The move to release Garcia isn't all that shocking. The Eagles lost McNabb after Week 1. At the time, Michael Vick was still suspended and Kevin Kolb had never started an NFL game. Now, Vick is back and Kolb became the first player in NFL history to throw for over 300 yards in each of his first two career starts. Plus, with a bye this week, it's likely McNabb will be ready to start in Week 5. There was simply no need to carry four quarterbacks.
After watching the painful tape of Sunday's loss to the Saints, Eagles coach Andy Reid decided Kevin Kolb's performance in his first start as an NFL quarterback was even better than he first thought.
"I thought he did some good things," Reid said Monday. "Can he learn from the interception on the second series of the second half? Yeah, he'll learn on that. But I thought overall he did a pretty good job, after having an opportunity to evaluate it."
The move to add a quarterback isn't particularly surprising. The Eagles don't have a third quarterback available for Week Two thanks to Michael Vick's suspension and if McNabb is too hurt to start you'd understandably want to shield him from playing at all. On one hand, Garcia's not a surprising choice since he spent 2006 with the team and knows the offense.
On a couple of other hands, though, the move is awfully intriguing.
Even though he doesn't want it to be the case, it could be the same old story for Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson: Miss the preseason.
After battling toe and groin injuries last season and finishing with a career-low 1,110 rushing yards, Tomlinson believes that if he plays some in the preseason, it will help him find a groove a little faster once the regular season starts.
The Chargers open the preseason Saturday against Seattle.
"This year is different," Tomlinson said to reporters on Monday. "I wouldn't rule out me not playing. It's always good to play at home in front of your home crowd, so I'll leave it at that. Let's see what the coaches come up with."
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Meet The ... Eagles, backed by two injury-prone, aging talents with yet another shot at fantasy greatness! Andy Reid and company have loaded up on new toys for Donovan McNabb. They are hoping to rekindle the memories of when a guy named T.O. was around. Finally, McNabb breathes deep and says, "Now I have enough playmakers." However, will he and his homeboy Brian Westbrook actually be able to stay healthy?
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Earlier this offseason Donovan McNabb said he wanted to see how the Eagles upgraded the roster before he would talk about a contract extension. After last fall, when things got so bad that Andy Reid benched McNabb for Kevin Kolb, it looked as if neither head coach nor starting quarterback would be in Philly another year, much less long term.
Just before Thanksgiving, Donovan McNabb's career in Philadelphia looked to be heading to its inglorious end. After getting benched in a blowout loss to the Ravens, there was nothing left to do but play out the season, pack up his stuff and get the hell out of town.
Then the Eagles won four of their final five games to sneak into the playoffs, made it to the NFC Championship before running into the Cards, and now McNabb appears to again be the team's quarterback of the future.
Donovan McNabb is a curiously odd fellow. However, he should probably remember to not do anything that involves fun when Joe Buck is calling his games. Buck and Troy Aikman gave McNabb some guff for picking up a phone by the Giants sideline during today's game and really, while he drew a flag, who cares? The game was over and Donovan was just doing something that made him smile. Unlike sitting behind Kevin Kolb.
Again, it's really not that big a deal; Buck just thinks that everyone should play the way he announces -- with zero emotion.
Yesterday, Andy Reid said something after the game to this effect -- "You sometimes have to take a step back to be able to go forward a thousand miles." I have no idea if that is the exact quote because, frankly, it makes zero sense.
Well, that "step back" must have been benching Donovan McNabb and his sexy gloves before taking that "thousand mile" journey to their Thanksgiving game against the Cardinals, because Reid just announced Donovan would be starting this Thursday.
Asked if McNabb would be the starter for the rest of the season, Reid said, "Yeah, as I sit here right now he's my quarterback. I'm telling you, he's the starting quarterback. If I thought different then I'd start the other guy."
I've been in turbulent relationships over the years and one thing I have learned is honest communication (I'm lying) is the only way to a successful relationship (I'm still single), so benching Donovan just to start him again in no way could be construed as mixed signals (me = bad at relationship advice).
Each week in the NFL, there are players that impress and players that distress. One week a certain quarterback might toss four touchdowns and run around with his finger in the air while the next he's laying on his back, holding his facemask as the other team returns one of his three interceptions for the game-winning score. With that in mind, here's Studs and Duds. Here's Week 12 at a glance, where we point out the horses destined for the Kentucky Derby and jeer those headed to the glue factory.
Studs
Matt Cassel and Randy Moss, New England (8 connections, 125 yards, 3 TDs) -- This team is starting to look a lot like 2007 if you ask me. Cassel has become comfortable, and is riding the huge wave named confidence to victory after dominating victory. Moss put out 100 percent on his routes, caught some beautiful passes from No. 16, who had himself a pretty decent game. Cassel has thrown for 815 yards and six touchdowns, and ran for one, in the last two weeks. I know Varsity Blues is a movie but if Gisele ends up leaving Tom Brady for the USC product I wouldn't be the least surprised. "Hey Tom ... I don't want, your life."
Coming off an easy victory in Kansas City, the Eagles have made a pair of roster moves involving big names. Jeff Garcia, who was brought in as quarterback depth after Donovan McNabb fell injured, has now been released. In a corresponding move, the Eagles have brought back linebacker Jeremiah Trotter for a third stint in Philadelphia. 
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With Fantasy Football season ready to kick in high gear, FanHouse is here to preview each and every team -- one per day until we've done them all. 
Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 
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Each week in the NFL, there are players that impress and players that distress. One week a certain quarterback might toss four touchdowns and run around with his finger in the air while the next he's laying on his back, holding his facemask as the other team returns one of his three interceptions for the game-winning score. With that in mind, here's 
