Just when you think you have earned the heir apparent job at QB for the Eagles, they change the script on you...As of 1:30 p.m. on August 28, 2012, rookie Nick Foles was the Eagles' backup quarterback. And Mike Kafka was revealed by Andy Reid to be on the trading block.
Coach Reid didn't say it definitively, though, leaving the door open for a change of heart and/or mind before the regular-season opener. All Reid actually revealed after Tuesday's practice was that Foles would start over Trent Edwards in Thursday's preseason finale against the New York Jets.
On the surface that could be because the fractured left hand of Mike Kafka, who was limited to shotgun snaps on Tuesday, hasn't healed enough to allow him to play in this game. Kafka opened training camp as the backup, only to be knocked into limbo with that injury in the preseason opener.But the plot thickens.Mike Kafka, 6-3, 225, 3rd year out of Northwestern, was drafted by the Eagles in the 4th round in ...
Original Story:
|
August 29, 2012
