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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yeah. And that maybe Geno isn't ready to step in immediately.
And let's face it, Vick has maybe a 3-yr shelf-life left at this point. Even if everything goes right for him and he puts it all back together, he isn't a young man anymore. He's on his way out.
But I'd imagine that Kelly sees Vick as the absolute apha-version of the dual-threat QB he likes and just could not pass on the chance to give him a test drive in this offense. Really, can you blame him? It's possible that there's never been a better QB to run his system on any level.
But he's injury prone and he's not going to be around much longer. The Eagles, with Smith, would have a more mobile passer with skills that can play to the same type of offense that Kelly would run under Vick. Wheras with Foles, if Vick goes down, the whole offense would have to be scrapped (which is why I really think that Kelly brought in Dixon; his 'gameday' #2 to step in in case Vick goes down for a quarter or two).
And I could obviously be wrong. I just think people are sleeping on the Eagles a bit here and forgetting just how much Chip Kelly loved Geno coming out of HS.
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You don't sign two QBs to new contracts with another QB you just drafted, to take a QB in the first round.