McNabb vs. Vick

The Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback, Donavan McNabb, hasn’t been doing so well for the past couple seasons, especially this one. McNabb has been playing for the Eagles since 1999 (that’s eleven years)! Not only does McNabb have to worry about doing better next season (if the Eagles don’t decide to let him go), but he has to deal with some competition with the Eagles backup quarterback, Michael Vick.
Michael Vick was recently released from jail a few months ago by committing the crime of going to illegal dog fights. Vick’s chances coming back in to the N.F.L. weren’t so good, but the Eagles were kind enough to offer him 1.6 Million dollars for his first year. Since the Eagles didn’t pay Vick that much for the year, they could do anything they wanted with him. They could trade him, cut him, and not have any guilt at all.
Forty-eight hours before the Eagles signed Vick, Andy Reid, the Eagles head coach, said they were not interested in Vick at all! Then after the Eagles picked Vick up, Reid said “We didn’t get Vick to sit him on the bench.” It looks like someone changed their mind in the last forty-eight hours.
The original plan was to have Vick be the third string quarterback (in order from starting to third string: Donavan McNabb, Kevin Kolb, and Michael Vick) but apparently they put Vick in more than Kolb when McNabb was either hurt or not doing so well. And pretty much every time they put Vick in, he either made a great play or threw a touchdown pass.
But who knows if Vick is going to stick around in Philadelphia because he only has a one year contract with the Eagles, and after that contract is expired, he’s going to become a free agent which means any other team in the N.F.L. can snatch him up or the Eagles can renew their contract with Vick. And I have a feeling that the Eagles will soon be letting go of McNabb due to his performances these last few seasons, but we will have to wait until next season starts.