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The national talking head network had it right, after all. Andy Reid has named Michael Vick the Eagles’ starting quarterback.
Reid told reporters at NovaCare that up til now, he had told us what he believed — that Kolb would be the QB, but that Vick did “an exceptional job” the last two weeks. “It’s my obligation to make the proper decision” Reid said.
“Kevin Kolb wants to be the starting quarterback” but “he’s a team player,” Reid said.
Earlier: The Eagles’ signing of RB Joique Bell finally is official, and the roster move made to bring him aboard is a mild surprise. Hank Baskett, cut last year about this time just because Reggie Brown wouldn’t have caused too big a cap hit, is gone now for other reasons, presumably because with rookie Riley Cooper in the fold, Hank is redundant.
Baskett, a wideout who arrived in a 2006 trade with Minnesota, is best known for being married to reality TV star and former Playmate Kendra Wilkinson.
Bell was was signed off the Bills’ practice squad. The Eagles now have five running backs, if you include fullback Owen Schmitt, an unwieldy number, which is another reason the Baskett release seems odd.
Adding to the intrigue, the Eagles just released RB Martell Mallett from their practice squad — not odd, given the number of RBs on the roster — but they also released practice squad safety Chip Vaughn.
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