When then-Seattle coach Mike Holmgren was thinking of acquiring quarterback Matt Hasselbeck from Green Bay in 2001, he asked an old friend, Eagles coach Andy Reid, for advice. Reid had spent a year with Hasselbeck, as the Packers' quarterbacks coach, when Holmgren was the Green Bay head coach. "I said, 'Matt Hasselbeck will come in and help you win a championship,' " Reid recalled today at the coaches' breakfast at the NFL meetings. "That's how I feel about Kevin Kolb." Reid said he told Holmgren: "Whatever you have to pay for him, pay for him, go get him, and he'll help you win a championship." Reid added: "That's how I feel about this guy. That's why I've got him. I didn't bring him in to be a backup, I brought him in to be a starter, and crazy things happened, with this Michael Vick thing, that nobody thought would happen ... That kid is a championship-caliber quarterback." Of course, the Seahawks didn't win a championship under Holmgren, but Hasselbeck did lead them to the Super Bowl and a close loss to the Steelers. Kolb was the main topic of conversation during Reid's hourlong session with reporters and he reiterated that there is a lot of interest from other teams, though Reid wouldn't discuss specifics. Reid said he would "keep my ears open" if the NFL lockout lingers through the draft and the Eagles are unable to trade Kolb then, and said he wouldn't rule out trading for 2012 draft considerations, though he said "something else" would have to be involved, presumably something that would help the team in 2011. Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Trying to get his price up..."YA THIS KID WILL WIN YOU 10 SUPERBOWLS!!! SO WHO CARES UF YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR 1ST ROUND DRAFT PICKS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS!?"
If he truly thought so, he wouldn't trade him with an aging and potentially fragile Vick, plain and simple.
No, he genuinely feels Kolb can do it. Why the hell would he draft someone and cause so much heckin' drama with McNabb if he didn't think the kid can be a star? The only things we know right now are this: 1. Kolb is under contract for one more year. 2. Vick is under contract for one more year (under the franchise tag). 3. Reid drafted Kolb high. Reid signed Vick as a FA and has relatively little invested. 4. Kolb is 26, Vick is 30. 5. If the Eagles were to sign either of these QBs today, Vick's contract would be enormous where Kolb's would be much more manageable. And while Vick is the surer bet, he's more injury prone and his game was exposed late in the season. I wouldn't bank my next 5-7 seasons on him being able to pull miracles out of his butt like he did in New York. The blueprint has been published on how to keep him from the stellar play he enjoyed earlier in the season. Looking at all of the factors, I wouldn't be overly shocked to see them trade Vick.
6. Kolb is AWFUL! 7. This is the kiss of death for Kolb. When Reid says great things about you you're gone!
