McNabb's agents take aim at the Shanahans, Mike responds...

In the end it just seems like the Redskins everytime just get the worst end of everything. Nothing ever seems to work out for us. Injuries, trades, draft picks, even going back to when Sean Taylor died it's been a nightmare since.

With our luck to McNabb will go somewhere else next year and tear it up haha.

I don't mind the my way or the highway approach. Shanahan's nothing if not decisive.

McNabb has given us the deep ball this year, that's about it. He's slow in his drops away from center, DEs are usually turning the corner by the time he's at the top of his drop. He's as erratic as ever on the short throws, skipping them at the feet of receivers. He's not making his reads fast enough. And he's lost quite a bit of mobility.

I see why Andy Reid didn't mind trading him within the division.

I don't fault Shanahan for this decision whatsoever, and could care less how McNabb feels about it. What sucks is that QB guru Shanahan couldn't see that McNabb was done BEFORE making the trade for him.

Glad you pointed this out... when I was watching the game Sunday, I was trying to figure out what looked so different about the pace of our offense. This is nail on the head for me.... Grossman was MUCH quicker getting away from center, giving him the chance to read the defense much earlier.

Good call.

Ya know - - there is more than enough blame to go around in this goat rope.

Here is what bothers me...

If there were adult supervision around Redskins Park, the adult would put a stop to this kind of nonsense - - quickly and permanently. This kind of nonsense is reminiscent of the spats between Al Davis and various folks - - including one Mike Shanahan by the way - - where the entire franchise looks ridiculous in the eyes of people in the NFL and around the NFL.

Memo to Fletcher Smith, Donovan McNabb, Mike Shanahan, Kyle Shanahan:
Grow up.

STFU.
Have a nice Holiday Season.

Luck, Locker or Gabbert?

Seriously, I'm starting to lose a lot of respect for Donovan McNabb. I mean, having his agent come out and take aim at the coaching staff is ridiculous. He needs to face the facts that HE has not played up to his potential here in Washington. The Shanahans require 110% effort, and DM just hasn't given such. I know there are fans here who never want to place blame where it belongs (mostly player execution of plays) but it all boils down to McNabb just not making the grade. Other than the deep ball, he hasn't shown us anything better or different than what we had with Jason Campbell.

Sure, I put blame on Mike Shanahan for how he handled the Detroit game, but in the bigger scheme of things, Mike realizes bringing Donovan McNabb on board was a big, epic fail, at least for this season.

Shanahan the coach's decision is not a bad decision, although reducing him to "scout team" dude is kind of excessive.
Shanahan the PR guy and GM deserve marks of "needs improvement".

Some fans should realize that the younger Shanahan is less patient than them. :D


You got your facts wrong. Donovan volunteered to run the scout team. McNabb was not told to run the scout team by either Shannahan.

Mike wants players that produce on the field, Donovan wasn't producing therefor he was benched twice. I like 5 and always have but he was very poor in about 10 games this season.. Maybe Kyle just can't get along with him idk but I did find it a little odd that Rex got more screens and short passes last week.



That's because they had to neutralize the Cowboys rush up the middle. It is what it is. There's no conspiracy against McNabb. Donovan is way too laid back to play in this offense. Let's move on.

Agreed. Shanny's only signature move thus far has been a gigantic fail on many levels- giving up such important picks to get McNabb, the week 8 benching and ensuing joke of an explanation, and the recent McNabb fiasco. Really piss poor.

And the Haynesworth saga. Shanny really looks pretty bad right now. He needs a few years to see if he can work his thing, but this year was embarrassing.



Obviously, you are a Mike Shannahan fan. I would applaud any coach that displaces his starter because he does not feel the starter is getting the job done.

This is a game of making moves with your roster to better the team, not a game of being politically correct. If Donovan leaves at the end of this season, he will make roughly $3 Million big bucks. Please, bench me and let me move on.

How was this handled poorly? What is the NFL coming to when you can't bench a QB for poor performance?

I don't give a shit what Mcnabb has done in Philly. He hasn't done shit here, and it's not only because he doens't know the offense.

-His drop from center is slow as dog shit. He litereally gets to take a look at 1-2 reads before he's sacked, and that has to do with the Oline, but it also has to do with his drop from center.

-He underthrows alot of WR's. Armstrong should have atleast 2-3 more TD's this year, but has had to come back for the ball or go off his route to make a nice catch.

How many times against Dallas to our WR's actaully catch the football and was able to run for 3-7 more yards after the catch?

You never see that with Mcnabb.. He always throws it low, and our WR's have to catch it and fall to the ground.