"Their starting quarterback doesn't appear healthy enough to play in a key division game, their playoff chances could all but end a week before Thanksgiving and now, a former player is basically accusing the coaching staff of being lazy and unimaginative.

Welcome to Philadelphia, where a season that was supposed to be a Dream has become a nightmare, with the Eagles - possibly without Michael Vick - limping into MetLife Stadium with a 3-6 record, no margin for error and a successful head coach on the hot seat.

But there is also defiance, not only against those calling for Andy Reid's ouster, but against Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb, who said in a radio interview Wednesday that he aided Arizona's cornerbacks by predicting and calling out plays during his team's 21-17 comeback victory in Philadelphia last week."