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.
