At least that’s what Eagles coach Andy Reid feels.

Yes, Kevin Kolb will be starting for the Philadelphia Eagles once the 2010 NFL football season gets here. That’s right, Kolb will finally get the opportunity to show Eagles fans why their team drafted him three years ago.

And as far as Kevin Kolb is concerned, he’s ready for the challenge ahead. Andy Reid has already talked about how much confidence he has in Kolb and the command his young quarterback has over the Philadelphia Eagles offense. Kolb feels it’s his time to show the rest of the world that he is a star in the NFL.

”Everything I’ve done in my life has led to this,” Kevin Kolb said. ”I’m ready to roll and lead this team.”

”I didn’t even blink when Andy told me. I really didn’t,” Kolb said, referring to him being promoted to the starting role. ”I’m excited about it. I’m sure it will have a little drama, but it will be a fun ride. I truly have that outlook on it. I think this team will surprise some people.”

”I trusted the organization, I trusted Andy to get me here one day,” Kolb added. ”The times last year when I started that I felt I was ready, but the team wasn’t ready, maybe the city wasn’t ready. I knew Andy would put me in the situation to be the starter.”

Of course, you can’t blame some people who feel Kolb shouldn’t be…

Because a player like him certainly won’t settle being a gadget player for the remaining days of his career.

And in case you haven’t notice, that’s exactly how his new team, the Philadelphia Eagles, have been using him this 2009 NFL football season, a gadget player. For a guy who was once the highest paid quarterback in the NFL, it’s probably eating him inside the way the Eagles have been using him, sparingly, in the field.

And if the Philadelphia Eagles don’t give him more minutes on the playing field soon, the guy they signed for $ 1.6 million could move to Buffalo. You see, the Bills were one of those teams that initially wanted him anyway and since the Bills are struggling at the quarterback position, getting Vick makes sense.

Tony Dungy, the former NFL head coach who helped lead the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLI and now serving as the adviser to Michael Vick (among others…) claims that Vick could end up in Buffalo since the Bills and Michael Vick ”talked originally” when his man was still looking for a job in the NFL.

Vick could definitely help the Buffalo Bills, one way or another, since he is a lot better than anybody they have at quarterback in Buffalo.

”I told Michael to just worry about this year,” Tony Dungy said. ”It’s technically up to Philadelphia. If they want him back, he has to stay there. If they don’t, there are some teams looking for quarterbacks; Cleveland, St. Louis and Washington.”

”But I think a dark horse is Buffalo. They talked…”

Can both the Eagles and the Redskins keep up with the better half of the NFC East?

That’s what both teams will be hoping for as Week 7 of the 2009 NFL football season concludes at FedEx Field where the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Washington Redskins for a big NFC East rivalry game.

After six weeks, both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins are still playing catch up to the Cowboys and the Giants in the NFC East. Week 6 was tough for both too as the Eagles were shocked by the Raiders 13-9 while the Redskins have once again ”awarded” somebody their first win of the season, giving the Chiefs their first win of the year 14-6.

Let’s start with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles were the NFC favorite coming into the season and were supposed to be an offensive juggernaut, yet last week they only got nine points in a humiliating loss to the Raiders.

What’s even more troubling is, they actually have a good running game, it’s just that they choose to not take advantage of it. The Eagles average 4.3 yards per carry but they only average 23.2 attempts per…

And in this face-off between two of the best young quarterbacks in the league, who’ll have the edge?

That’s right, Week 6 of the 2009 NFL football season continues in the ATL as the birds take on the Bears on Sunday Night Football. Both teams are on a roll with the Falcons bouncing back from their loss to the Patriots in a big way and the Bears winning three straight after starting the year with a loss to Green Bay.

Both the Atlanta Falcons and the Chicago Bears have an impressive 3-1 start after four games. And since both of ‘em are still playing catch-up to the Saints and the Vikes, both still undefeated at this point of the season, you can bet your ass that both the Falcons and the Bears want the win on Sunday night.

For the ATL, they have the fiery second year quarterback in Matt Ryan. He caught the league off guard last season as he led the birds to the kind of year nobody saw coming. You see, the Falcons were suppose to struggle in the post Michael Vick era but thanks to Ryan, he made sure nobody from the ATL will miss No.7.

The Atlanta Falcons rewarded Ryan this season for his exploits last year, getting him arguably the best tight end in the game today in Tony Gonzalez. After four games, Tony G had 19 receptions, 215 receiving yards and two touchdowns. And since the Chicago Bears, judging from…

It’s too bad that the league lost another one of its premiere stars to prison.

Plaxico Burress, the former Super Bowl star of the New York Giants, was sentenced to two years in prison for possessing a weapon at a Manhattan nightclub. He will be supervised for two years after his release.

Burress pleaded guilty before the start of the 2009 NFL football season to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He expects to begin serving time immediately and says he hopes to return to football.

The gun, which Plaxico Burress was carrying, was not licensed in New York or in New Jersey, where he lived. He had been charged on two counts of weapons possession and one count of reckless endangerment.

No charges were filed against Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce, who was with Burress the night of the incident, drove him to the hospital and took the gun to his home in New Jersey before arranging to have it returned to Burress.With time off for good behavior, Burress likely will serve 20 months. He could be released from prison as early as the spring of 2011 and will be monitored an additional two years after he is freed.Burress hired a consultant to teach him how to use his time in prison productively and is already planning for a comeback in the NFL just like Michael Vick, who was given the second opportunity after committing a crime.

”When I get out, I’ll be 33, not 43,” Burress said in an interview…

Um… Probably not.

But on him OFFICIALLY returning to the field on Week 3 of the 2009 NFL football season, that’s a certainty since NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has finally cleared Vick to play for the Eagles on the third week of the season.

That’s right, Michael Vick will be officially back in the National Football League. After a surprise signing by the Philadelphia Eagles on Aug. 13 with a one-year deal for $1.6 million with a team option for a second year at $5.2 million, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has been cleared to return in week 3 of the regular season.

”We’re looking for a success story here,” said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who announced his decision last week in a question – and – answer session with writers. ”We would like to see him be successful, and this is a transition to hopefully maximize the opportunity for him to be successful.”

You can bet your ass the entire Philadelphia Eagles organization is hoping for the same.

Goodell suspended Vick indefinitely in August 2007 after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback admitted bankrolling a dogfighting operation on his property in Virginia. At the time, Goodell said Vick must show remorse before he would consider reinstating him.

Vick was released from federal custody July 20 after serving 18 months of a 23-month prison sentence for his role in running a dogfighting ring in Virginia. Previously, Goodell said he would consider Vick for full reinstatement by…

And we have a number of ‘em.

We have a few notable events that took place in Week 1 that could have a bearing on Week 2 NFL betting action. Yes, we already have some costly injuries after a week of the 2009 NFL football season and these just might change the way you bet on certain games.

Listed as a Pick’em prior to their season opener against the Carolina Panthers, the Philadelphia Eagles had no trouble enabling their bettors to cash in, hammering the hometown Panthers 38-10.

The impressive victory however came at a cost as Eagles starting QB Donovan McNabb suffered a fractured a lower left rib. As the team begins practicing for its home opener against the New Orleans Saints this weekend, the game is currently off the board, it seems as if they are preparing for the possibility that McNabb could be gone for at least two weeks.

Although head coach Andy Reid is quoted in the USAToday as saying McNabb is ”going to do everything he possibly can to play this week” the team is making moves that say otherwise.

Firstly, the Eagles activated suspended QB Michael Vick from the exempt list, setting the stage for the former Falcon pivot to practice with the team. Vick won’t be able to see action until Game 3.

Philadelphia also acquired former backup QB Jeff Garcia who went 6-2 as a starter when McNabb was injured in 2006.

Despite the McNabb injury, the Eagles’ odds to win the NFC East are actually improved, moving from +240 in the preseason to its current +180, as bettors liked what they’ve seen, even if McNabb is on the shelf for a couple of weeks.

Another key injury heading to Week 2 is the loss of…

Probably since Erin Andrews chose her to be her confidant when she finally broke her silence about the whole peephole video situation.

And yes, some people are still looking for the now infamous Erin Andrews nude peephole video on the Internet. And while Ms. Andrews is no longer the hottest bit of news on the web these days, (probably because of Brett Favre AND Michael Vick both making their way back to the NFL…) she found a way to still be relevant by talking to the queen of the talk shows, Oprah.

Yes, ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was on the Oprah Winfrey show talking about the secretly videotaped nude footage of her which was distributed on the Internet. Winfrey’s interview with Andrews will air Friday, Sept.11, as part of a ”Summer Headlines” show that previews the 24th season of ”The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

In the interview, Erin Andrews tells Oprah Winfrey that she ”opened up the computer (and) could feel my heart pounding.” Andrews’ attorney has said the blurry five-minute video was shot at a hotel without her knowledge and she plans to seek criminal charges and file lawsuits against whoever shot the video and anyone who publishes it.

It was not clear when the video of Andrews in the hotel room first appeared on the Internet. The person who first posted the video didn’t identify the nude woman, and Andrews’ attorney later confirmed the video was of the 31-year-old reporter.

Andrews, a former University of Florida dance team member, was an Internet sensation even before the video’s circulation. Some web sites have referred to her as ”Erin Pageviews” because of the traffic she can generate, and Playboy magazine named her ‘’sexiest sportscaster” in both 2008 and 2009.

She has covered numerous sports for the network since…

If you’re still hoping that Vick will eventually land the starting QB job in Philly then you’re in for a huge disappointment this year.

Vick is returning to the National Football League this 2009 NFL football season after serving 18 months of a 23-month sentence for his role in running a dog fighting ring in Virginia. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback was once the league’s highest-paid player and is looking to get his professional career back on track.

But can a guy like Michael Vick really help a Philadelphia Eagles team that already has two good quarterbacks? I don’t expect this guy to replace Donovan McNabb anytime soon and there are rumors that he isn’t even Philly’s no.2 guy with backup quarterback Kevin Kolb primed to land the job before the season starts.

So where does that leave Michael Vick if he can’t land the starting job AND the backup one? Well, the way for Vick to help the Eagles this season is to be able to do a lot more than just standing behind the center throwing footballs.

Vick can be a return man for one. That way, the Philadelphia Eagles can take advantage of Vick’s uncanny speed, provided that the speed the Eagles gladly paid for is still there.

Vick also has the option of lining up as a receiver, coming in motion , taking a pitch and heading to the edge. The Eagles can fake a handoff to him and watch the entire defense roll to his side to account for his speed. The Eagles can then go to the other side of the field for some favorable matchups that hopefully will be there.

As a receiver, Vick can be considered in shotgun formation…

Why wouldn’t they when Vick, believe it or not, is the hottest thing going in the NFL right now?

Yes, BetUS.com is primed and ready for the 2009 NFL football season, posting odds on how good or how bad will this Michael Vick experiment do in Philadelphia this year.

And yes, in case you missed it, the Philadelphia Eagles just signed Michael Vick for two years a few days ago. And while majority of their fans just hate the move, those guys really don’t have much of a choice.

The announcement of Vick’s signing with the Philadelphia Eagles has sparked just about every possible emotion from fans across the country, as well as no shortage of speculation as to how his future will play out. This being the case, BetUS.com posted odds on Michael Vick’s return to professional football, as well as what the landscape of other criminal activity will look like this year in the NFL.

”For obvious reasons Michael Vick is currently one of the most polarizing figures in professional sports,” stated BetUS.com spokesman Reed Richards. ”Since his deal with the Eagles was announced our website has been flooded by fans looking for answers, and our oddsmakers were up to the task providing odds on everything from the off-beat to the analytical.”

However, those oddsmakers BetUS.com keeps on talking about might have to wait a little bit since we all know Donovan McNabb is still the starting quarterback in Philly. And to make matters worse, Vick is not even Philadelphia’s backup quarterback.

Yes, Kevin Kolb still has that job, demoting Vick from…