Kevin Kolb, Philadelphia Eagle

[QB Eagles]

Every QB that has ever played this game has had to go through growing pains on the field.  He hasn't even had one full season under his belt.  When he had time to throw he played decent. 

67.5 QB rating
11-15 TD-INT ratio

72.2 QB rating
19-21 TD-INT ratio

Those are the stats of Drew Brees and Brett Favre, their for second full seasons as starters in the NFL.

Anyone remember DMac's 1999 stats? They were ugly as hell. Didn't surpass a QB rating of 61 until his 8th game. I think Kolb has already done that about 5 times. The next year McNabb was the MVP runner-up.

The point isn't that Kolb is Brees, Favre, or McNabb. The point is sometimes it takes a while to see what you have, because for most quarterbacks, it takes starting quite a few games before they get a handle on how to play in the NFL. And practice and sitting on the bench for years is not playing in the NFL.

Once you wrap your head around the fact that the Eagles aren't going to win the Super Bowl this season, I don't see why letting Kolb get some experience under his belt is so horrible. It's the silver lining of this Vick injury... I'd much rather have a developmental QB out there than some average veteran waiver wire pickup whose ceiling is already well documented.  Why is everyone so eager to run him out of town?

[Drunkmasterflex]

They are eager to run him out of town because they never liked him from the jump.  He may suck, but give him a damn chance. 

[SunMo]

and lol at Kevin Kolb having better stats in 3 quarters than McNabb had in the entire game, but Donovan is the bestest and Kolb sucks.

[MDS]

kolb looked like a rookie qb out there

funny, i figured he would step in and be joe montana

[Magical_Retard]

Was at the game. Considering the situation and the idiotic play calling, he played well. He made mistakes but he also drove them down the field. Team did look like they really missed Vick, but Kolb did not play as bad as he did against GB. That said he does not really exude any confidence or sense of being the future. Still needs to play 6-8 games before you can truly judge him. Depending on Vick's injury he will get his chance I guess.

[Diomedes]

I'd expect Kolb to be doing better than he is, because he's not a rookie, he's not been thrown to the wolves, he does know the system.  All the same, I'm not even close to giving up on him.

[shorebird]

He's blind. Don't know if you can teach or aquire sight for the field. With Kolb at qb Pimp might not ever catch another pass.

[Diomedes]

I don't think he's blind, I think he's shortsighted.  I hope that with real game experience, and post game analysis of his performance, he can improve his awareness of what's going on downfield.

[Tomahawk]

I'd expect Kolb to be doing better than he is, because he's not a rookie, he's not been thrown to the wolves, he does know the system.  All the same, I'm not even close to giving up on him.

I'm not ready to give up on him, but I don't want to give him Alex Smith time either

[SunMo]

i think he was extra gun shy after GB about throwing into coverage.  he probably got an earful from Marty after GB about some of his throws and he took the safe checkdown each time.  he has to find that happy medium and that comes from experience and playing the game.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Hofmann: "Let's give Kolb a little credit"

P.S.  I agree - Vick starts again when healthy.

[mussa]

I just want the guy to throw a pass for more than 5 yards. Please.

[charlie]

By who?

You're saying kolb's were? I don't care. The Skins had the lead, did they need to throw long passes? I'm not quite getting what you're after here.

I'm saying that if your biggest complaint was that he didn't stretch the field, neither did McNabb.  So, you might just be rushing to judgment a wee bit.

Rushing to judgement never happens. Really? I mean REALLY? I mean SERRIOUSLY REALLY?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It's one thing to look at his performance and question whether or not he can be a great QB.  It's another thing to fly off the handle about how awful he was.  He made no big mistakes, kept moving the chains, and got the winning touchdown in the "best hands on the team" on the final play.  How much more can you expect from the guy in this circumstance?

I mean... I would gouge my eyes out if he played like that week after week, because it was boring as all hell... but he did nothing to prove to me one way or another that he's going to be great/awful.  Anyone who says otherwise is just determined to be right regardless of evidence.

[joneszilla]

Kolb was very unimpressive yesterday.  He looked overwhelmed at times and seemed scared to pull the trigger on anything over 5 yards. That said, he played well enough to win a zesty game.  Going in to the year, pre-Vick, I expected to see a smart QB with very little game experience under his belt have some really good games and some really bad games on a young team which would not make the playoffs.  So far we've only seen the bad games; but he was better than the GB game.  Hopefully we see improvement next week, on the road, with a little less pressure and better playing conditions.