SB Nation User Blog: eagleyosh

Kolb Performed Well

eagleyosh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:24:53 -0000

Deal with it.

Let me start by saying, it was his job not to lose the game. None of us expected him to win it for us. We asked him not to lose it, and this loss is far from his fault.

Around half time, he had about 196 yards through the air and no interceptions, along with a TD. He had made excellent decisions throughout the game. Thanks in large part to sustained drives we seldom see, we were down just 17-13, in spite of the defense holding up as well as swiss cheese. During the first half, the saints were held to 3 and out just twice, had a sustained drive near the red zone end with an INT, and scored on their other three possessions. Not impressive.

After half time, we all know Ellis Hobbs fumbled providing a short field for NO, which they scored with. Then Kolb made a terrible throw, and lead to another 7 points for NO. No defending that. It was poor, bad job Kolb. However, he came back out there, and by the time the fourth quarter rolled around, we were down just two scores. Good job Kolb, you kept us in the game. You didn't make any more mistakes.

The defense did not do their part. According to my count, the Eagles D allowed the saints to score on four of the six posessions they had in the second half. Maybe McNabb can keep up with that, but Kolb can't just yet. This was his first start, and to expect him to lead the team to 40 points is ridiculous. He made a couple of mistakes, but people who are accentuating his pair of INTs at the end of the game are just stubborn (especially the game ending INT...seriously, who cares?). Those were meaningless. It is more representative to look at the first three quarters, during which he performed admirably. Had the eagles D held the saints O to a field goal at some point during the game, or decided to stop them at any point during the game, Kolb could very well be a hero instead of a scape goat today.

All I ask is to give the kid a fair shake. I put Kolb down for a little under 60% completion percentage along with an INT and 2 TDs and just over 220 yards. This was considered crazy. As it turned out, however, he completed the game with 60.8% completion percentage (those who say he's inaccurate...wrong). Through the first three quarters, according to my count (which may be flawed) he had 222 yards (before garbage time). Not bad. He had one INT. Not bad (although it was costly). Overall, he had a good game. Garbage time didn't go well, but by then the game was so out of hand those stats don't count for much.

Someone needed to give him credit. This one is on the D. They didn't rise to the challenge. They stopped no one. Blame them, leave Kolb alone for once.

Marcellus Wiley just said on Mike and Mike that the Cowboys will make the playoffs because they'll...

eagleyosh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:49:49 -0000

Marcellus Wiley just said on Mike and Mike that the Cowboys will make the playoffs because they'll feel good about having a new stadium so they'll play better.....wow!

Breaking News

eagleyosh — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:40:18 -0000

Breaking News

Burress agrees to 2-year prison term

Larry King discusses Michael Vick

eagleyosh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:56:47 -0000

Larry King discusses Michael Vick

Larry King discusses Michael Vick with a crazy PETA lady (Lisa Lange, Senior VP of PETA), John Goodwin of the Humane Society, Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and James Brown, the reporter who interviewed him for 60 minutes.

Cassel gets six-year $60 Million+ contract

eagleyosh — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:18:57 -0000

Cassel gets six-year $60 Million+ contract

Cassel gets a pretty huge contract for only starting one season and performing well with randy moss and wes welker to throw to. do you guys think this was a warranted contract?

The all Decade Defense

eagleyosh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:24:06 -0000

Recently, as we all saw in "The Linc", ESPN.com released its version of the All-decade defense. This list of players highlighted the best player at each defensive position during the current decade (they couldn't wait until the decade to pull the trigger on this idea, I guess). In case you missed it from the other day, you can find the story here. While I do feel like this is a pretty interesting idea, like most eagles fans, I was struck that Brian Dawkins was merely an honorable mention and did not make the list. Iggles Blog did a great job of making the case for Dawkins, but this apparent gaff got me thinking...if we were to make the list, who would be on it? I am by no means an expert on the NFL during the 2000's. I may be an obsessive eagles fan, but I won't pretend to know everything about every team over a ten...er...nine year stretch. Let's try this out...who would be on your all-decade defense? Not just eagles, but all of the NFL. Do you agree with what ESPN listed, or do you think they are about as knowledgable about this as they are about the eagles "WR woes"? If this turns out to be fun, we can make an all decade offense next and we could try and get some bloggers from fellow teams involved in both convos. If not, at least I'm not advertising my blog, eh?

Stallworth gets 30 days

eagleyosh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:15:08 -0000

Stallworth gets 30 days

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Florida, a punishment made possible by his cooperation with investigators and the fervent wish by the victim's family to put the matter behind them.

Does Vick deserve a second chance?

eagleyosh — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:42:43 -0000

First off, I realize this is not eagles related, but seeing as we are knee deep in the offseason, why not have something to talk about.

ESPN has been doing a special on vick for the past hour or so because he is elligible to leave prison for house arrest at midnight tonight. The special has posed such questions as can he still play, did the game pass him by, who would take him, and will he be reinstated. While all of these are good questions, one question they blew by as having an implicit answer was "does he deserve a second chance". Each commentator on the show claimed "of couse he deserves a second chance" as a preface to their further comments. My question...

Does he deserve it?

Taking a look at the history of Michael Vick, sans dog fighting, the answer to me in an unequivocal no. Here is a list of early incidents, taken from wikipedia.

Between his selection by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft and early 2007, Vick was allegedly involved several incidents or events:

In 2007, conflicting statements were made by his estranged parents about possible dogfighting activities in 2001. Michael Boddie, his father, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that around 2001, Michael Vick was staging dogfights in the garage of the family's home in Newport News and kept fighting dogs in the family's backyard, including injured ones which the father nursed back to health. Boddie said his son had been urged to not engage in the activity, but continued. He stated "This is Mike's thing. And he knows it."[43] Within days, Michael Vick's mother, Brenda Vick Boddie, told the Newport News Daily Press "There was no dogfighting [at our home]. There were no cages."[44]

In early 2004, two men were arrested in Virginia for distributing marijuana. The truck they were driving was registered to Michael Vick. Falcons coach Dan Reeves recalled that he lectured Vick at that time on the importance of reputation, on choosing the right friends, on staying out of trouble for the good of his team. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted Reeves as having told Vick: "You are an Atlanta Falcon...Whatever you do is going to be a reflection on all of us, not just you."[45]

On October 10, 2004, Vick and the other members of his party including employee Quanis Phillips were at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport on their way to board an AirTran flight. While they were passing through a security checkpoint with Vick, a security camera caught Phillips and Todd Harris picking up an expensive-appearing watch (either a Rolex or a fake) which belonged to Alvin Spencer, a security screener.[46] After watching the theft on a video tape, Spencer filed a police report. However, he claimed that Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, known as the Falcons' "fixer", interfered with the investigation.[45] Although Vick representatives declined to make him available for an Atlanta police inquiry, six days later Spencer did get the watch back from them, according to the Washington Post.[46]

In March 2005, Sonya Elliott filed a civil lawsuit against Vick alleging she contracted genital herpes from him in the autumn of 2002, and that he failed to inform her that he had the disease.[47] Elliot further alleged that Vick had visited clinics under the alias "Ron Mexico" to get treatments and thus he knew of his condition. On April 24, 2006 Vick's attorney, Lawrence Woodward, revealed that the lawsuit had been settled out of court under undisclosed terms.[48] Many fans bought custom jerseys from NFL.com with Vick's number 7 and the name "MEXICO" on the back, as a reference to his lawsuit. The NFL has since banned customizing jerseys with the name Mexico.[49]

November 26, 2006 – After a Falcons loss to the New Orleans Saints in the Georgia Dome, in apparent reaction to fans booing, Vick made an obscene gesture at fans, holding up two middle fingers. He was fined $10,000 by the NFL and agreed to donate another $10,000 to charity.[50]

January 17, 2007 – Vick surrendered a water bottle which had a hidden compartment to security personnel at Miami International Airport. "The compartment was hidden by the bottle's label so that it appeared to be a full bottle of water when held upright," police said. Test results indicated there were no illegal substances in the water bottle and Vick was cleared of any wrongdoing.[51] Vick announced that the water bottle was a jewelry stash box, and that the substance in question had been jewelry.[52]

To me, there are several red flags that show that he has already used his second, third, and maybe more chances. This man has been involved in more criminal activity and wrongdoing than I find acceptable. Between the connections to drug dealing, flicking off the fans, allegedly stealing the watch, and other criminal inquiries surrounding this man, I feel he has received more than his fair chance. Now, after serving a sentence for felony charges, the question is should he be allowed to return to the league. The Commish says if he shows true remorse, then he'll allow it. But what is true remorse? Is it the PR machine we're about to see in full throttle? The one where Vick volunteers to help fight underground dog fighting? Where he stands in front of a camera and reads a script written by one of his lawyers? Is that what constitutes true remorse if you're a talented athlete? For me, the answer is no. But I felt it would be interesting to see what the rest of eagle nation thought of this situation during a rather slow time in the football world.

Poll

Should Michael Vick be allowed to play in the NFL again?

Yes

134 votes

No

83 votes

217 votes | Poll has closed

NFL Draft

eagleyosh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:45 -0000

This isn't really eagles related, but football related. I know over the past few weeks whenever I've heard about the draft, the question the analysts are asking is what should the Lions do with the number one overall pick. I think this would be a pretty good question to debate on here. It may have been discussed and I forgot, but why not do it again anyways a few days prior to the draft. We've all played GM for the eagles lately...what do you do if you're the lions?

The most likely things the Lions are to do is to draft a franchise QB, namely Stafford.

Other possibilities are to take a top flight OT to anchor the line for years to come and prevent any high price QB from being mauled from his blind side.

What would you do? Other options include trading down and getting more picks. God knows the lions have a hole at pretty much every position, so multiple high picks in this draft and next year seems like a logical move. Also, the chance of getting a bust in that number one spot is always looming...and is quite expensive.

Eagles vs. Philadlephia

eagleyosh — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:39:54 -0000

Eagles vs. Philadlephia

Former Mayor John Street denied claims yesterday by the Philadelphia Eagles that he quietly agreed to and then reneged on a deal to settle an $8 million dispute with the city for less than $1 million during his first term.

"I never agreed to a deal," Street said yesterday. "If I had agreed to a deal, I would have put it in writing. It's almost ludicrous to think a mayor would tell two private citizens, 'You go and make a deal that binds the city of Philadelphia and there's not going to be any writing of any kind.' And somehow the city is going to be bound by that? That doesn't make any sense."