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So the Eagles got demolished yesterday. It happens. When you’re favorite baseball team, just won the World Series, it is hard to get worked up about a perennially underachieving team that is again underachieving.

The media is frenzied that McNabb got benched and to be honest, it did seem a strange time to bench him. The game was still close at that point and the Eagles desperately needed that win. But, the guy had it coming. 6 turnovers in the previous 6 quarters of football ain’t good. (Kevin Kolb kept up the pace by the way with 2 INTs in his 2 quarters of play, Go Eagles.) It seemed to be only a matter of time before he was benched and the Eagles started from scratch. It just seemed like an odd time to do it.

Reid said today that McNabb will be the starter on Thursday night when the Eagles play the Cardinals. This too seems like a strange move. Why take him out during a winnable game only to go right back to him now that making the playoffs is seemingly out of reach? I think McNabb is currently the Eagles’ quarterback on a game to game basis. If they lose another game they will be essentially eliminated from the playoffs and at that point, Reid will be hard-pressed not to go back to Kolb to see if he can be ready for next year, especially given that he has already shown a willingness to remove McNabb in big games.

I really don’t see (especially given McNabb’s painfully soft psyche) this being repaired and the Eagles bringing him back next year. It is really sad to think that after all these years, McNabb’s time in Philadelphia seems to really be nearing a close. He is the best quarterback (or pretty close) in franchise history and has been through a lot with this team and city so it is weird to think of this team without him. There comes an end to all eras (even Cal Ripken with the Orioles and Michael Jordan with the Bulls, neither of which McNabb with the Eagles comes anywhere near), but it will still be weird to see Kevin Kolb run out there and take the snaps next year (assuming McNabb really is gone and Kolb manages to win the job).

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