Eagles' Kevin Kolb is hot commodity in NFL trade market

NEW ORLEANS — Instead of a placard bearing his name and organizational logo designating his table, Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid might have been better served posting a sign at this week's owners meetings coaches breakfast that advertised: "Gently-used starting quarterback. Best offer."

Another offseason, another Eagles quarterback is being shopped to the highest bidder.
The difference this time? Fourth-year quarterback Kevin Kolb isn't going anywhere at present as a lockout shut-in.
Unlike last Easter Sunday when Donovan McNabb was traded to the Washington Redskins, Kolb can't be traded until the current work stoppage is resolved.
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But that seems a matter of time with one third of 32 teams possibly seeking a quarterback upgrade, including three of four teams in the NFC West.
Question is, what is the blue-book value for Kolb, 26?
Reid compared Kolb to Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, a former Green Bay Packers backup Reid coached when then Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren was seeking a starter in 2001.
"I know Kevin is a quarterback who can win a championship," Reid said. "For me to let him go, it's got to be something special.

"We've got quite a few people very interested in him."
With draft analysts touting only Missouri's Blaine Gabbert and Auburn' Cam Newton as top-10 quarterback prospects, Kolb, who started seven games in four seasons, is likely to be more in demand whenever trades of veteran players are permitted. Kolb turns 27 in August, wants to start and will be a free agent in two seasons. So his return value may never be higher.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was asked whether his team would have interest in Kolb.
"They've said he's a guy they would possibly move," he said. "So those kind of discussions, it doesn't matter where it's coming from, we're trying to be privy to all of it. We just want to know what's going on."
So what's going on? Any conversation with the Eagles?
"There's no conversation going on," Carroll said.
Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt was similarly careful when asked about Kolb.
"To be honest with you, he is a player that is under contract with another team," Whisenhunt said. "I really have no comment on that."
Said 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh about his quarterback situation without free agency, "The philosophy was always to get the best quarterbacks on our team, keep the best ones and then (explore) all the other avenues that you have — draft, free agency, trade."