Iggles Blog, whacking Mike Florio:
Mike Vick isn't even close to being the type of quarterback Donovan McNabb is.This reminds me of last year, when McNabb had tendonitis during July mini-camp and everyone on the radio screamed that "THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE ALL SEASON!" The tendonitis went away sometime in August and it was never spoken of again. Posted by Stephen Silver at September 2, 2009 04:50 PMEspecially in this offense and especially from a "future" perspective, where the team finally has the type of game-breaking receiving talent that demands a pass-first QB.
A lot of the discussion that has swirled along these lines has made it pretty clear there are actually two kinds of quarterback controversies out there.
The first, a "quarterback controversy," happens whenever fans and pundit decree one into existence. "The Eagles signed Mike Vick? They must be tired of McNabb!" "McNabb threw a couple passes into the ground? Let's boo him and call for Vick! That'd be AWESOME!!!"
Fortunately for the Eagles, Andy Reid doesn't really care much what people outside the locker room think, so we don't have to worry about that having an impact on how the season goes.
The second kind of controversy is the Actual Quarterback Controversy. It should be noted that this only takes place when:
• Two quarterbacks of similar skill levels play for the same team.
• Neither quarterback distinguishes himself to the extent that he grabs the job.
• Generally speaking, the coach himself is worried about his own skin and starting to get desperate.
If you're grading at home, that would be: "False, Nope, and Uh-uh." So we can safely dismiss all the ink Florio spills on the issue filling up space between posts about agent tweets and items rewriting stories that already appeared somewhere else.