick has the Eagles LAST IN NFL in points scored..Vick is a $100 million bust....however some of you morons want to bad mouth a rookie in only his second NFL game ever...you are clueless dopes.— jim35
- Vick sucks.. let's get that out of the way first... and now he isn't in there.. 2 games.. the defense can't hold anyone.. the office can barely score.. and they still lost... Andy Reid stinks as a coach.. the death of Jim Johnson is showing that it was the Johnson defense that carried this team for so long... the front office and Andy can't judge talent i.e. poor draft picks for 14 years... but of course.. because Mike Vick sucks it's all Mike's fault?!— clinoril
- All I want for Christmas if for Foles to start. For Foles to start. For Foles to start.
Seriously, the only thing left for this season is to evaluate Foles. Putting Vick back in there is the worst move possible for the future of this franchise. And since the present is, well, this, the future is all that matters right now. And you know what, I'd go with Foles next year regardless. According to the "experts", this QB class is weak. So if Foles shows promise, jackpot. If not, let him play next year and if he still fails to develop, that just means a high draft pick when there will hopefully be better options at the QB position.— atb124 - Play who is going to gt you the best draft pick.....Foles— chham57
- I just laugh when some of you Eagles fans always cry...You are just supporting the Black QB, so you are the racist". you never read what you post in denigrading Vick and the words you choose to do it with, it's like not seeing the forest for the trees. It also amazes me that despite the continued failing of the Eagles and the poor play of your super hero, Foles the rookie QB, you still want to blame Vick, when Vick hasn't played in over 3 weeks. The defense sucks, the OL sucks, the rookie QB sucks and the team is playing even worse than when Vick was playing, yet you still want to single Vick out. Eagles fans, stop being so delusional. Vick has his problems, but he is far and away NOT the problem with this Eagles fans and you well know it, but just don't want to admit it for fear that all the weeks of beating down Vick, his not playing and the team still stinking up the joint, you don't want to admit that you were wrong and continue to be wrong about Vick. Saying that, you so called Eagles fans don't deserve better than what you have, all of you (rather most) of you are cowards! period!!!— will50
- zach,conVick is washed-up it's Nick Foles job he'll get better every week,,Peyton Manning threw over 30 ints his first season,,Nick Foles threw for 76pct accuracy last night with zero INTs...mike conVick is lucky to get another job in the NFL,black coaches donot want him,Andy Reid was the coach that tried to play the daili lama with conVick and it cost BIGRED his 14 year
job..conVick=0SBs..book it.....wolf.— wolf 4 - Great post will50, your post makes more sense than anything anyone has written here. The worst thing for Vick is that he was in the position of being the leader of the team and he certainly made his mistakes playing football this year. Was he the only problem or the biggest problem though, I think not. Face it this team wreaks of itself from the top to the bottom. Most of the coaches can't coach together as a team and most of the players either can't play or they can't play in schemes like the Eagles are using. And that is both offensively and defensively. When the new coach evaluates this team as constructed how many will return. My guess is no more than 8-10 players and that is being generous. I love the Eagles no matter what but that is the truth....play Nick Foles the rest of the year, there is no reason to put Mike back in as starter....and I do like him but damn it's over in Philly. Now who doesn't see that and it's not about black and white either like some people of both races would have it. Just let it go, personally I wish Foles only the best but he may not be the one either...I don't see star written all over him yet. The Eagles will have enough problems dealing with Eli Manning and RG3 for the next 5 to 10 years easy.— BCRock
- There is no debate the Eagles need to go out and find themselves a real NFL ready QB in the draft next year because Foles is not the answer. Shoot I think the freshman from Texas A&M could come in and beat out Foles for the starting position. I for one am not sold on Foles.— realtruth
- All you vick bashers is funny Vick had no line and everyone said how bad he is, Foles is horrible and he gets a pass because of the offensive line, I hope we get Chip Kelly New coach let vick do one more year with a balanced attack and see what happens because Foles is not the answer no matter how much yall want him to be and theres no one in the draft so one more year with vick is our best option.— randy1911
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