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SATIRE — The legend of Kevin Kolb is one that began three years ago, when the Philadelphia Eagles selected the University of Houston great in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft.

Kolb played sparingly in his first two seasons.

But when he did play, the Eagles were dominant.

In Kevin Kolb’s first game in the NFL, the Eagles scored 56 points against the Detroit Lions. In his second game, they scored 38 against the St Louis Rams. And in his third, they knocked off the eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

Late in the 2008 season, Kolb threw his first touchdown pass, a 107-yard strike to Ed Reed, which is the longest touchdown in NFL history.

He also threw a highlight reel 24-yard touchdown a few weeks later to Brandon McDonald of the Cleveland Browns.

In 2008, Kolb threw for 275 yards. He distributed them pretty evenly, throwing 144 to the Eagles and 131 to their opponents.

In 2009, Kolb made his first start in the NFL. He threw for 491 yards and three touchdowns (391 yards and two touchdowns to the Eagles, and 100 yards and a touchdown to the Saints). He concluded his epic performance with a 97-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sharper in the final minute of the game.

Heading into the 2010 season, Kolb had finally earned the starting job for the Eagles.

Kolb’s 2010 season was brilliant by anyone’s standards.

He completed 63.4 percent of his passes and threw just four interceptions all year. He posted an above-average passer rating and was sacked just 10 times.

Kolb’s best performance came when he torched the NFC’s top-seeded Atlanta Falcons with three touchdown passes.

And the following week, he threw a long touchdown pass to Cortland Finnegan of the Titans on the game’s final play.

Kolb has shown a knack for fourth quarter touchdown passes throughout his career. Just ask the aforementioned McDonald, Sharper and Finnegan.

And they’re not short touchdown passes either: 107 yards, 97 yards and 41 yards.

Donovan McNabb has never thrown a 107-yard touchdown pass or even a 97-yard touchdown pass. Neither has Michael Vick.

McNabb has never thrown a touchdown pass on the final play of the game. Neither has Vick. Kevin Kolb did it against Tennessee.

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By: Bryn Swartz, SJ Contributing Author, BR Writer

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