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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Donovan McNabb
Just about Eleven hours later and I still don't think I have enough in the tank to properly react to my Philadelphia Eagles trading Donovan McNabb to the divisional rival Washington Redskins. Being a fan of Philadelphia is frustrating and not always because of tough losses. Far more often than not the off field issues make being an Eagles fan confusing.
- For weeks now every NFL fan, not just Philly fans, expected McNabb to be traded to either Oakland, Buffalo, or some other AFC cream puff. Then, late on Easter night, we all find out that the Eagles will play McNabb no less than two times a year.
- McNabb will now, after 11 years, enter Philadelphia as a visitor. In many ways it's almost perfect. McNabb was always the 'visitor' to the city and the team's fans. From being booed on draft day in April of 1999 when Eagles fans wanted Ricky Williams over the Syracuse star quarterback to stories of team divide that centered around McNabb. Fans almost always seemed to side with whatever or whomever was against McNabb. Now, for at least one game in Lincoln Financial Field a year, those fans will have a real reason to boo the six time Pro Bowler.
- Evidently new Philly General Manager Howie Roseman wanted McNabb out and head coach Andy Reid wanted to do McNabb right with the deal. A trade to a team like the Raiders would probably make McNabb become another Daunte Culpepper or Drew Bledsoe. Granted, McNabb is much better than those two, but each of them were big time quarterbacks who ended up on losing teams severely altering their legacies.
- The issue then becomes did Reid do right by McNabb by trading him to the Redskins at the same time doing wrong by the team? Philly now will rely on a former Conference USA quarterback who has just a couple of more NFL starts than you or I do. Will Washington jump the Eagles in the NFC East while Philadelphia 'rebuilds'? The business side and the personal side of operations in Philadelphia certainly seemed to blur on the religious holiday of Easter.
- It all had to end at some point, in terms of the core Eagles team that played in five NFC Championship games, but it's almost impossible to understand it ending this way. With former running back Brian Westbrook still looking for work, with great safety Brian Dawkins roaming the secondary in Denver, with Sheldon Brown in Cleveland, and with Donovan McNabb leading the Washington Redskins. Now about 12 hours later and I am still so confused, but such is life when you align yourself with Philadelphia.
- For weeks now every NFL fan, not just Philly fans, expected McNabb to be traded to either Oakland, Buffalo, or some other AFC cream puff. Then, late on Easter night, we all find out that the Eagles will play McNabb no less than two times a year.
- McNabb will now, after 11 years, enter Philadelphia as a visitor. In many ways it's almost perfect. McNabb was always the 'visitor' to the city and the team's fans. From being booed on draft day in April of 1999 when Eagles fans wanted Ricky Williams over the Syracuse star quarterback to stories of team divide that centered around McNabb. Fans almost always seemed to side with whatever or whomever was against McNabb. Now, for at least one game in Lincoln Financial Field a year, those fans will have a real reason to boo the six time Pro Bowler.
- Evidently new Philly General Manager Howie Roseman wanted McNabb out and head coach Andy Reid wanted to do McNabb right with the deal. A trade to a team like the Raiders would probably make McNabb become another Daunte Culpepper or Drew Bledsoe. Granted, McNabb is much better than those two, but each of them were big time quarterbacks who ended up on losing teams severely altering their legacies.
- The issue then becomes did Reid do right by McNabb by trading him to the Redskins at the same time doing wrong by the team? Philly now will rely on a former Conference USA quarterback who has just a couple of more NFL starts than you or I do. Will Washington jump the Eagles in the NFC East while Philadelphia 'rebuilds'? The business side and the personal side of operations in Philadelphia certainly seemed to blur on the religious holiday of Easter.
- It all had to end at some point, in terms of the core Eagles team that played in five NFC Championship games, but it's almost impossible to understand it ending this way. With former running back Brian Westbrook still looking for work, with great safety Brian Dawkins roaming the secondary in Denver, with Sheldon Brown in Cleveland, and with Donovan McNabb leading the Washington Redskins. Now about 12 hours later and I am still so confused, but such is life when you align yourself with Philadelphia.
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