As I was watching the Eagles rookies and young veterans at the OTA today, I made it a point to keep a note of what and how Kevin Kolb was doing.
The young man was surprised by the reactions to his statements last week. He told me he didn't see anything wrong with what he said. Being quarterback of the Eagles means having everybody going back through everything you say.
Philly doesn't care what the mayor says or what the governor says they care what the Eagles quarterback and head coach have to say.
I thought the statements he made last week were reasonable about wanting to play but he needs to play with the consistency needed of a starting quarterback.
That means not trying to make throws in practice like the guy who started for the Jets last year and is maybe retired.
The former Houston Cougar had a good day today which is usually the case, except for a few plays.
Kolb has a short compact throwing motion, which seems to fit the short passing game of the west coast offense, but he always makes a throw or two that makes you say why did he throw that. You know kind of like that throw that was picked off by Ed Reed.
For example today, wide receiver Shaheer McBride was running a curl route but he lost his footing and was slipping as he came out of his break. Normally a smart quarterback will come off fo this receiver and throw the ball to somebody else.
McBride had one hand on the ground and only one hand available to try to make the catch. What did 3rd year quarterback Kolb do?
He threw the ball anyway and the pass was picked off after being tipped in the air. This was a bad decision.
On the very next play, Kolb tried to connect with rookie tight end Cornelius Ingram who was well covered. Ingram set up over the middle with a linebacker on one side and another linebacker on the other.
There's no way in the world anybody could have gotten that ball to the young tight end. Kolb threw it any way and it turned into an off to the races situation for the defense.
The pass was deflected and picked off by safety Sean Jones.
The Eagles coaches don't say anything but every times he throws a couple picks like that in a row, it registers.
