Great Vibes From Kolb

I would defend Donovan McNabb's play on this blog all day, every day if I had to -- oh right, I have -- but I have to admit I'm at the very least intrigued by what we hear from Kevin Kolb every time the kid talks to the media. 

Read today's story out of the rookie minicamp and see if you can find one off note in the whole thing.  Here are his quotes:

A few steps before the sideline, [Kolb] fired the ball to rookie receiver DeSean Jackson, who had sneaked into a gap between defenders.  "Way to stay with me, DeSean," Kolb said while jogging back to the huddle.

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"It's good for me to feel confident with these guys," Kolb said. "They're the up-and-coming guys, so we'll grow together, and, being a leader, you need to practice being a leader. I don't get that practice with the first group a lot of the times."

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"Take the quarterback in Houston, for example," he said, referring to David Carr. "He got thrown in the fire early," and "it didn't work out."

"I want there to be a different excuse if I don't make it," Kolb said. "I want it to be on me, not that they didn't let me progress."

Eagles coach Andy Reid "knows that," Kolb said, adding that Reid wants to let him get to a situation in which the team thinks: " 'OK, everything is behind him. He has to be successful now.' I think that's the way it's going to happen."

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"I told [Jackson], good job staying with me," Kolb said. "He felt the defense sinking back, so he stayed right there and just hid himself. When you have QB written across you, people expect that from you - especially, hopefully, with what my future is going to be like."

Now, obviously, none of this matters if he can't play the game.  We'll boo his butt out of the Linc in 10 minutes flat if he stinks up the joint.

But there's a lot more to being an NFL quarterback than just making throws.  Assuming he can do that, everything else looks good.

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Is this considered cheating, if we all know Donovan will eventually have to move on, either by choice or by trade? 

I can't decide if it's more like considering your options back at home at the end of a summer fling or flirting with the doctor while the spouse is dying in the hospital.

I hope the former.

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Quintin Demps
Quarterback Development Expert 

The funniest part about that Kolb story is this statement by Demps, the rookie safety:

"You can tell he's comfortable," rookie free safety Quintin Demps said. "I watched a lot of games of him in college, because we had to. I can tell, technique-wise, he's a lot better."

So the nice thing is that if Pat Shurmur moves on, it sounds like the Eagles have an in-house replacement for the position of quarterbacks coach. 

Still not sure what we'd do with Mark Whipple in that situation.  Maybe he could play some safety.