With the NFL Lockout seemingly in its final hours it looks ever more likely that the Philadelphia Eagles will send QB Kevin Kolb to the Arizona Cardinals as early as the possibly can. While certainly nothing is ever certain (see what I did there) in the NFL it would appear that Kolb to the Cardinals is as close to a done deal as you can get. It has even gotten to the point where Kolb and Cardinals' Star WR Larry Fitzgerald have begun working out together in preparation for the season.
Now of course there is nothing new to seeing players from different teams working out together during the offseason (especially when Kolb began his career spending the offseason working with Eagles' receivers at Donovan McNabb's Arizona home) this does at least indicate that Kolb and Fitzgerald expect to be playing together next season as much as the rest of us. Fitzgerald has already indicated his desire for the Cards to acquire Kolb and a deal between the two teams has become more and more likely since the Draft in April when Arizona chose not to address their need for a QB.
I guess perhaps the only reason this deal isn't a completely forgone conclusion would be that the rival Seattle Seahawks are also desperately in need of a QB and have shown as much interest in Kolb (if not more) as Arizona. I think it will boil down to which NFC West team is willing to give up more in order to get Kolb. The Cardinals have more to offer in terms of players (specifically Pro Bowl CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie) so the Seahawks would likely have to cough up a bounty of future Draft picks to get a deal done.
What this really means is that the Eagles are going to get a great return for trading Kolb whether it be immediate in the form of Rodgers-Cromartie or in the future with more picks. It also means that they will be in the market for a veteran QB to serve as punishment-prone QB Mike Vick's backup this year. Vince Young anyone?
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