Vick, Curtis, and Demps Highlight Eagles' Inactives

Written By Bob Cunningham On Sunday, December 27, 2009

Trevor Laws is also inactive today against Denver.


Kevin Curtis is inactive today. I know, take your time to let the shock set in. But -- and here's the real kicker -- he's a healthy scratch. Everyone take a second and say "So long" to Curtis' time in Philly.

Joining him are Michael Vick, who will be the emergency third quarterback, Quintin Demps, Martin Rucker, Geoffrey Pope, Mike McGlynn, Trevor Laws, and Stacy Andrews.

In Demps' place will be Macho Harris returning kicks. Jeremy Maclin and Brian Westbrook are both active today but will probably have their time limited as neither player is 100 percent.

The two biggest disappointments on this list have to be defensive tackle Trevor Laws and offensive lineman Stacy Andrews. Laws is a former second round pick, taken two spots ahead of DeSean Jackson, and Andrews was the big free agent splash for the Eagles this year (discounting Mike Vick, of course).

Laws has been a disappointment since day one. He didn't see the field a whole lot as a rookie, and this year he's been battling injuries since training camp (even though he's a healthy scratch today). The Eagles felt comfortable enough to cut Dan Klecko because of their confidence in Laws, but it appears as though that confidence was unfounded and misplaced.

The Birds got lucky that Antonio Dixon fell into their lap and has been playing well or that defensive tackle rotation could have gotten very messy and been a problem all season long.

Laws may not be in Philly past his rookie contract if he doesn't step up and give the coaching staff a reason to keep him around next season.

Andrews is recovering from knee surgery, so he's not nearly as disappointing as Laws, but it's still not good to see the guy who was slated to start at right guard sitting on the sidelines for nearly every game this season.

Nick Cole has been doing a decent job, but you've got to figure that Andrews would be a huge improvement were he healthy.

Perhaps Stacy will be able to rebound next season after a year removed from knee surgery, or perhaps it's just an Andrews family goal to disappoint and frustrate the fans and coaching staff of Philadelphia.

For the Broncos, Tom Brandstater (3rd QB), WR Eddie Royal, CB Ty Law, RB LaMont Jordan, S Vernon Fox, FB Spencer Larsen, G Seth Olsen and DL Chris Baker are the inactives. (from PhiladelphiaEagles.com)


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