Can Both Teams Lose A Trade?

With a flurry of B-Listers moving teams in the NFL right now, I wanted to take a moment to highlight a trade that made ZERO sense to me.

Philadelphia sends an overpaid backup quarterback to the Arizona Cardinals for their best cornerback, leaving behind a team that had a pretty awful defense to begin with.

Well, thats how the transaction wire should read anyways. Kevin Kolb, who lasted part of the first game last season as a starter, before Clay Matthews rode on his head in the grass, was shipped to the exile of the NFC West in exchange for an impact corner AND a second round pick.

If you think I'm saying that the Eagles have won this exchange, you'd be wrong. They both lost.

We all know Micheal Vick is a walking injury machine. It's not a question of IF he will get hurt, but WHEN. Trust me, I'm a Falcons fan. I watched way too much Doug Johnson and Kurt Kittner to know what happens when Vick gets hurt and there's no reliable backup to step in. Atlanta, just before the Vick dogfighting scandal broke, shipped out Matt Schaub. There was a steady undercurrent in the fan base that had tired of Vick and wanted to see more of Schaub. Well, we got to see more of him all right, lighting it up deep to Andre Johnson in Houston. Meanwhile, Vick goes to jail and Atlanta suffered through one of the most embarrasing seasons in franchise history. Now, Vick didn't get hurt you say? Not that time, but in Vicks career, he's only played an entire season once. Kolb was a valuable safety net.

As for the Cardinals, if you think this is the answer to all your QB woes, think again. I haven't seen enough of Kolb to think that he makes you substantially better. At best, you can hope for him to be Matt Cassell, at worst...Scott Mitchell. Shipping out your pro-bowl caliber cornerback is also not a great idea. If the Eagles plan is to win games 14-13 with their bolstered D, the Cards plan must be to lose games 41-38, and be without a 2nd round pick next year.

But maybe the Cards just want the #1 pick. That might be harsh, but I don't get this trade. Maybe I'll be proven wrong. Maybe Vick will last a full season. Maybe Kolb will be the spark the Cards offense needs.

Bold prediction: No postseason for either team this year. Now go prove me wrong, guys.