McNabb Gets Benched

I hope he comes and plays for the Cardinals next season.

Very true, but even back in 2003 when Rush said it I agreed that McNabb has never been as good as his rep, that is rep is created by those who have a strong need for a successful black quarterback, and if they dont have one they will create one.

So in 2004, McNabb led the Eagles to the Superbowl completing 300 out of 469 (64 percent) passes for 3,875 yards, 31 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions, making him the first quarterback to ever throw for more than 30 touchdowns and fewer than 10 interceptions in a season

By Mike Wise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 19, 2010; 12:54 AM

Whether you've behaved like an apostle of the coach or an apologist for the quarterback the past four months, we can all agree on one thing: Mike Shanahan's most substantial personnel decision has become a colossal mistake, costing the Washington Redskins draft picks and a botched, wasted experiment of a season.
Yet as they limp into Dallas on Sunday, I am beginning to seriously debate what that egregious mistake was for Shanahan: Was it trading for Donovan McNabb or hiring his 30-year-old son, Kyle, as offensive coordinator? Was it not doing due diligence on McNabb or just flat-out nepotism?

One fact is certain. Dad bought the wrong toy for young, headstrong Kyle

I hope he comes and plays for the Cardinals next season.

06:47 AM ET 12.18 | The Cardinals have long been rumored to become Donovan McNabb's future employer, but there was never any basis in fact. Let's see, McNabb lives in the Valley, trains near the Cardinals complex and can sometimes be seen at a smoothie shop just down the street. So he must be the Cardinals next quarterback, right? The only problem with the story is there was never a story. Over the last two years, I've asked Cardinals officials numerous times about alleged interest in McNabb. Each time, they have dismissed it. So all of the speculation Friday is premature at best. Do the Cardinals pursue him? I would be surprised. McNabb has never played in this offensive system. There are allegations that he's not the hardest working guy in the business.He has no ties to this coaching staff, which doesn't seem to hold him in as high a regard as some fans. Maybe the Cardinals will show interest this time. They will look to bring in a veteran quarterback next season, and they will be tempted to draft one with their first selection. Maybe McNabb would be a nice bridge to the future. But again, I doubt it happens.



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So now it's eight months after the McNabb trade to Washington, and a second highly respected quarterback guy, Mike Shanahan, has spurned McNabb. Whether you like the move or hate it (and I find the timing questionable, certainly, with McNabb having played better than average Sunday in the 17-16 loss to Tampa Bay), the one thing you have to admit is this: Two smart quarterback men have turned thumbs-down on McNabb in the span of nine months. You can defend McNabb all you want, and Lord knows he has his legions of defenders out there, but Reid and Shanahan are in the business of winning football games. Both have been to Super Bowls. Shanahan's won two of them. And both said they thought they could do better than McNabb.



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For coaches, the problems with McNabb can't all be measured in statistics. Those familiar with the decision to bench him say the 12-year veteran didn't understand the playbook, didn't work through his progressions, struggled to read coverages and couldn't manage the game, which resulted in costly delay-of-game penalties and bad timeouts.

Those weaknesses have made it difficult for coaches to assess the other players on the field, according to some in the organization. They can't see what pass catchers are capable of because McNabb might not look their way. McNabb has taken some sacks by failing to step up in the pocket, which has forced offensive tackles at times to change their technique. He's dug the team some early holes and the Redskins have had to abandon the running game in the second half, which makes evaluating tailbacks difficult.

Well Tico, It looks like the folks in the Cardinal organization are smarter than you give them credit for.

ARLINGTON, TEX. - Directed by new starting quarterback Rex Grossman, the Washington Redskins showed significant improvement on offense but continued their season-ending slide Sunday in a 33-30 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at Cowboys Stadium.

Grossman impressed in his first game since supplanting benched six-time Pro Bowler Donovan McNabb, passing for 322 yards, matching a career high with four touchdown passes and helping the Redskins tie the score at 30 in the fourth quarter after they trailed by as many as 20 points in the third.

What will happen? I expect that the Redskins (BTW- they better hurry up and change their non-PC name) will do as well or better without their high priced over rated QB.

WOW, hopefully this is mostly BS and not the truth. One the other hand being this intellectually deficient WOULD account for why he is a loser on the field.

EDIT: Come to think of it.......Didn't Jimmy the Greek get into a spot of hot water for saying that the reason we dont have more black QB's is because blacks tend to not have the intellect required for the position?

OH, never mind....

In conclusion, you have no idea what you are talking about

It wasn't so much that Grossman threw four touchdown passes, the first time a Redskins quarterback has done such a thing since 2005, or that the Redskins put up 30 points for the first time in 16 games. It was that Grossman mounted such sustained drives. The scoring chart looked like this: they went 78 yards, 71 yards, 78 yards, and 56 yards. It was the smoothest and most rhythmic they've looked all season.

"It was boom, boom," Grossman said. "Long pass, couple short passes, a nice run, and it was like, all right. Next drive, we did it again, and we knew we were on fire."

As it turns out, the controversial benching of McNabb was a message from Shanahan to everyone in the organization: If you won't run the offense, we'll find someone who will.

"I understand this game." Shanahan said pointedly afterward. "I understand how it works."

It's now obvious that McNabb was a hang-up for the Redskins, that his inefficiency strangled them.

In a few short weeks you'll be guiding your lynch mob by torchlight to Rex's penthouse