What now for Michael Vick and Nick Foles?  January, 16, 2013
With the news that former Oregon coach Chip Kelly has been hired
as the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, attention now
turns to the most important issue facing the team in 2013: Who
will play quarterback?  Some have assumed, based on the fact
that Kelly ran a speed-based option offense in college, that
hiring Kelly would increase the chances that the team keeps
Michael Vick. After all, Vick is a running quarterback in the
mold of the guys who've played for Kelly at Oregon, while Foles
is more of a pocket guy who doesn't get outside the pocket and
throw on the run. Simplistically, you can see how this makes
sense.  [+] EnlargeNick Foles Tim Heitman/USA Today SportsNew
Eagles coach Chip Kelly gushed over Nick Foles when the QB was
still in school. "[Foles] is as good as anyone in the country,"
Kelly said in 2011. But I don't think it necessarily does.
First, there are the financial consequences of keeping Vick on
the roster at his scheduled