| The Philadelphia Eagles have been one of the | | | | McNabb and A.J. Feeley. In 2008, he saw little time |
| more successful teams in the National Football | | | | at the position as well. Due to an injury to |
| Conference over the last ten years. They are | | | | McNabb, Kolb found his way into the starting |
| tied for third in number of wins in the decade, | | | | quarterback job in 2009 and immediately showed |
| have made a Super Bowl appearance, and went | | | | he had talent by becoming the first NFL |
| to four straight NFC Championship Games. | | | | quarterback ever to throw for more than 300 |
| Quarterback Donovan McNabb played a large role | | | | yards in each of his first two starts. |
| in all those successes, but he is gone now and the | | | | The 2009 offseason saw the Eagles trade |
| team is being turned over to Kevin Kolb. | | | | Donovan McNabb away to the Washington |
| Kolb played college football at the University of | | | | Redskins and hand the team over to the strong |
| Houston and was drafted into the NFL by | | | | armed Kevin Kolb. He is joined by other talented |
| Philadelphia in the second round of the 2007 NFL | | | | offensive players like Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy, |
| Draft. He and the Eagles both hope he is more | | | | and DeSean Jackson and are one of the more |
| successful than two other University of Houston | | | | formidable younger teams in the league. How |
| products, Andre Ware and David Klingler. So far, it | | | | successful Kolb is remains to be seen, but the |
| looks like he will be. He sat on the bench during his | | | | Eagles should be an exciting team to watch from |
| first season as the third string quarterback behind | | | | here on out. |
