WHAM

That, folks, is the sound of the door slamming shut on the Eagles' 2008 season. 

Oh sure, the team will talk a good game this week.  How they're not out of it yet.  How they just need to make a little run.  How anything can happen in the NFL.

Nope.  It's over. 

The wheels are off, the lights are out, it's time to close the book on Kellner.

Andy Reid admitted as much at halftime when he benched Donovan McNabb.  Yeah, McNabb was playing like crap again today.  There's no question. 

However, after Kevin Kolb came in and did his best Mike McMahon impression, it was just as clear that Donovan would have given this team its best chance to win today. 

McNabb's had a hell of a run here.  I doubt his career is even close to over.  But even if he trots back out next week as the starter, his career in Philadelphia is done.  We're just waiting to see what date goes last on the tombstone.

But it's time to find out what Kolb can do.  I doubt he's as bad as he looked today, but he's not getting any better sitting on the bench.  Throw him out there, let him get a taste of those NFC East opponents this year so he's better prepared next year for what's coming.  Find out if he's got it.

It's also time to get all those other young guys into games, starting next week against the Cardinals.  I want to see Booker.  I want to see Demps.  I even, yes, want to see Winston Justice. 

Reid isn't going anywhere, folks, so this isn't the end of the Andy Reid era.  It is, however, the end of the second third McNabb era.  The one that kind of ended up sucking, most of the time. 

I don't blame McNabb.  Those of you who do will probably be a lot less vocal today, after the anointed one came in and looked like crap.  But in the end, it doesn't really matter.

Either way, it's over.  Time for Act IV.