Mcnabb appears to be done and he is the reason for this loss

Wouldn't it have been something if Grossman came in and tore it up, then maybe we would have had a controversy.

Tim Hasselbeck on Mike and Mike: Paraphrasing but basically sais Mike's not happy w/ DM's practice habits. MS used the word practice often in explaining why DM was pulled. Tim recalled playing in Phili in a West Coast Offense, the coaches were constantly on DM for his "tempo." They would have to tell him daily to pick it up. Pick up the tempo and that's what the West Coast is all about. He said MS is definately sending a message about practice and the tempo of the West Coast.

Then they all agreed that the message shouldn't have been sent when we have a chance to win a game in the final two minutes.

I was watching an Andy Reid mic'd up type of show recently on NFL Network, and funny enough they showed a clip in DM's rookie year and Reid was having a talk with him about picking up the tempo and energy level in practice.

Yeah I agree, probably not the best time to send that message though.

They were beasts in Madden '95. :D

hahaha! i use to play the skins that year too. jamie asher was ridiculous! but no one could touch walter payton on 95 madden, no one.

I was watching an Andy Reid mic'd up type of show recently on NFL Network, and funny enough they showed a clip in DM's rookie year and Reid was having a talk with him about picking up the tempo and energy level in practice.

Yeah I agree, probably not the best time to send that message though.

I saw that too. But he was a rookie then. You'd think he'd wouldn't have those same habits in his 11th year.

Like it was said earlier, MS is not the best w/ words, but I think we can safely say that MS isn't too happy w/ our offense and our QB's grasp of the West Coast Offense. He felt Rex gave us a better chance to win the game (his opinion). Message sent.

A pretty rational take on things from Sally Jenkins

Sally Jenkins - Benching may help Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110106395.html)

@SportsFanatic and Hail2theSkins

You are absolutely wrong. McNabb is not the reason we lost this game. Even the announcers said it at the end; you could have any quarterback in the league back there and they would have done zilch behind our oline. They got absolutely manhandled today.

This just pains me because this is the exact same thing people said about campbell when he was here. Obviously he wasn't the greatest quarterback, but every single loss he took the blame, even when the offensive line was essentially standing aside and giving the defense free shots on him. There is no way to win with an offensive line playing like they did today, and further cements the case that we have to build our line with our #1 draft pick next april.

Yep exactly. The Oline is still a huge problem. Jamaal Brown is not even close to the player he used to be, and other than Trent you can send them all packing. We need a quality interior. C and 2 guards.

ahhh.... man the Halloween Avatars are gone!

just hear mort on mike and mike and he threw out a stat about last minute drives to win games, dmac has 24 the same number as brady, only three other qb's have more.

he also said that since dmac has been here the shannys haven't liked his practice work and that they thought about benching him for grossman after the philly game. he said it stayed in house until now, interesting to say the least

Redskins Insider - Report: Shanahan unhappy with McNabb practice habits (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/donovan-mcnabb/report-shanahan-unhappy-with-m.html)

Tim Hasselbeck says McNabb's bad practice habits go way back | ProFootballTalk.com (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/02/tim-hasselbeck-says-mcnabbs-bad-practice-habits-go-way-back/)

Skins previously considered benching McNabb - NFL- nbcsports.msnbc.com (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39958647/ns/sports-player_news/)