McNabb a REDSKIN!

[saden1]

OK...so is there gonna be a battle for the starting qb job or have the keys been given to McNabb? Is JC gonna be traded to do you keep him as quality backup?

[Big C]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Is this insane or what. I'm talking to a friend who's a Philly fan and she's pissed.

McNabb apparently wanted to come to D.C. Interesting.

why are they pissed? can u tell me what their opinion and rationale of this deal is? my experience with eagles fans is that they would be glad to see him gone and kolb take over, but i dont think they imagined him with the skins

[12thMan]

Andy Reid holds presser at 9:30 tonight.

[Ruhskins]

I think SmootSmack had a hand on this, don't be surprised if we draft Jevan Snead with the 3rd rounder we'll get for Campbell. LOL.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by MattsRiff

ARE YOU KIDDING??? He has battled injuries almost every year! He rarely creates with his legs anymore....

Yet he's going to get up to 5 more quality seasons?

Shanahan the elder's O has a lot of bootlegs and play action and deep balls.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Or five months. Whichever comes first.

McNabb probably is the best quarterback we've had in 20 years. But he's still the 4th best quarterback in the division, which means we're going to need to look elsewhere to get that competitive advantage against our rivals.

I don't know.. by stats he's 2nd, including the advanced type of stats that you like.. until you say that stats don't matter then back it up with stats

[SmootSmack]

Damn! I didn't see this coming. I thought if anything, something might happen over draft weekend, if both teams got desperate

[MTK]

A 2nd round QB wasn't going to give us the instant impact DM is going to. Grab Okung at #4 and we're definitely looking at a vastly improved offense.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I love it. Nothing changes your fortunes like a QB. Keep in mind, nobody keeps INTs to a minimum like Donovan McNabb. I can find stats to back that up all day long.

Football is about turnovers. The 3-4 defense is designed to create them, and few QBs minimize them like Donovan does.

Excellent point, though, that would mean that the biggest change from last year to this year was the defensive aggression. Which, I hope, would have been a change all along.

Turnover margin wins games, but McNabb is a fumbler, and we need a super-strong offensive line to protect him and make sure he keeps moving the chains. He'll take care of the INTs on his own, which I think helps with the development of the receivers a bunch.

[SBXVII]

Holey Crap! I don't look at it today and Bam. I'm not happy. I'm not a fan of McNoodle.

Any chance this is the beginning of a trade with the Rams? Especially since they were interested in McNabb anyway?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

def not getting the jersey.. no clue how long he'll be here, what he'll do, etc

I'll root my ass off for him but that's about it

You'll know soon enough when we give him a contract extension.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Excellent point, though, that would mean that the biggest change from last year to this year was the defensive aggression. Which, I hope, would have been a change all along.

Turnover margin wins games, but McNabb is a fumbler, and we need a super-strong offensive line to protect him and make sure he keeps moving the chains. He'll take care of the INTs on his own, which I think helps with the development of the receivers a bunch.

Don't get your panties in bunch, m8. With all the bootlegs and stuff along with the big targets on O, McNabb will feel younger already after Fat Andy tried to make him a pure pocket passer.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by saden1

OK...so is there gonna be a battle for the starting qb job or have the keys been given to McNabb? Is JC gonna be traded to do you keep him as quality backup?

I don't think the chances of JC being here past the draft is very good at all now.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Big C

why are they pissed? can u tell me what their opinion and rationale of this deal is? my experience with eagles fans is that they would be glad to see him gone and kolb take over, but i dont think they imagined him with the skins

Well they don't like the fact he's been traded within the divsion. And for every person that hated McNabb, there were probably two or three that loved him.

Also, I'm hearing that the timing of this move may have been a PR one to grab the headline from the Phillies, who by the way, open in D.C. tomorrow.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Just heard that in addition to the 37th pick, the Eagles get a conditional pick next year- either our 3rd or 4th. We now only have 4 picks in this years draft. Gotta think we're really going to try to trade down from 4th overall and/or trade a current player or two for more picks.

See ya Campbell.

I don't know how I feel about this yet. Gimmie some time to process.

Yeah def a bit back and forth on this. Overall McNabb can do great things which is an upgrade over what we have. Is he better than using that 2nd on someone else? I don't know, guess it would depend who was there. This probably would've made for a more interesting draft day trade but it looked like they were trying to get McNabb moved ASAP as that's what McNabb requested.

definitely bittersweet