Storylines…so many storylines.
It’s a media field day in Philadelphia this weekend. Forget about locally, nationally this game has been circled ever since Donovan was traded to the Redskins. Trading your quarterback of eleven years to a team within the division made about as much sense as trading Cliff Lee naming Allen Iverson head coach of your basketball team. I mean, even the Sixers had the sense to not trade Barkley within the conference.
But here we are. Two wins, one loss … just about what we expected. What we did not expect was for Michael Vick to be the starting quarterback, much less have the 3rd highest quarterback rating in the entire NFL with 7 passing touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
This was supposed to be a “rebuilding” year. You let Kolb start, you take your lumps, you end up somewhere between 7-9 and 9-7 and figure “It happens, we’re growing.”
Instead, we get a rejuvenated Vick who appears to actually be coachable. *headscratch*
Wait a minute…”pocket passer” Michael Vick? Goes through his progressions…and THEN runs? I’m…confused.
Michael Vick has always had incredible potential…but that’s all it’s been. Untapped potential. He
Donovan was Vick, before Vick…he never had 4.4 world-class speed, but at one point he was the best running QB in the league – and still is top 5. His problem is/was he became so concerned with being a “stereotypical” running-slash-black quarterback that he rarely left the pocket.
So now Andy has young Donovan…aka Vick 2.0…I have to give him credit(wow, that sounds weird) for realizing that Vick was starting to come into his own as a complete quarterback, then giving him the reins…even after he realized he would be contradicting himself. Suddenly, the season is completely unpredictable again. Can Vick keep it up, even against better opponents?
As for McNabb getting booed, I think it’ll happen – but it won’t be the majority of fans. The boos might be loud, but it’ll probably be somewhere from 25%-35% percent boos…the rest will be cheers. As they should be. McNabb was great. He wasn’t clutch, but he was great. If you could give Donovan even 50% of the heart of the members of the Phillies, he would’ve won multiple Superbowl titles.
McNabb: "The trick is to aim for their shoelaces." Vick: "...you're sure about this?"
So what do you think this weekend? Who wins?
Will you boo McNabb?
– Magnum
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