The Michael Vick signing by the Philadelphia Eagles is intriguing on several different levels. For one, I’m elated that Vick has a second opportunity. Vick served his debt to society and seems to have his life moving in the right direction. Obviously, there is one question that looms on everyones mind. Why would Philadelphia make such a move? The answer is simple. Michael Vick was brought in by Joe Banner and Jeffrey Lurie in an attempt to reclaim Philadelphia as an undisputed football city.

Until last year, Philadelphia has been unquestionably a football city. Despite the Eagles inability to take a victory stroll down Broad Street, the team has always had the city in its back pocket. No questions asked. However, that all changed last year. Not only did the Eagles fail to win a Superbowl, but a different team in Philadelphia found themselves taking the trip down Broad Street. Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, and the rest of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies have dominated headlines since that magical night on October 29th, 2008. The day that Philadelphia became a baseball city. By the way, that World Series celebration took the Phillies parading around Lincoln Financial Field, as if the team that normally calls that place home did not exist.

This move to bring in Vick instantly casts the Eagles back into relevancy. Across the nation, people will be reading about the Philadelphia Eagles. Certainly this story will headline ESPN for a few days, but it will also headline CNN for a day or two. And the Eagles need that. With a Phillies team poised to make a run at the 2009 World Series, the Eagles were falling out of the picture in Philadelphia.

Michael Vick is an exceptional athlete, and it would have been wrong for Roger Goodell to suspend him any further. One would assume that the Eagles signing Vick would not solely be based on gaining notoriety within the city. In addition, with that being said, the Eagles could use this one year deal to evaluate Vick as a potential successor to Donovan McNabb. If the Eagles like what they see, the squad can always extend Vick beyond his two year deal. However, if things don’t go as planned, the team is not even obligated to bring him back after this season. Not to mention there will probably be formations this year where Vick and McNabb are in the game at the same time. Already with Brian Westbrook, DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, and LeSean McCoy, and now Michael Vick, the Eagles are definitely going to have one of the most explosive offenses in football.

Overall, I would call this a good signing by the Eagles on a number of different levels. For one, the team bumps the Phillies off the radio airwaves in Philadelphia after their newly acquired Cy Young Award winner just pitched 8 strong innings against the Cubs. Furthermore, I think the team realizes that Vick still has some left in the tank. As a rehabilitated person, Vick could begin his comeback in “The City of Brotherly Love.”

For whatever reason, Andy Reid’s family issues has been widely published through the media. Whether you argue if it’s his problem or not, the excessive media coverage has to be affecting him in some way. This raises a big question:

Who will be coaching the Philadelphia Eagles if Andy Reid retires, gets fired, or resigns:

Now this is mere speculation, as the chances of Andy Reid’s job status being taken into question are unknown at this point, but…

The Eagles should be an interesting coaching situation if Andy Reid is not occupying the position next year. He’s going to be a tough guy to replace, and with (defensive coordinator) Jim Johnson approaching 67-years old it makes you wonder if the upper management is going to look to a defensive guy. The big names will be thrown around (Bill Parcells, Bill Cowher), but the Eagles probably will turn to a younger guy for the younger team they have.

There’s one potential candidate, who in my mind, stands above the rest and that would be Rex Ryan. First off, he is the son of former beloved Eagles coach Buddy Ryan. Ryan is widely considered one of the top assistant coaches in the league, being a part of the Ravens Superbowl 35 coaching staff, which consisted of Jack Del Rio and Marvin Lewis.

But hiring Ryan would require a great amount of trust in offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg, which could ultimately decide where the coaching spot goes in Philadelphia should Andy Reid get fired.

Again the article is just written from the perspective should Andy Reid resign or retire because of family issues, and in no way do I think he should be fired or resign being he’s one of the better minds in football.

According to Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Eagles have released linebacker Jeremiah “Axman” Trotter. This comes as a huge surprise considering that newly acquired Takeo Spikes and Trotter seemed to have developed a nice chemistry.

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