The Eagles really took a chance in trading Donovan McNabb to the division rival Washington Redskins.  They have essentially handed the keys to the car to Kevin Kolb who has started exactly 2 games in his NFL career.  Kolb has been careless to say the least with the football so far in his NFL career.  He certainly has the arm to succeed and he has a lot of weapons at his disposal so he will have a lot of pressure to produce right away.  The 25-year old Kolb played in 5 games for the Eagles last season and he completed 62 of 96 passes (64.6%) for 741 yards with 4 TD passes and 3 INTs (88.9 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 5 times for -1 yard (-0.2 ypc) last year.  Kolb has now played in 12 games in his career with the Eagles and he has completed 79 of 130 passes (60.8%) for 885 yards with 4 TD passes and 7 INTs (68.9 QB Rating).  Kolb has also carried the ball 21 times for -1 yard (0.0 ypc) in his career.  Kolb is 1-1 (50%) as a starting QB for the Eagles.

29-year old Michael Vick will be the Eagles’ safety net in case Kolb isn’t quite ready for prime time.  Vick played in 12 games for the Eagles last year and he completed 6 of 13 passes (46.2%) for 86 yards with 1 TD pass and 0 INTs (93.7 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 24 times for 95 yards (4.0 ypc) with 2 TD runs last season.  Vick has now played in 86 games in his NFL career and he has completed 936 of 1,743 (53.7%) for 11,591 yards with 72 TD passes and 52 INTs (75.9 QB Rating).  Vick has also carried the ball 553 times for 3,954 yards (7.2 ypc) with 23 TD runs in his career.  Vick has compiled a 38-28-1 (57.6%) record as a starting QB in the regular season.  The Eagles would likely have to go much more conservative if Vick was forced into the starting lineup.

22-year old Mike Kafka was picked in the 4th round out of Northwestern this past April.  He will likely be just holding a clipboard in 2010 for the Eagles.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE EAGLES QBs in 2010:  C

The Eagles have lost safety Marlin Jackson to a ruptured right Achilles tendon in practice.  He will miss the whole 2010 season for the Eagles.  In the Eagles’ initial depth chart Jackson was #2 at free safety behind rookie 2nd round pick Nate Allen.  This injury will hurt the Eagles because it will pretty much force them to start Allen with no fall back option.  Look for the Eagles to be scouring the rest of the free agent market for a veteran safety to bring in to back up Allen.

The Eagles have picked safety Kurt Coleman with the 244th pick of the NFL Draft (7th round).  He is 5′10″, 192 pounds and he runs a 4.6 40.  Coleman is a try hard player who often comes up just a bit short of being a NFL type player.  He will likely have to make the Eagles on special teams first before getting any chance of playing safety.  Coleman played in 12 games for the Buckeyes last season and he had 68 tackles, he broke up 4 passes, had 5 interceptions, he had 2.5 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and he forced 3 fumbles.  Coleman played in 49 games in his career at Ohio State in which he had 264 tackles, he broke up 14 passes, had 9 interceptions, 16.5 tackles for a loss, 3.5 sacks and he forced 6 fumbles.  It will be interesting to see if the Eagles can coach up Coleman.

The Eagles have picked DT Jeffrey Owens out of Georgia with the 243rd overall pick (7th round) of the NFL Draft.  Owens has the size to handle the job at 6′1″, 304 pounds but he doesn’t have much athletic ability limiting him to making plays between the tackles.  Owens played in 13 games for the Bulldogs last season in which he had 32 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks.  He played in 52 games in his time with Georgia in which he finished with 102 tackles, 12.5 tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks, he broke up 3 passes and he forced 2 fumbles.  Owens will have to really bring his A-game in training camp if he wants to make the Eagles’ opening day roster.

The Eagles have picked inside linebacker Jamar Chaney with the 220nd overall pick (7th round) of the NFL Draft.  He is 6′0″, 241 pounds and he runs a 4.59 40.  Chaney has great athletic ability for a inside linebacker but he needs covered up by the D-Line so that he can flow to the ball.  Chaney played in 12 games (all starts) at Mississippi State last season and he had 90 tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss, he had 2 sacks, broke up 2 passes and he had 2 interceptions.  Chaney played in 49 games (39 starts) at Mississippi State in his career there and he finished up with 288 tackles, 16 tackles for a loss, 4.5 sacks, he broke up 6 passes and he had 2 interceptions.  Look for Chaney to help out on special teams initially but if he responds well to Eagles’ coaches he can be much more than that down the road for them.