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Michael Vick is not making a bid to take Donovan McNabb's starting job, Eagles coach Andy Reid said.

Reid, in comments to a Philadelphia radio station on Monday, dismissed growing speculation that there is a quarterback controversy growing on the Eagles sideline.

"There's no rift between Michael Vick and Donovan," Reid said, adding that McNabb "welcomed" Vick to the team.

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"Michael is just happy to be back in the league right now and just kinda building a foundation here for down the road in his career. He's not looking to dethrone Donovan McNabb, that's not what he's looking to do."

The controversy grew on Monday after Hall of Famer Michael Irvin suggested Vick would be a threat to McNabb's job when the commissioner clears him to play in the regular season.

The issue didn't go away when McNabb called Vick's role in the team's offense a "gimmick" on Monday.

But Reid said if there was unhappiness on McNabb's part about how Vick was integrated into the offense in last week's preseason game, it's not a sign of things to come.

From Reid:

"I was trying to get Michael in and get him some snaps with that first group before I pulled the first group out of there. That's not necessarily how we're gonna do it once the season gets going. On the other hand of that, Donovan being the competitor, he wanted to come out and get himself going. Things started off slow and it wasn't working the way he wanted it to on the offensive side, and so he just wanted to stay in there and get in a little rhythm throwing the football, that's what he wanted. Everything's okay, that's not a big deal."

-- Sean Leahy
Andy Reid: Michael Vick 'not looking to dethrone Donovan McNabb' - The Huddle: Football News from the NFL - USATODAY.com

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