Article: Eagles quarterback facing ups and downs of position.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Dick Vermeil has coached football for most of his adult life, and his experiences would fill volumes if he would put his thoughts on paper.

Yet every now and then, Vermeil, the 65-year-old Chiefs coach, sees something that makes him sit up and react as if he were discovering the game for the first time.

Something like Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.

"If you would have watched the tape of the Eagles playing Seattle and watched that guy throw the ball that day, you would have said, `Holy mackerel, there ought to be a law,' " Vermeil said. "In fact, there's so many rules in the NFL now, I'm surprised they don't have a rule against a guy that ...

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