The Redskins trade for Donavan McNabb is puzzling. He is an upgrade at QB, but is he the right fit for Mike Shanahan? Shanahan's offenses are about ground control and precision passing. His Super Bowl wins were with John Elway. Downgrade to Brian Griese and Jake Plummer and he was a playoff coach only. McNabb has a lower completion pct. than all three.
For the Eagles this is a referendum on Andy Reid. He claims he wanted to keep McNabb. If that is correct he lost a power struggle. That tells me that if (when) the Eagles tank next year, he might get 1 more year.
Basically, I can't see this trade helping either team. The loss of the draft pick will hurt the Redskins in the long run. The Eagles gave away a player they still had 2-4 years to rebuild around and make one last run. Maybe this is why Philadelphia has never won the Super Bowl and won't be any time soon.
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