That outing could be the last bit of information we get for a while, however. If Donovan McNabb is able to return on Sunday against Kansas City, Kolb's next start is scheduled for the game after McNabb retires.
That schedule could change, of course. McNabb might get hurt or benched again. Kolb could be traded, released or merely reach his own retirement age before the next opportunity comes around. He could be supplanted in the backup role by Michael Vick or Jeff Garcia or some kid who is in middle school now.
There's no way to tell, and today's game didn't give much clue as to which way this thing will go. Did the organization come out of the game with more confidence in Kolb than it had going in? After all, he stood out there and looked like a quarterback, threw the ball for 391 yards and didn't put his helmet on backward or run into the wrong huddle even once. He threw two touchdown passes, one a classic stand-in-the-pocket-hit-the-target dart on a deep slant to DeSean Jackson and the other an improvised, under-pressure creation to Jason Avant.
On the other side of the chart, Kolb couldn't boost the Eagles into the end zone during a pair of red-zone drives in the first half when they might have taken control of the game. He threw an interception early in the second half when it really counted, threw another when the game was pretty much decided and tossed a Hail Mary turnover after the Eagles didn't have a prayer.
It was a strange game, and it seems those are the only kind that Kolb is invited to join. He was little more than a hall monitor when he took over for McNabb in the opening-game rout in Charlotte, and was just raw meat thrown at the Ravens last season in his other extended opportunity.
