will we ever win?

Ha!

I think Andy Reid is losing it. He is cracking up. The most stubborn and obstinate coach in history who traded McNabb and made Kolb his starter, and only a couple of hours ago adamantly stated that Kolb is his starter, has completely flipped around in 24 hours and named Vick the starter all the while going overboard praising him, saying he is "playing out of his mind" and even said Vick can lead the team to a Super Bowl. And this decision was made based on 2 quarters of play from Kolb and 6 from Vick. And he even said this move would advance the maturation process of Kevin Kolb. Insane. But entertaining! ( I won't believe Reid is totally insane though until the number of runs equal the pass.)

So much for a transition year. So much for getting a year of growing pains out the way. We're back to being one year further away from competing for real IF Kolb is as good as sold. Or isn't he? Who knows now, and we won't be finding out this season it seems. Stupid. What happened to "the plan?"

To me the only theory that makes any sense is Reid watched the tape and saw how shockingly bad the offensive line was and decided Vick is the only QB in the league, let alone the team, that could survive lining up behind it. Kolb just got a concussion and maybe Reid wants to save him from weekly beatings and the very real possibility of his career ending prematurely via more head injuries.

The other theory I think is plausible is Reid looked at the landscape in the NFC and the NFC East in particular, and saw mediocrity almost everywhere. Suddenly the season wasn't as hopeless as first imagined and the Eagles could actually win and not just compete, and why waste a season with Kolb figuring things out? But this supposes Reid is blind to the problems on defense and special teams and believes 2 games is all you need to judge how the season will go.

The theory that management told Reid to name Vick is being shot down by Bob Grotz, John Smallwood on the radio, and others who would probably know.

But even better is me joking that the Eagles did it to "steal the Phillies thunder" and then hearing people call the radio stations and say it seriously. If anything this is distracting more from discussing the Eagles Swiss cheese defense and offensive lines. But at the same time a lot of discussion is now focused on ripping Reid, his hypocrisy, his lying, his lack of a plan, and his general insanity.

I also disagree with the idea that Kolb is now ruined forever. If he is that fragile of a flower I don't know how he made it to the NFL in the first place.