Apparently newly acquired Eagles QB Jeff Garcia has separated himself all that much from last year's backup Koy Detmer or this story might not have surfaced.
"The problem is Garcia either is not good at or has never been a very good holder for field goals, while Detmer has held for Akers for years now. Per NFL rules, if your third string QB comes onto the field to play your 1st and 2nd QBs are done. They can no longer play. So if Detmer is their #3 and they need him to hold for field goals both McNabb and Garcia would not be allowed to reenter the game. So now, Garcia finds himself possibly ending up the Eagles #3.!"
I'm not sure if this is totally accurate because I think if the 3rd stringer comes in, only the 1st string QB is done. Either way, it doesn't help Garcia's situation. One would think someone else would be able to handle 'holding' duties, but if Garcia hasn't looked any better than Detmer in camp, which is possible, than this added ability as stupid as it sounds could be the difference.
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http://www.windycitygridiron.com/story/2....
"The problem is Garcia either is not good at or has never been a very good holder for field goals, while Detmer has held for Akers for years now. Per NFL rules, if your third string QB comes onto the field to play your 1st and 2nd QBs are done. They can no longer play. So if Detmer is their #3 and they need him to hold for field goals both McNabb and Garcia would not be allowed to reenter the game. So now, Garcia finds himself possibly ending up the Eagles #3.!"
I'm not sure if this is totally accurate because I think if the 3rd stringer comes in, only the 1st string QB is done. Either way, it doesn't help Garcia's situation. One would think someone else would be able to handle 'holding' duties, but if Garcia hasn't looked any better than Detmer in camp, which is possible, than this added ability as stupid as it sounds could be the difference.
Original Story:
http://www.windycitygridiron.com/story/2....
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