All Out Blitz – Donovan McNabb

Unless you have been living in a cave or totally engrossed with the opening of Major League Baseball you know that the Philadelphia Eagles have traded Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins for a second round pick in the 2010 draft, and a conditional draft choice in the 2011 draft.  The condition is a third or fourth round choice depending on how well McNabb plays for the Redskins in 2010.  What we’re going to do in this column are look at the reasons Philadelphia traded, and reasons they should have kept him.

Reasons for trading him:

1. The Eagles had three quarterbacks under contract for one more season in McNabb, Kevin Kolb, and Michael Vick.  They weren’t going to re-sign all three next season so one needed to go.  They wanted to trade Vick, but they over estimated his trade value as a market never developed for him.  They were never going to trade Kolb as they believe he is the quarterback of the future…. [Read More]