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

[mooby]

You know, we can't just put this loss on our offense today. It was a total team loss. Banks made big plays today, and was probably our key standout on the entire roster. But that's not enough. Their special teams made plays too. Their special teams gave them good field position too, and the defense didn't step up and make enough plays to keep them out of the end zone. We could be looking at a different story if Carlos Rogers can get his hand in there on Megatron's 3rd td catch and poke that ball out.

Now granted a fair share of the blame needs to go to the offense, but the majority of the offensive blame goes to the line. I mean really, does anybody on this entire board think Kory Lichtensteiger, Casey Rabach, Artis Hicks, or Stephon Heyer (I'm excluding Brown because Heyer played the majority of series today and Brown still isn't 100% from his offseason injuries) would be quality starters on a different offensive line? I don't think any of them should be starting, and it's painfully obvious if you send 2 rushers at Stephon Heyer one of them will get a clean shot at McNabb.

If you are going to win in this league, you need an offensive line. End of story. I don't think anybody can argue otherwise. Has any team won a Super Bowl when their offensive line can't even give a qb enough time to execute a 5 step drop?

I do think K.Shanny needs to adjust this offense to fit McNabb better. We can't block, so it's natural we either keep more guys in to block, or we start getting the ball out quicker. But getting the ball out quicker won't work if your timing isn't down, and that's one of those things we need to work on in our bye week.

As for McNabb being benched, obviously it was a gut move. To be honest, when my friend asked me if I had confidence that McNabb could lead the 'Skins down the field in the last 2 minutes to score the game winning touchdown, I didn't, and I probably still don't. But I have even less confidence in Rex Grossman to do so, and McNabb, while not playing lights out, still gives us the best chance to win. So we have to live and die by him.

There's no short fix this season. Our offensive line is bad not including Trent Williams, and for everybody on this board wondering where Dockery is, if the coaches believe he's too slow and not the guard they need that fits their system, well we aren't going to see him again, regardless of how bad Lichtensteiger plays. Dockery is obviously bigger and more talented than Lichtensteiger, but if he is a bad fit for our system, he won't get pt, barring injury.

There is a lot of areas on this team that need work. 12thman had it right when he said Shanny has largely been winning games this season by a combination of smoke and mirrors, and getting great performances by individual players. There are some areas where we aren't talented enough to consistently play great (I'm looking at you offensive line), and today we just had a combination of guys that didn't play good football.

We go into the bye week with more questions than answers, and one of those is this unneeded qb controversy because McNabb got benched. It's not even debatable anymore after Shanny has already said McNabb is still the starter. That needs to be squashed because I don't know how someone can believe that Rex Grossman (he of 30 career touchdowns) and John Beck would be superior alternatives to McNabb. You don't think this coaching staff evaluates players? I know if either of those guys played consistently better than McNabb in practice against the 1st team d, McNabb wouldn't be starting.

Things aren't as bad as they seem. This team is 4-4 right now, and I feel we'll probably have a record somewhere like that in the 2nd half of the season, unless our offensive line learns how to block, and McNabb starts clicking with our receivers. At least it's not last year, when losing to Detroit set the precursor to our 4-12 season.