With free agency ahead, and the draft soon after, it is time to closely examine this Eagles roster as it stands now and offer an opinion on the team, position by position. Today: Quarterbacks.

There are few teams in the NFL with a quarterback situation as strong and deep and promising as the Eagles' threesome of Donovan McNabb, A.J. Feeley and Kevin Kolb. With that, of course, there are questions as each of three quarterbacks has a big off-season in front of him with an opportunity to improve in 2008.

For McNabb, who enters his 10th season with the Eagles, the main focus of his off-season is good health. For the first time since the period of time after the 2004 campaign, McNabb is training to better his body physically, rather than training to recover from an injury. McNabb missed two games in 2007 because of a sprained ankle -- he also nursed a bruised thumb -- and he was slow off the mark, but as the year went on, McNabb improved.

QB Donovan McNabb

By the end of the season, though, McNabb looked much more like his Pro Bowl self. He completed 20 of 30 passes against the Giants in a losing effort. Against an outstanding Dallas defense, McNabb was 23 of 41 for 208 yards and a touchdown, and he also ran a season-high nine times for a season-best 53 yards.

Vintage McNabb, as the Eagles won a thrilling road game.

In New Orleans, McNabb opened things with a 40-yard run on a bootleg and showed the speed he didn't have early in the season. He also had one of his best passing afternoons of the season, completing 24 of 35 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns as the Eagles moved the ball at will in another road victory.

Finally, McNabb picked apart Buffalo's secondary in the last game of the season, completing 29 of 41 passes for 345 yards, one touchdown and one interception and the Eagles ended their campaign with three straight wins and some real optimism heading into the off-season.

The numbers are one thing, though. How McNabb carried himself in the last month of the season, once he felt healthier than he had all season, that's what was so very encouraging. He had his swagger back, and while it was too late to rescue the '07 campaign, it was very much welcomed.

So there is a great deal of confidence that McNabb is on track for great success this year. He has openly talked about his desire that the Eagles add weapons to the offensive picture for 2008, so we will see just how the team approaches the off-season. Clearly, though, having McNabb back without any health questions is a gigantic boost for this football team.

Behind McNabb is Feeley, a dependable, experienced veteran who has shown throughout his NFL career an ability to move the offense up and down the field and score points. Feeley stepped in for an injured McNabb in the second quarter of the game against Miami and helped the Eagles win that contest, completing 13 of 19 passes for 116 yards, a touchdown and an interception and he looked to be in a flow.

Feeley came out firing in New England and nearly led the Eagles to a dramatic upset victory, but the interception bug got him in the end. Feeley was 27 of 42 for 345 yards and three touchdowns, but he also tossed three interceptions -- one that was returned for a touchdown and one that came late in the game, in the Patriots' end zone, and ended the Eagles' upset chances.

The following week, Feeley again moved the offense up and down the field against Seattle, but he also threw four interceptions -- again, a last-minute interception in the end zone ended the chance to steal a victory -- and then Feeley went back to the sidelines as McNabb played the final four games of the season.

Feeley needs to cut down on his mistakes, but he also showed a lot of good things. He had good pocket presence, a strong command of the offense and good touch on his passes. The interceptions came out of nowhere for Feeley -- he threw five in 154 passes as an Eagle in 2002 -- and it is a phase of the game that he will look to improve upon moving forward.

The interesting question is what the Eagles do with the No. 2 quarterback position. Second-year man Kolb could be ready to make a push to supplant Feeley as the second quarterback on game days. Kolb played sparingly in his rookie season, but he learned the system and ran a lot of scout-team practice and was even the second quarterback for the first three games of the season as Feeley recovered from an injured hand he suffered in the preseason.

Kolb enjoyed a great deal of success in the preseason and the Eagles are excited about his makeup -- the way he prepares, his demeanor, what he has shown the coaching staff on a day-to-day basis. But until Kolb actually plays in a regular season game -- he saw action against Detroit for three snaps -- nobody will really know for sure just how good Kolb can be.

Kolb showed the Eagles, without question, that he would have no problems making the transition from his college offensive scheme -- a spread attack much of the time -- to the West Coast offense the Eagles use. He picked things up very quickly, had a live, accurate arm and didn't flinch in the extensive preseason games he played.

What does that mean for 2008? That certainly remains to be seen. If all goes according to plan, McNabb will be under center for 16 games and the Eagles will thrive offensively. Plans don't always unfold in the proper order, however. The Eagles think that with McNabb, Feeley and Kolb, they have the kind of talent, depth and long-term ability to keep the quarterback position very strong for 2008 and many seasons to come.

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