Stop the madness

This is all to deflect attention from the Oline.

Face it. We have the O-Line we are going to have all year. If Shannahan pulls McNabby, and word gets out -Oh he was pulled cause Center Guard and Guard cant hold their gaps, then we have lost our ‘edge’

Its the ELEPHANT in the room. Hopefully Shanahan will approach the leaders of the team and be honest with them, then he wont lose the team (may lose some fans).

Fixing the Oline is top priority, unfortunately if they say that in the news all the ‘hope’ will be gone.

1. McNabb was always terrible on short routes. Always. What made up for this was the Eagles ultimate weapon: Brian Westbrook.

2. If the coach’s son is to be believed that McNabb’s mechanics needed work and McNabb balked, that begs the question why they traded for McNabb in the first place. McNabb is known quantity. His game hasn’t changed very much since he came into the league. Sure, he’s lost a step but he still has good field vision and knows when to bail from the pocket. He tends to throw better on the run as opposed to just hanging out in the pocket. He has a cannon of an arm that stretches the field.

If they’re concerned about running an offense predicated on short routes using McNabb, they made a colossal error in judgment. I believed that McNabb was used incorrectly while he was in Philly, and figured he’d look better under Shanny: play action, power running game. Whether it’s personnel or policy, that’s not really happening in D.C. as far as I can tell.

3. The Eagles had the benefit of having two titans anchor the line for much of McNabb’s career in Jon Runyan and Tre Thomas. He doesn’t have that kind of situation in DC and likely won’t.

4. It’s a shame, because while I like the Eagles, I’m a fan of football first and the Eagles had some interesting battles with the Redskins in the 90s. There’s no way Shanahan leaves this mess without severe damage to his legacy. The Skins looked to be on the upswing…. hopefully they recover from this.