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Rich Hoffman took a not not-so-thinly-veiled shot at Andy Reid on Philly.com.  The complaint from local reporters has long been that Reid saves all of his "real answers" for the national media, who in turn, portray him in a good light for the masses.

You usually won't see this local angst make its way into print, but Hoffman get his barbs in about Reid telling Peter King one of the real reasons Kolb is no longer the starter.

Andy Reid has different words for different audiences, which isn't a big deal or a big shock. But he tends to explain things differently to national reporters (who almost 100 percent of the time end up taking his side) than he does to the great unwashed here in Philadelphia.
What Reid told King:  [SI.com]

 

"A young quarterback needs time to mature as he grows in the game. I don't think Kolb has lost one thing. He's a franchise quarterback. He will win games, and championships, for the Eagles. But I think it's a different deal when you go out there and can't make a mistake or you're going to get crucified, which is the way this thing might have gone if he went back in there now.''

 

Hey fellas, let's leave the reporter squabbles out of the papers, k?  For the record, I thought Reid's press conference the other night was relatively candid.  Plus, the "crucified" comment really had nothing to do with his decision, more a justification for why this might not be as bad for Kolb's psyche as we might think.