Kick-Off Literally

The NFL had an interesting opening weekend. First, the Eagles had quite the game out of Michael Vick after Kevin Kolb went down with a concussion. Vick looked like his old self scrambling all over the field and moving the ball down the field with his arm as well as his feet. Also, I bet all those Cowboys fans are pretty furious that the final touchdown pass from Tony Romo got called back due to a holding call. After seeing the replay on ESPN this morning, it was most definitely a hold, so those fans cannot be too mad. Conversely, if you are Redskins fan, not only are you incredibly happy about that call, but I bet you're pretty happy that you signed Donovan McNabb away from the Eagles. Similarly to Vick, he looked a lot more mobile than he had been recently and his arm was looking good. Another stunner went down as the Colts got beaten by the Texans. We will see what happens with both of these teams down the road. So, it was an interesting opening week for the NFL. Unfortunately, I'm not playing fantasy football this year, but now I can just root for Philadelphia and be a fan for once.
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See Ya!

I was watching Donovan McNabb at his first minicamp with the Washington Redskins on ESPN News. That got me thinking about how hard it must be for him to learn an entirely different system. There have only been probably three major changes in Donovan's football career. He transitioned from Mount Carmel High School to Syracuse and from Syracuse to Philadelphia. However, it seems like in football every team runs a much different system and therefore would require almost an entire re-learning of the way the way to play football, especially for a quarterback. Certain teams require a quarterback to be a pocket passer while others prefer them to scramble when the opportunity arises. For a quarterback who was used to one system, it would be very difficult to change the entire way you view the game. Nevertheless, according to ESPN, McNabb is adjusting very well to Washington, and why wouldn't he? He is obviously a very intelligent guy not to mention a Pro Bowl quarterback. He led the Eagles to the Super Bowl and to a few conference championship, but I hope that he won't do that now in Washington! I think that the Eagles are in an interesting position right now. With Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick in the pocket, this season could be interesting. However, for a guy who got booed when he was drafted because Eagles fans wanted Ricky Williams from Texas (according to Wikipedia), we will miss him in Philadelphia!
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