Donovan McNabb traded to Redskins; 2010 NFL Draft strategy altered for everyone

…Reid wasn’t the guy behind the move and that he wanted to keep McNabb? Otherwise, yeah, I agree. Huge, huge deal.

McNabb is on the wrong side of thirty. All the offensive pieces around him are now very young. Kolb has shown flashes that he can carry the load and now he steps in with tons of fast weapons. I think this sets the Eagles up much better for title runs beyond 2010. A lockout in 2011 would really mess this trade up though.

I dunno if it’s any good for the Redskins, it has the Snyder stink on it, combine McNabb with a backfield of veteran RB’s, Portis, Johnson and Parker maybe they’ll be in the Wild Card hunt now.

Redskins @ Eagles better be in primetime!

McNabb comes to Philly with the Redskins and kicks the crap out of the Eagles and reminds them of how much they sucked before he was drafted by them in 1999. If I was McNabb and I had gotten traded for a 2nd Round Pick, than I’d be insulted. The guy is still a Top 5 QB. I mean he took a team w/ a bunch of no-name receivers to 3 NFC Title Games. And he was in an offense that had no balance at all b/c Reid completely disregarded the running game. (Unlike Darth Hoodius…) I honestly hope McNabb destroys the Eagles when the ’Skins go to Philly.

however, I think it was a horrible move though to trade McNabb to a division rival.

This move in no different than if the Colts traded Peyton Manning to the Tennessee Titans. It is literally that big.

It’s a bit different for the mere fact that Peyton Manning is a Super Bowl winning QB and is well maybe one of the best ever. McNabb is a good QB but he’s not on the same level as Peyton.

I understand your whole trading QB to division rival comparison but it would be different because of the level each player is on.

idiots…

we’d be pissed. But don’t forget, BBS, we’re talking about Philly fans. A. DIVISON. RIVAL. Unreal.

I cannot comprehend this.

we face Eli, Donovan AND a pretty good QB instead of Eli, Donovan and Campbell

To a divison rival, come on!!!
Glad im not a Phili fan =P

But the Eagles obviously were NOT going to keep him. For trading him, at least they got two draft picks for it.

I think it was win-win for both teams. Redskins may be legit this season, while the Eagles are taking a chance that may turn out really well, getting good value in the process.

now has doubts as to a potential starting left tackle falling to 31, which to me makes the rumors of McNeil from San Diego all the more believable.

This move in no different than if the Colts traded Peyton Manning to the Tennessee Titans. It is literally that big.

Manning is one of the greatest quarterbacks to have ever laced them up. McNabb is inaccurate failure of a championship quarterback, was never the actual leader of the Eagles, was never the most important player for the Eagles, and his quarterbacking them to success was only because of the NFC being at its absolute weakest in three decades. Worthless drivel comparison.

The move also alters the 2010 Draft dramatically. Many felt that Mike Shanahan and the new regime in Washington would draft a quarterback, like Jimmy Clausen or possibly Colt McCoy.

Anyone who thought the Redskins were going to draft Jimmy Clausen with the 4th overall pick in the 2010 Draft is a moron.

Now, with a quality veteran QB locked up, the Redskins are free to take someone like Russell Okung, which is who Hogs Haven took in SB Nation’s Writers Mock Draft.

The Redskins were always going to take Russell Okung. It was either Okung or a trade up to get Sam Bradford, the one quarterback prospect actually worth a Top 10 pick in this year’s class.

The move is pretty amazing, and incredibly brazen on the part of Andy Reid and the Eagles. They clearly think McNabb is done. Trading him to a team within their own division, to a team Eagles fans absolutely detest, it is a move only made by people who are either incredibly stupid or very secure in their jobs (or both!).

McNabb turns 34 in December, he’s no long-term solution for Mike Shanahan. McNabb has one year left on his contract, after 2010 he’ll be free to sign with whoever he wants. Likely Arizona, that’s his offseason home, he’d like to play there, and they inquired about trading for him earlier this offseason but the Eagles’ new idiot GM was asking for a ridiculous return that priced him out of the market entirely. Minnesota could also be an option if Favre doesn’t return for 2011, there’s no question he is back for 2010 however.

Regardless, McNabb will be highly motivated in 2010 to kick the utter crap out of the Eagles twice next year. For the Eagles, they get a second rounder this year and conditional picks next year. Again, McNabb is a proven quarterback who has taken teams to five NFC Championship Games and one Super Bowl. Compare this trade with the Jay Cutler trade.

The Bears traded for a promising 25-year-old franchise quarterback who had three years left on his rookie contract in Jay Cutler last year. A much more accurate, equally strong-armed quarterback with his prime years ahead of him. So completely and utterly different, it only highlights how stupid a person would have to be to compare the two.

If I were an Eagles fan, I’d be pissed.

Eagles fans are pleased with this trade. They were sick and tired of McNabb, they knew he was never going to lead them (or any other team for that matter) to a championship and were hoping for management to realize it. Instead of losing him for nothing a year from now they obtained a very early second round pick in a great draft class. And they know that now the Eagles have a chance to see Kevin Kolb start for at least one year before having to make a decision whether to sign him long-term (he has one year left on his rookie contract).

You don’t have the slightest clue re: Eagles fans so stick your emotional response in the same place you pull your ideas and information from.

the day he was drafted?? That on its own is already unfair to a talented QB! Bad teams kills the future of even a very talented QB. Although I don’t think McNabb is Peyton or Tawmy or Brett Favre, he is at least a very capable QB. Maybe in later years Eagles fans dislike him for not winning the SB BUT ever since day 1?? That is absolutely unfair!

I think you guys are basing some of these comments of what the media portrays us as. There are people who are incredibly mad over this move, and some who love it. But the majority of the fans see this as a business decision, we had to make the move to Kolb eventually and with one year left on his contract McNabb would have been a lame duck Qb. We traded him now because we could get something for him this year, if we waited we would have let go our best QB for nothing. As for the fans that boo’d him on draft day, my grandpa was on, many have told me that they regret booing him and he is one of their favorite players. If you go to the Linc about 70% of the jerseys are McNabb in no way does the entire fanbase hate him as some of you are implying. I love McNabb but im confident in Kolb im sad to see super 5 gone the same way I am sad to see Dawkins gone but we had to move on at some point in time. The only part of this deal i hate is that he could potentially come back and kick our asses twice a season