Super Bowl Path And Making A Case For The Eagles To Start Michael Vick

So Mike Vick gets his shot at extended reps at starting QB and brings the Eagles within yards of winning a game that was completely out of hand.

Vick enters and seemingly singlehandedly drives this offense back to respectability.

Had it not been for a horrible play call on 4th-and-1, Vick may have been able to win the game, as the tie-creating score was yards away and Vick was, well, nearly unstoppable in his return.

So the controversy starts, one camp saying Vick is our best chance to win now and he deserves a shot.

Others say Kevin Kolb must be given his shot to turn into a franchise QB. They mention how Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, Brett Favre, and the Mannings all had horrible first years and that a QB gains necessary experience through failure. They say keep an eye on the future.

The Eagles, however, have something those teams didn't have: a franchise QB already. Michael Vick is a Pro Bowler, a playoff winner, and one of the most amazing talents to ever play the position.

He is four years older than Kolb, making his future prospects still quite bright. He is now two years back in the game and would appear to be his old self, as Green Bay's defense is quite strong and obviously would game-plan for when Vick was to enter the game on wildcat formations.

Should the Eagles really sit one of the most impressive talents in the league, one whom they play quite a bit anyhow because of his extreme talent, to wait and see if someone else can turn into a Pro Bowl player? Four years ago, would you even consider such a ridiculous question?

The truth is, Vick looked better than he did in Atlanta.  He was reading progressions, holding the pocket in pressure, and trusting his receivers more than his feet, actually to a fault at one point.

True, nobody knows what we exactly have in Kevin Kolb. We do, however, know what a healthy and well-practiced Michael Vick can do, or have we forgotten his last game before joining the Eagles, which was in fact vs. the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game?

I say embrace the future. It is time to start Vick. I see no reason he can't start for the Eagles at least the next five years if he plays as he has been capable of. Kolb isn't going anywhere, and if it turns out he is the better talent, he could once again start through a natural competition.

I say it is Vick, the Pro Bowler, the amazing talent, that could lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl. How long before Andy Reid gets the message?

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