Kevin Kolb: Career Backup or the Future of the Philadelphia Eagles?

October 4, 2010   ·   Josh McCain   ·   Jump to comments

All right, Philly fans, you've seen five quarters of the Kevin Kolb era.
Are you ready to panic if Michael Vick's injury suffered in the 17-12 loss to the Washington Redskins is severe enough to keep him out for multiple weeks?
To be completely honest, I'm not sure about Kolb.
For a minute, let's look at what Kolb has had to deal with.
He had messy weather in both games with terrible wind conditions and has played against two defensive fronts that can get after the quarterback.
You can point out that in the Packers game, Vick had the same conditions, but the Packers' game plan was to stop Kolb, not Vick.
It is one thing to prepare for a pocket passer and then have to face a scrambler and another thing to prepare for a scrambler and then face a pocket passer.
Vick had a huge advantage coming into the Packer game compared to Kolb had coming into the Redskins game.
Also, Vick didn't look too hot against the Redskins. The 'Skins (and I know it was on...

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