One guy who has no problem with controversial quarterback Michael Vick taking some of snaps for the Eagles is starting QB Donovan McNabb.
McNabb said he won’t mind yielding some snaps to Vick and warned opponents that the two quarterbacks could be on the field together at times.
Vick was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles to add a different dimension to the team's offense, not to push McNabb for a starting job. It's likely that Vick, a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback in six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, will be used in a variation of the Wildcat formation.
But even in that scenario, McNabb won't necessarily be watching from the sideline.
“I'll be a receiver. I might be a tight end," he said Monday. “You never know where I'll be."
McNabb's admission may surprise some fans. Starting QB's aren't always known for being OK with someone else handling the ball.
The five-time Pro-Bowler doesn't consider Vick a threat to his job.
“I've been through many situations here throughout my career when they've cheered for the backup,'' McNabb said. “It happened with [Jeff] Garcia. It happened with [Kevin] Kolb. It happened with A.J. [Feeley]. I'm used to that.''
“I kind of can be a mentor to him, give him an opportunity to get his feet under him, get his life together,'' said McNabb.
McNabb, who has known Vick since his college days, liked the idea of bringing in the former Falcons QB.
“In mid-July before training camp started, I asked Coach [Andy] Reid if we would be interested in having Michael [Vick] join the Eagles and explained why I thought it would be good for both Michael and the team (Andy and I have an understanding that we will never discuss the details of our private exchanges). There was another time during camp where the subject was brought up again by me. It was not until Kevin Kolb was injured last Monday that I was given any indication that something might happen with Michael,” wrote McNabb in his Yardbarker blog.
So McNabb seems to be on board with this Vick experiment. The question remains how fans will react.
