After three straight wins, Eagles head coach Chip Kelly has finally named Nick Foles as the team's starting quarterback — for not only this week's game against the Cardinals, but also for the remainder of the regular season.

Opening day starter Michael Vick out has been out with a hamstring injury he suffered in a Week 5 victory over the Giants. Since then, Kelly has been coy about naming a starter, other than on a week-to-week basis, but the fact that Vick was cleared to play this week forced his hand.

Eagles QB Nick Foles (AP Photo)

Although Vick's style of play in theory makes him a good fit for Kelly's run-and-gun offense, Foles' production over the past few weeks has been impossible to ignore.

In his five starts this season, Foles has thrown for 1,308 yards to go along with 13 touchdown passes. He also has thrown zero interceptions this season and has the NFL's best passer rating (128.0) — which, if he keeps that number up, would be the highest passer rating for a single season in league history.

Most important, Foles' three straight victories have powered the Eagles back to into a share of the NFC East lead with the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas does own the head-to-head tiebreaker, but At 6-5, Philadelphia is in thick of the NFC playoff hunt. With a red-hot 7-4 Arizona Cardinals teaming coming to town on Sunday, the Eagles are going to need Foles to continue to produce at a high level as the season comes into the home stretch.