Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly said today the decision to name Michael Vick the starting quarterback was reached in a staff meeting yesterday and ended a thorough evaluation process, Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News reports. "I met with all the quarterbacks this morning. They all understand the plan and know where we are going forward," Kelly said. He said Foles, the second-year QB from Arizona, was "outstanding" when the news was conveyed. Kelly seemed to want to reinforce the notion that Foles has to be ready if Vick gets hurt -- he referenced the Redskins' situation with Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins -- but he also declared "this is a one-QB operation," and said he doesn't want Vick, 33, looking over his shoulder. Kelly noted that he had 16 spring practices, 20 training camp practices and two preseason games to evaluate Vick, Foles and rookie Matt Barkley. "We wanted to put a guy in place, if we could, in enough time to get us prepared for the season," he said. "We didn't want to let this linger, but I think it also expressed itself on the field." He said Vick and the starters will play the first half, more or less, of this Saturday's preseason game at Jacksonville. "The one thing we all learned from this group is that I think we've got two guys, and maybe even three guys that can play in this league. It was a healthy competition ... I think they both made each other better," Kelly said. "I was really happy with how those guys handled the situation, 'cuz it can at times get testy, it can at times -- it's one guy competing against another, but I thought it was a healthy competition and it brought out the best in both of those guys." Source: The Redzone
I believe that Kelly means that he knows Foles will start at some point because Vick will hurt his glass vag**a.
