Eagles Trade McNabb To Redskins

ESPN ^ | Apr 04, 2010 | Vinnie Iyer

[Eagles2003]

I’m in Doylestown for Easter, Mom was very pleased when she heard the news and she really doesn’t watch football, just knows the Eagles are better when someone other than McNabb is QB (she listens from the kitchen to the TV while getting dinner).

[Gothmog]

I agree w/ you, I had forgotten about McKenzie, but realistically he and LB Crabtree have shown nothing for the investment. IMHO, Tebow is intriguing, but we need DLs and LBs to help the D-Backs, then luxury items would be OL, RB, TE, WR.

In BB I trust, but I’m getting tired of the constant moving back in the draft to get players he can ‘coach up.’ From what I’ve read Weiss and Crennell had the authority to step up and make demands/criticize BB, but with them gone that’s been lacking.

[SZonian]

The Eagles are sittin’ fat for the draft. They have a crapload of picks this year in the first few rounds.

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/04/03/sports/doc4bb630156a7e0795629290.txt

They’ve dumped salary, they’ve dumped older and prone to injury players and now McNabb. I liked him, but he just couldn’t get over the hump and win when needed. Time to move on.

The Eagles will probably suck this year and next due to the youth movement, but given a couple of years, should be a serious contender again.

[kevkrom]

The Eagles making an intra-division trade is actually quite surprising. Should be an interesting pair of games this fall, assuming McNabb stays healthy (always a concern).

As for the Redskins, well, choking in the playoffs will be a vast improvement from where they currently are...

[kevkrom]

Well, first of all.. .its good because Jason Campbell was a disaster going nowhere. Campbell was immobile, and, although he has a big arm. . .poor accuracy. Defenses did not fear the long ball from Campbell and played receivers tight. . .Zorn got Campbell to a quicker release and that helped. . .but it wasn't enough to compensate for a strictly one-dimensional and predictable thrower.

He wasn't helped by an offensive line he had (justifiably) zero faith in.

[LS]

Me too. I can’t wait to see him on his back in the new Cowboys Stadium :)

[BluH2o]

McNabb? Thought Shannahan would go after a younger guy like
Brady Quinn, someone who has possibly strong potential down the line with good coaching & the right team. Maybe that's why Josh McDaniels quickly picked him up, anticipating the Redskins might be thinking along the same line.

[Tallguy]

I think the Eagles asking price for Kolb would have been a little too high.

[RayChuang88]

I think in the end, this was the best thing for Donovan McNabb for the following reasons:

1) McNabb never got the complete support of the vociferous and finicky Eagles fan base. From the time he got booed at the NFL Draft eleven years ago to the criticism of him not speaking up during the Rush Limbaugh and Terrell Owens controversies, many fans still hold a grudge against him.

2) The Eagles never really provided the offensive players to properly complement McNabb's skills. Imagine if McNabb had all this time top-flight receivers and running backs--the Eagles probably would have won at least two Super Bowls by now.

3) The brutal mass media in Philadelphia--especially sports talk radio station WIP--never really embraced McNabb.

In contrast, look at the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010. They are BELOVED in the city, mostly because the Phillies won the World Series in 2008, got back to the World Series in 2009 and are prohibitive favorites to get back to the World Series in 2010.