Eagles open to trading Kevin Kolb?
The plight of Kevin Kolb in Philadelphia has been rather amazing to watch of late. (Somewhere, Kolb just went, “Thanks, a-hole.”)
Three weeks ago he was heading into the 2010 season as Andy Reid’s starting quarterback. One bad quarter and a conclusion later and now Kolb is backing up Michael Vick and soon enough, may be playing in another city entirely.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Reid refused today to rule out trading Kolb before the NFL deadline in October. With Vick pegged as the permanent starter, a trade would make sense for the Eagles. Why let a young quarterback rot on your bench when there are so many quarterback-starved teams in the NFL these days?
The Browns, Bills and Cardinals all have massive issues at the quarterback position, although whether Kolb would be a fit for those offenses is another topic for debate. Still, Cleveland was reportedly interested in Kolb around draft time, so maybe Mike Holmgren will get aggressive and make a move for the 26-year-old signal caller.
Or what about the Vikings? Brett Favre obviously isn’t going anywhere this season, but he’s expected to retire (hahahahalolelolelohaha) at the end of the year. Plus, Childress runs a very similar offense to Reid’s and therefore the learning curve for Kolb would be minimal. A situation in which Minnesota trades for Kolb seems far-fetched at the moment, but things change all the time in the NFL.
It’ll be interesting to see if Reid comes out either today or tomorrow and makes a definitive statement against trading Kolb. That happens all the time in this league – a report surfaces and then the team quickly refutes it.
But where there’s smoke, there’s fire and there’s a lot of smoke coming out of Philly right now.
Update: According to ProFootballTalk.com, the Browns have already inquired about Kolb, which is shocking considering Jake Delhomme (and now Seneca Wallace) is their starting quarterback.
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I guess I’m “old school”, but I remember a young man by the name of Steve Young who sat on the bench for about 8 seasons before becoming one of the greatest and most exciting QBs ever.
The point is, why give away a great #2 when your #1 can be taken away in the blink of an eye. (Who was Theisman’s backup?)
I never understood what is wrong with having a backup on the bench that can come in at an injuries notice like nothing happened.
Everyone always talks about how valuable it is to have a great QB, because he touches the ball every play, blah blah blah. Then they turn around and say, “They should get rid of Johnson, because they already have a QB, and he’s really good.” So what does that leave you when Tom Brady gets injured? Walt the f-ing Janitor!
(OK, so Pittsburgh is bucking the frickin’ trend right now, whatever, they are still shitting bricks over who is going to throw the ball down the field . . .)
Jester,
I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying, but the key difference between Young’s situation and Kolb’s situation is the adaptation of free agency and the salary cap. Teams can no longer store a veteran quarterback on their bench and afford to pay him $4-6 million a year when they need starters at other positions. That’s why you usually see teams have a starter, a crusty old vet as his backup and then a developmental QB as their third-stringer.
Plus, teams know that the draft is vital to their success. So if the Eagles can get a 2nd round pick for Kolb, they could be landing a starter for a guy they weren’t going to play.
The other issue here is that maybe the Eagles don’t think Kolb can play – or play well in Reid’s system. This all seems rather abrupt, so maybe the Eagles know they better get something for him now.