Apparently a lot of people agree with him:


Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 | Posted by GarryCobb Bookies Make Niners Favorites While NFL Network Focuses On Kevin Kolb’s Play
The winless San Francisco 49ers are three point favorites to beat the 2-2 Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, so you can see what the bookies think of current starting quarterback Kevin Kolb. I know they’re playing the game in San Francisco but it’s still amazing to see them put a winless team as the favorite.

There was a terrible indictment of Kolb’s play against the Washington Redskins last night on the Playbook show on NFL Network. Sterling Sharpe, Solomon Wilcox and Mike Mayock examine the video tape of Kolb performing in the game versus the Skins.

The NFL experts show the video of Eagles wide receivers running their routes and appearing to be open. Despite their being receivers open downfield, Kolb was choosing to throw the ball to the running backs on check downs with the game on the line.

It happened again and again. DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin were getting free releases and going where they wanted to on the field.

I noticed that Kolb wasn’t raising his eye level high enough to see the open receivers downfield during the preseason after he was a hit a few times. He hasn’t shown enough confidence in the offensive line to drop into the pocket and keep his eyes downfield.

Notice that Kolb does one of two things when he is rushed. He will throw the ball to the check down or scramble. At some point, he’s got to stay in the pocket, keep his eyes down field and deliver the ball to his open receivers.

Kolb is going to wind getting hurt like Michael Vick did if he continues to scramble so much.

Give credit to Jackson for not publicly blasting his struggling teammate. “I think Kolb did a good job of coming in and scrambling a couple of plays, making a few throws,” Jackson said. “We missed a big (pass) play in the third quarter. The wind caught a pass down the sideline to me. I think he did a good job. I think he did a good enough job to keep us in the game.”

“At the end of the day he’s a good quarterback and he gave us hope to stay in the game.”