Back, like what I see

by Duf Anything and Everything

I left the house last night around 8:15 to pick up Ali at the airport.  Her flight was scheduled to land at 9:05.  Imagine my surprise when I get a text message from her at 8:20 saying her flight just landed.  It worked out ok though.  By the time they plane docked and Ali got her bag she only had to wait about 5 minutes until I got there.

I took party van 2.0 along with the dogs who were very happy to see Ali.  Sadie immediately made herself comfortable on Ali’s lap.  Ali was glad to be home even though she had a good time during her PA visit.  She didn’t get very solid sleep the entire time so she was pretty exhausted.  It felt good to have a non-canine bed companion once again.

I watched all of Kevin Kolb’s press conference yesterday.  I have to say I liked pretty much everything I saw and heard. Kolb has a quiet confidence that makes you feel like he can get the job done. I seriously am looking forward to next season.  It will be refreshing to have a new face behind center.  Surely there will be bumps in the road but I’m hopeful that by November Eagle fans will be glad that McNabb was sent packing.

I found Dave Spadaro’s comments interesting when I was watching the original announcement on Easter night.  He was talking about how the Eagles will be able to expand the offense with Kolb in control.  It sounded like what he was really saying was “since McNabb was inaccurate and not great at reading defenses the Birds had to scale down what they asked him to do”

I was surprised Spadaro would say something like that since he generally has to keep most of his commentary pretty vanilla as an employee of the Eagles.  He seemed very enthusiastic about the move.  I agree with his commentary.

How do you like this quote from Brian Baldinger?

“The Eagles get at least two chances to expose the same flaws they’ve been covering up for 11 years. It works against the Redskins that McNabb is still in the division. Andy Reid can finally stop covering up for one of the most overrated quarterbacks in the history of the game,” Baldinger said on the NFL Network