The first couple of games we saw Nick Foles, he truly did play like  a rookie.  The game seemed too fast for him.  He was throwing passes way too late and had to deal with the same struggles Vick dealt with concerning a porous offensive line.  It really wasn’t the best set up for Nick to step into after Michael went down with a concussion and blurred vision a few weeks ago.  But last week was encouraging as he was able to stay in the pocket a little bit and gain some confidence.  Though I’m sure Bryce Brown and his antics were a huge part of it, that shouldn’t deter from a solid 251 yard 1 TD performance against a Dallas secondary that really isn’t that bad.  Well this week was against a Buccaneers team that hasn’t been able to stop a passing attack all year.  The set up could not have been better and Foles took full advantage to the tune of 381 passing yards to go with 24 rushing and 3 total touchdowns, one of which came on the ground, turning not one but two WRs – Jason Avant and Jeremy Maclin - into fantasy relevant players on the day and barely missed doing the same for Riley Cooper on the game-winning drive.  Keep in mind this is a team that’s in shambles from the top down.  Plenty of firings, plenty of injuries and plenty of angry Eagles fans to boot but with Michael Vick all but gone after the 2012 season from Philidelphia, I think it’s a good time to think about what Foles could do for 2013 and beyond.  Hey, not all of us are in the fantasy playoffs people.  Some of us have to look forward while we cry into our winter beards.  If you wanna skip the next paragraph because you’re in the playoffs and don’t care, I won’t stop you but I warn you there might be a pop quiz later.  So before we get on with Sunday highlights, let’s highlight Foles for 2013 fantasy football…

First off, let’s make some comparisons.  Coming into the year, Foles had been compared to Chad Henne and even John Skelton.  Personally, I think he looks more like Jon Heder and Ron Perlman’s lovechild…hrm, these comparisons aren’t off to a very good start.  The Henne comparison is reasonable: a strong-armed pocket quarterback who, though not extremely mobile, isn’t Philip Rivers either.  The two biggest knocks against Foles coming into the draft were the injury issues and that his big stats came from a ‘gimmicky’ offense with the Wildcats.  In reality, all this is moot as even in training camp there were rumors that Foles should’ve received the starting job and given how stubborn Andy Reid has been in making the right moves over ‘sticking with his guys’, I think we’re seeing why now.  Moving forward, my main concerns with Nick would be two things.  One, how quickly will he make adjustments.  It took him about 2 1/2 games to get his footing to perform over these last two games.  These last three games – one against a stingy Cincinnati secondary and another against a Redskins secondary that is easy to beat but man-handled him the first time the two teams played – will tell a story of how we can view Foles looking forward.  The second concern is the uncertainty of the Eagles themselves.  Will Reid be back?  If he isn’t, who takes over and how does that change the offense next year?  Change isn’t always the best thing when you’re talking about a QB and playing within a system, even if the system has failed the last two years.  Though it’s ridiculously early to make these calls, I’m gonna say I see a QB who gets to throw it often given how terrible the Eagles defense has been the last two years.  As Tony Romo owners can confess to, it’s nice to own a QB who plays from behind most of the time.  Foles can give his owners about 3700 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, 15 INT with plenty of room for upside/downside in the TD:INT ratio for the 2013 season.  In re-draft leagues, I’d target him as a backup QB as long as the hype vultures don’t start circling in the off-season.  In dynasty and keeper leagues, I’d be interested but not jumping out of my seat.  I can tell I just got you all crazy excited for next year.  You’re welcome.  And now on with the news from the 2012 fantasy football season as it’s still rolling for some of us…

Alfred Morris – I said he’d end the day with 120 rushing yards and a touchdown.  I didn’t realize he’d fumble it.  Sorry about that, my Spidey senses went on the fritz, obviously.  I guess this is as good a place as any to talk about it: Robert Griffin, III got hurt and it did not look good at all.  Knees aren’t supposed to turn that way.  I’m no doctor, but I once reattached a limb to a man’s body.  Granted, I used superglue and it was a doll’s leg and said man was passed out at a party, but I was wearing a stethoscope while I did it.  Oh and I’d be extremely surprised if RG3 is playing next week.  It’s tough, but I did say to sell him way earlier this season for the very reason of health.  I’m sure he carried many people into the playoffs this year but now might be taking those same teams out on a stretcher with him.  And while we’re on the subject of Redskins, let’s just get this out of the way: Pierre Garcon cares not who throws to him, he shall catch a touchdown as he went for 5/87 with his final one coming from Kirk Cousins who is everyone’s distant relative, apparently.