>> andy reid tried to be really coy. first he said he wouldn't commit and then said he wasn't sure michael vick would play at all. too much time and emotion has been invested by vick, this community and franchise to prepare him to get to this point and not have him play. i believe they are preparing anywhere from 10 to 12 snaps, mostly in the wildcat and maybe in the shotgun. you will see vick on the field against the chiefs on sunday. >> sal paolantonio reporting from philadelphia. now the eagles could have one of four quarterbacks at their disposal sunday against the chiefs. could be kevin colb. how about michael vick. is it jeff garcia? herm edwards on how he sees the eagles quarterback situation playing out. >> if i am the head coach of the eagles, i am starting kevin kolb. he basically did a great job last week. three-point game going into halftime. he threw it fairly well down the field which he can do. he is athletic with a strong arm. the concern is that he turns the ball over. talking about michael vick, michael

. >>> straight up on "nfl live," michael vick is ready to play as an eagle, but how will andy reid juggle all his quarterbacks? sal has the latest from philadelphia. >>> tom brady and the offense are offensive. will they find any answers and will the falcons roll into town? they say steel melts at 2500 degrees fahrenheit. why the world champs are not who we thought they were. "nfl live" right now. >>> hi, everybody. welcome in to at edition of "nfl live." so glad you are here with us. trey wingo is here. mark schlereth is here, the coach, herm edwards is here. let's get this out on the table right away. yes, it is window paine day, we all called each other. get the jokes out of the way now. week three was supposed to be the week when the eagles finally had all their weapons together and ready to roll on offense. key words there, supposed to be. but as we know, donovan mcnabb suffering from a fractured rib and did not practice on game plan day as the eagles prepare for the chiefs at home. sunday's game is the first one that michael vick can play in. his first nfl regular season game since

coach andy reid said there is a chance he would play next week. his injury will be examined tomorrow. >>> elsewhere, the ravens and chiefs. 4th quarter, chiefs down by a score. brodie croyle over the middle and he stretches in for the 10- yard touchdown. nearly loses possession. this me tied at 24. the ravens' next possession, game still tied. joe flacco airs it out, over the shoulder catch to put the ravens ahead. they go on to beat the chiefs 38-24. >>> vikings quarterback brett favre, career touchdown number 464 felt just as good as number 1. favre reemerged from retirement for the second time this season and showed everyone he's still got it. there is favre, you'll see him in the jersey donning the purple and gold vikings uniform. one minute left in the third quarter. vikings up 4. favre the short pass to percy hard vin. he stretches in for the touchdown. favre from out of nowhere tackles him in celebration. the vikes up 24-17. vikings still leading when peterson gets some good blocks. nobody can take him down, 64 yards for the touchdown. pete

andy reid had it wrong, 389 yards sunday but he struggled on all other downs.ompleting half of his passes and throwing two interceptions on second, third or fourth down. >>> seahawks say they're prepared for play with the backup against the bears. matt hasselbeck has a rib injury. he says he has played a week after breaking a rib before and he absolutely hopes to play on sunday. >>> seahawks hosting the bears on sunday. for complete coverage of that game and everything else chicago, you know where to go, espnchicago.com. log on and check it out. >>> you remember michael crabtree, he's that texas tech receiver who made that catch to beat texas last season? you've seen it a hundred times. you haven't hardly seen crabtree since. he's the only guy drafted in april who hasn't signed on the dotted line. the 49ers picked him 10th, reportedly guaranteed him $16 million. crabtree not interested. but are the jets interested in him? the 49ers say new york is and they've tampered with their pick and they've filed tampering charges. >> we'll let the nfl figure that one out.

. >> again, that was andy reid today. kevin kolb had his first start in place of the injured mcnabb. 31-51, 391 yards, two touchdowns and three costly interceptions. i want to bring in sal paolantonio on the phone now from philadelphia. sal was at the press conference and spoke to mcnabb. what is the latest? >> well mike, i did speak with donovan mcnabb. let's take andy reid first. he has a very difficult juggling job at the quarterback position. he has to figure out if mcnabb can play. all of the indications are that mcnabb will not be ready. i talked to mcnabb on monday morning. he said he is still in pain and doesn't know if he can play on sunday against the chiefs. he said "we will see how it goes. it is only monday." but he did not sound optimistic. he has to prepare fist offense for the return of michael vick. vick is making his nfl debut after more than two years away from the game. team sources say they are preparing an extensive package of plays for vick. he is likely to be the backup starter to kevin kolb, shotg

andy reid had it wrong, 389 yards sunday but he struggled on all other downs.ompleting half of his passes and throwing two interceptions on second, third or fourth down. >>> seahawks say they're prepared for play with the backup against the bears. matt hasselbeck has a rib injury. he says he has played a week after breaking a rib before and he absolutely hopes to play on sunday. >>> seahawks hosting the bears on sunday. for complete coverage of that game and everything else chicago, you know where to go, espnchicago.com. log on and check it out. >>> you remember michael crabtree, he's that texas tech receiver who made that catch to beat texas last season? you've seen it a hundred times. you haven't hardly seen crabtree since. he's the only guy drafted in april who hasn't signed on the dotted line. the 49ers picked him 10th, reportedly guaranteed him $16 million. crabtree not interested. but are the jets interested in him? the 49ers say new york is and they've tampered with their pick and they've filed tampering charges. >> we'll let the nfl figure that one out.

andy reid will keep it simple for kevin kolb and new orleans is easy against the spread.he eagles are only going to need to score 20. >> lots of positives for the titans despite the loss to the steelers. the former oilers are an impressive 6-1 when they that's texans in nashville, who do you like there? >> last week thomas jones ran for 107 yards and i expect chris johnson and lenn del white to have similar success even if the track comes up sloppy. there's a little bit of revenge and houston stopped the win streak late last season i'll be interested to see if matt schaub's ankleal is 100%. the first half of the last two seasons against spread, tennessee gets check. >> all right, hammer, before you go, give us two more. >> the best thing for carolina is for jake delhomme to get out of town and the second best is to hand off to test atlanta's defense and atlanta is 1-16 against the spread at homecoming off a home win, the visitor gets check. kansas city allowed 198 yards rushing to baltimore, today deron mcfadden and michael bush will be running for oakland. kansas city is

. >>> andy reid and the eagles take on the panthers.s trailing and trent flies in and he fumbles and victor recovers it in the end zone. eagles go up 10-7. they are defense forced seven turnovers. and the panthers, they punt it to deshawn jackson. fields it at the 15 yard line and jackson is a speedy guy. and apparently, he's wearing some sort of no-tackle cologne. he goes 85 yards for the touchdown. philadelphia leads it, 17-7. very next weeg eagles's possession. donovan mcnabb dumps it off to brent sell lick. he muscles his way into the end zone and then the touchdown celebration. kids don't try this because you'll get in trouble like the eagles. they still win but donovan mcnabb left with a broken rib. reid says there's a chance he'll play next week. >>> we'll go to baltimore, ravens, chiefs. todd hailly and brodie coil gets an earful. thourt quarter, the chiefs are down by seven. tight end shawn ryan dives in for the touchdown and chiefs tie the game at 24. we got a ball game. the ravens would turn to joe flacco. no sophomore slump

andy reid says that vick will get in if donovan mcnabb can't go?> regardless of what i'm doing this week just to suit up and be able to go out and play in the game when it counts. this is a dream come true season for me. and in my eyes i've already won a super bowl. >> vick's alma mater continues. parade roles on. hokies and miami. hokies are ranked number 11 in the polls making this just the 20th showdown between two ranked teams in the history of the stadium and it is the acc opener for tech making it double important. >> they are a complete football team. big game for us. first conference game on our side. really important for both us. >> we have played two really big games already in three weeks. we understand what it is going to be like and what we need to do. >> baseball and nats trying to delay a dubious milestone tonight. one more loss and they reach 100 for the second year in a row. rogers beat them 14-2 last night. number 99. there are 12 games left in the season. >>> nhl season opening a week from tomorrow and first time in 20 years it w

we need to wait and see what andy reid and donovan mcnabb will have to say. we will bring the news conferences right here. and an incredible finish between the bengals and broncos. cincinnati grabs a lead late in the sixth. kyle orton, and pass tipped in the air. and e.a., take us through this, how on earth did the bengals lose this game? >> what an incredible head's up play by stokley. tipped and overthrow. that is what we teach, tips and overthrows have to be defense. stokley running the football and making it happen. congratulations to the broncos, by hanging on and playing quality, quality defense and then making a big play when it counts. >> you know, as a former defensive back here in this situation and you are seeing that play for the first time we're seeing it, how do you allow the wide receiver on a tip to get behind the defense in that situation? >> the ball is the key. when the ball is in the air, we are taught to attack the football. the football is ours. everyone is rallying to the football. the safety, mind you, is trying to deliver a big hit on

andy reid caught wind of his weight loss, so reid called friedgen to get the information and he's nowlowing suit. the coaches feel so good, they actually joke about the suits they can wear when they hit their goal. >> all the fat coaches in america can get skinny again. andy's talking about doing, he's talking about seeing if he c do a swimsuit calendar together. >> what do you think? >> i told him i have the speedo and he has the thong. >> well, my question is, what month would you want if you were part of that swimsuit calendar? >> probably december. >> you're supposed to be on the cover. >> oh, the cover. >> a lot of people might buy that if he was on the cover of a swimsuit calendar. you guys think so? >> hmm -- >> all right. enough said, ralph friedgen. >> we're proud of him for what he's doing for his health. >> and they should be proud of him. his daughter went on a diet with him, she lost 40 pounds. the company has made him a spokesperson for medifast and there is a business relationship there and it's becoming much more popular for people especially with the coaching lifestyl

he's eligible to play for the eagles, practicing and preparing with andy reid's squad. >> i think he's in pretty good shape. i'm not sure, you know, exactly, how we'll use him or, you know, if he'll play or how much he'll play, so -- but he -- you know, i think he's in better shape than he was at that particular time. you know, he'd put on a couple pounds, i mentioned that, when he was out of football, and he's back down now. looks like he's moving around pretty good. john: so kevin kolb expected to get the start, but michael vick now lurking in the shadows. kolb completed nearly twice as many passes in week two against the saints than he had combined in his previous two seasons. that was his first nfl start against the saints. kolb threw his first nfl touchdown in nine career games. dethrow three interceptions, though, and for his career, has seven picks to go with his two touchdown passes. so kolb expected to start, but michael vick eligible to play somewhere. also at this hour, hey, no stroke of luck that chad ochocinco found bengal fans to embrace his lambeau leap on sunday. 85 gav

so andy reid says -- >> i want to make it very clear, kevin cobb right now is the starter quarterbackyou go out to practice, you'll see kevin cobb as a starter. if donovan cannot play this week, kevin will be the starting quarterback and then michael we took off the exempt list and he's able to practice only. he cannot play in the game. so therefore jeff garcia becomes the backup. if again -- if don than's healthy he's the number three. if don than is not healthy enough to play, then he is the number two. >> we can say this with great certainty, whoever lines up under center we'll not only bring you highlights but also their postgame news conferences. it is the blitz blitz every sunday yours truly with eric allen. complete recaps, analysis and news conferences of all the early games. 4:00 eastern here on espnews. >> was that the show you told me was the best show on tv? >> better than seinfeld. >> giants-rockies, we'll talk to >> giants-rockies, we'll talk to rich sutcliffe next. handoff. dorsett up the middle. here he goes! what does greatness taste like? cuts to his right! he's goin

head coach andy reid says even though starter donovan mcnabb is hurt, vick will still take a backup toin kolb. vick hasn't played in two years but he'll likely play a few days. pedialyte helped colt mccoy beat the flu and texas tech. he had the flu all week be a struggled in the first half against tech saturday so at halftime he downed the drink and a few pb & js and felt better. moms, listen up. he completed almost every pass and complete add touchdown. ped yeahlyte and pb & j. >>> the team made him a personal guest on saturday, that included a tour of the field, the clubhouse, got to meet the players and take in the game and got a bag full of free goodies or swag as the people call it. that's a look at sports. robin? >> thank you. >>> an 88-year-old beat off three people he says tried to rob him. he says they were dragging his safe out of his house when he got out of his wheelchair and went after them. >> his adrenaline must have kicked in or something. >> they didn't know who they were picking on. >> they didn't know. i did a job on them. >> all right. he says they dropped the safe

philadelphia eagles head coach andy reid stated that, quote, he, johnson, really represented everything the city of philadelphia is all about with his toughness and grit. that's the way he fought his cancer. it is clear that mr. johnson made a large impact on those around him, on and off the field. sadly mr. johnson passed away from mel nomea on july 28, 2009, at the age of 68. although he has left this world, he'll forever be remembered for his accomplishments. i rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in honoring mr. johnson and expressing our condolences to his family and passing by supporting h.res. 693. thank you, mr. speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. speaker. on behalf of the committee on oversight and government reform, i'm proud to present house resolution 693 for consideration. this resolution serves to honor the life and accomplishments of nfl coaching legend jim johnson as well as extend our condolences to the johnson family on h

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andy reid said even though donovan mcnabb is hurt vick will take a back seat to kevin cobb.k hasn't played in two years but will probably see a few plays on the field slowly but surely. moms listen up, pedialyte and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches helped colt mccoy beat the flu at texas tech. mccoy had the flu all week, struggled in the first half against tech saturday. at halftime he downed the pedialyte and had a few pbjs and felt much better in the second half. he completed almost every pass he threw and had a touchdown. >> pedialyte and peanut butter, protein. >> for the flu. lastly, 102-year-old dodger fan got the chance of a lifetime and the crew saw his dream come true when they made him a guest on his birthday. got to meet the players and take in a game and got a bag full of free stuff. that's a look at sports. >> sweet. >>> what are you doing next tuesday night? not you, rafer. exciting addition to our lineup coming your way. the joy behar will air every night at 9:00 p.m. at hln. you're in bed by nine. >> what i'm doing tonight. there's a book party happening. >

andy reid said even though starter mcnabb is hurt vick will still take a back seat to current backupasn't played in two years but they say he will probably play a few plays sunday. >>> if you have the flu, listen up, or if you know somebody who does, texas quarterback colt mccoy was battling flu symptoms in the longhorn's game against texas tech. he didn't do so well so in the first half downed bee alight and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and came out feeling better and completed every pass in the second half, including this td, leading them a win over tech. >> peanut butter and jelly time. >>> a man got a chance of the life time. the crew saw his dream come true when the team made him his personal guest on his 102nd birthday. that included a tour of the field, clubhouse and he got to meet the players and take in a game and a bagful of goodies. >>> this just in -- the ap is reporting former super bowl star plaxico burress has been sentenced for two years in prison for the new york city nightclub incident when he accidentally shot himself in the thigh. that is the time we expecte