Philadephia Eagles: Are Vince Young's Days in Philadelphia Numbered?

The Philadelphia Eagles have been dubbed this year's NFL "Dream Team."

After Thursday's drubbing at the hand of the Pittsburgh Steelers, people may begin to rethink that bold nickname.

In any event, the game was just a preseason game that doesn't count in the win/loss column. Even so, Philadelphia Eagles fans should have a few concerns about their team.

The biggest concern is the health of quarterback Michael Vick. The electric quarterback is a gas to watch on a football field, but he frequently puts himself out there to be clobbered by the All-American men that play defense in the NFL.

In fact, in eight NFL seasons, Michael Vick has only had one 16-game season in his career.

This brings up the point that the Eagles need a strong backup to Michael Vick. After trading Kevin Kolb away to the Arizona Cardinals the second after the league was up-and-running again, the Eagles settled on Vince Young.

Now, Philadelphia is a notoriously tough town, especially on its athletes. Fans love their teams so much and will let players know if they disapprove in a heartbeat. For goodness sake, they booed Santa Claus.   

Vince Young played for the Tennessee Titans for five seasons before he fell out of favor with former Titans head coach, Jeff Fisher. Young suffered through injury problems, leading to mental instability in Tennessee.

The former No. 3 overall pick from Texas has been a disappointment in the NFL to say the least. These facts bring a few questions to mind: Is Philadelphia the best place to play for a mentally unstable NFL quarterback? Probably not.

Would Eagles fans be kind to Vince Young if he has to play and performs poorly? Probably not. 

Looking at the numbers, Vince Young has been outplayed to the fullest by now third-string Eagles quarterback Mike Kafka.

Kafka, a second-year player out of Northwestern has been pretty stellar spelling Vick and Young in the Eagles' first two preseason games.

Sure, Kafka has not thrown a pass in a regular season game, but he may get the opportunity this year should Michael Vick go down.

In two games in the preseason Kafka is 27-38 for 292 yards. He has thrown two touchdowns to just one interception and has five rushes for 36 yards. In comparison, Vince Young is only 8-13 for 79 yards and an interception.

Mike Kafka has been a model of consistency while Vince Young has been a crap-shoot.

After making so many brilliant moves this offseason, the Philadelphia Eagles would be stupid not to make Mike Kafka their No. 2 quarterback behind Michael Vick.

And should the organization in fact make this move, Vince Young should be released. The Eagles don't need the negative hoopla that would surround Young riding the bench.

Eagles fans: expect Vince Young to be out of Philadelphia before his Eagles career even begins.