The 2010 Point and Laugh at the Eagles thread

[ice grillin you]

the bobby hoying argument is so lazy

[Rome]

I think the point is he showed a lot of promise in those two starts.  He pretty much torched the eventual Super Bowl champions in his first start in the NFL.  Yeah, he made a couple of rookie mistakes that eventually cost them the game but he looked pretty goddamn good otherwise.  Plus he'll have had a full training camp and preseason as the starter with this group of offensive weapons, which, less face it, are the best this team has ever seen potential-wise.

I also think the Hoying comparison is over the top.  For one thing Kolb should be better if for no other reason than the weapons he has at his disposal are night and day better than Hoying's.

[PhillyGirl]

My Hoying comparison is just that people are so "OMG KOLB IS GOING TO LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND!" when he hasn't done shtein yet. He was a reach in the draft and the Eagles annointed a guy starter for a team that has never won shtein.

Again, my main issue here isn't so much Kolb as it is the FO doing what they do best(worst?)....reach. And then now we all have to put our faith in this guy. I just am not drinking the Kool Aid on it, sorry. Its not Kolb's fault, its the FO fault for giving him to us to finally win this city a Super Bowl.

[Rome]

Who here is acting like Kolb is Joe Montana? 

People are skeptical but hopeful.  Nothing wrong with that, IMO.

[smeags]

My Hoying comparison is just that people are so "OMG KOLB IS GOING TO LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND!"

who is acting like that ?

[PhillyGirl]

Well, anytime I bring up the fact that I don't believe he's going to win the Eagles a Super Bowl, I get laughed at and put down that I am being nonsensical. So, that leads one to believe that if I believe that and am laughed at, those laughing are laughing because they believe he WILL win one for Philly.

Do I really need to explain this? lol

[rjs246]

How about this. I don't believe that any QB will lead this team to a superbowl while Reid is the coach.

Still excited to see someone other than McNabb under center this year.

[smeags]

How about this. I don't believe that any QB will lead this team to a superbowl while Reid is the coach.

Still excited to see someone other than McNabb under center this year.

^ this.

[SD]

How about this. I don't believe that any QB will lead this team to a superbowl while Reid is the coach.

Still excited to see someone other than McNabb under center this year.

exactly

[ice grillin you]

Well, anytime I bring up the fact that I don't believe he's going to win the Eagles a Super Bowl, I get laughed at and put down that I am being nonsensical. So, that leads one to believe that if I believe that and am laughed at, those laughing are laughing because they believe he WILL win one for Philly.

Do I really need to explain this? lol

it is completely non sensical to make a blanket statement that cobb will never win a superbowl before really seeing him play

but i still think that is more sensical than saying that anyone who thinks youre being non sensical by saying  it automatically must think cobb will win a superbowl

make sense?

not great qb's that have a ring

mark rypien
trent dilfer
eli manning
doug williams
jeff hostetler


low round or undrafted qb's that have a ring

tom brady
kurt warner
rypien


qb's that have made a superbowl

rex grossman
stan humphries
jake delohmme
kerry collins
chris chandler


throw all the above names into a blender pulse 12-15 times and what you get is saying right now that kevin cobb cant win a superbowl is non sensical

[Beermonkey]

How about this. I don't believe that any QB will lead this team to a superbowl while Reid is the coach.

Still excited to see someone other than McNabb under center this year.

Eagles fans are all about extremes, Kolb is either going to suck hugely and rape our children or he's going take us to the Promised Land with BJ's & six-packs.

The majority of people that I talk to about Kolb just parrot out the fan party line about him being scared and weak-armed based upon 2 starts, so I'm not seeing the love that PG is.

Personally, I think he'll be slightly above average and I'm excited to see a non-McNabb QB also. I'm more excited to see this year's team than I was the past 2 years.

[PhillyGirl]

I agree that Reid/Banner are the main reasons that they won't win a SB.

But THEY are the ones who put Kolb in the position he is in.

So...again...FO. They are my problem. Kolb is just a product of their idiocy.

[Seabiscuit36]

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/07/19/bass-fishing-with-kevin-kolb-part-one-the-quarterbacks-shot-a/?ncid=txtlnkusspor00000002

The quarterback slipped off one of his boots – this is why real outdoorsmen wear them – attached it to the end of a stick that he picked from the ground and dangled it in front of the hissing western diamondback. The rattlesnake struck the boot. The boot danced and the snake struck again. And again. Nearly 10 times the snake attacked the boot. Until, finally, the snake recoiled and lay lifeless on the ground. What do you know? It worked. That show on the Discovery Channel reported that a rattlesnake will play dead when prey doesn't fall victim to its spectacular bite. So the quarterback reached down and plucked the rattlesnake by its neck and held it out. With his other hand, he retrieved the .38 caliber handgun fastened to his hip and fired a round into the rattler's head. He then used his favorite pocketknife to cut off the rattles. Thirteen of them!

[ice grillin you]

But THEY are the ones who put Kolb in the position he is in.

what position is that?

id say hes almost in the ultimate position for a first year starter...works for a coach who drafted him and gave him the time it takes to earn a college degree to learn the offense....has a good team around him with young weapons he can grow with

if cobb fails he really has no one to blame but himself

[rjs246]

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/07/19/bass-fishing-with-kevin-kolb-part-one-the-quarterbacks-shot-a/?ncid=txtlnkusspor00000002

The quarterback slipped off one of his boots – this is why real outdoorsmen wear them – attached it to the end of a stick that he picked from the ground and dangled it in front of the hissing western diamondback. The rattlesnake struck the boot. The boot danced and the snake struck again. And again. Nearly 10 times the snake attacked the boot. Until, finally, the snake recoiled and lay lifeless on the ground. What do you know? It worked. That show on the Discovery Channel reported that a rattlesnake will play dead when prey doesn't fall victim to its spectacular bite. So the quarterback reached down and plucked the rattlesnake by its neck and held it out. With his other hand, he retrieved the .38 caliber handgun fastened to his hip and fired a round into the rattler's head. He then used his favorite pocketknife to cut off the rattles. Thirteen of them!

farging A. No Campbell's Chunky soup bullshtein for this motherfarger.