Vick (McNabb) led the Eagles to a late field goal (because he's so preoccupied with not being pigeonholed as a running quarterback that he threw a terrible pass when he could have run the ball into the end zone himself on third down).
Vick (McNabb) almost brought the Eagles all the way back to beat the Packers (because, as usual, he fell short in the fourth quarter).
You get the idea. If McNabb had done exactly what Vick did, there would be the same amount of chatter about the Eagles' quarterbacks. But the clamor would be for benching the guy in question, not vaulting him into the starting job over the anointed No. 1 guy.
This is not about rehashing the Eagles' decision to trade McNabb. That's over and done with. The point is that the Eagles are so far through the looking glass now that fans and, very likely, teammates are energized by having a mobile and exciting QB - even one with some serious flaws - replace Kevin Kolb.
In other words, some of the people who advocated discarding McNabb for Kolb are now flush with enthusiasm for Vick - a QB more like McNabb, albeit demonstrably less adept or accomplished.
There is a technical football term for this: hilarious.
Less amusing is the set of circumstances that got everyone to this point. Andy Reid tried to play coy about whether Kolb could possibly start in Detroit. If the idea was to keep the Lions off balance, it was a waste of energy. Kolb did not pass the post-concussion test Wednesday morning and can't practice until Friday at the earliest. He hasn't been in meetings, either.
It would be bad football to stick Kolb out there under those circumstances. In the wake of the controversy over how the Eagles handled Kolb and Stewart Bradley after their injuries Sunday, it would be insanity to throw Kolb into a game without proper practice or prep time.
