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Monday, April 05, 2010
Obligatory Donovan McNabb musingsOkay, so No. 5 is going to be a Redskin. I still think that McNabb is one of the 10 best QB's in the NFL. I'm not sure if Football Outsiders agrees with that, though. Certainly McNabb is an upgrade over Jason Campbell. The question is, can Kevin Kolb perform as well as Donovan McNabb? One knock on the Redskins was that they had the worst QB in the division. McNabb, Romo and even Eli are no doubt better than Campbell. (Even if Eli didn't deserve the Super Bowl MVP award). Arguably, the Eagles now have the least quality at starting QB. I'm not sure this moves the Skins out of the cellar, but it keeps that Cowboys as the clear front runners in the NFC East. I have to wonder if the Eagles can do better than 2-4 in the division in 2010. They might go 1-5. This could make it tough to make the playoffs, let alone win the division. Then there is the wisdom of trading within the division. In 2007, the Eagles traded their No. 1 pick to the Cowboys. In 2009, the Eagles lost 3 games to the Cowboys. While I trot out the maxim, "Correlation does not indicated causation" at the drop of a hat, I have to wonder if the 2007 trade didn't have more of a financial than a football influence. I also have to wonder that if the Eagles had picked a player with that pick if they wouldn't have possibly had just enough to win one of those 3 games in 2009. Fast forward to December of 2011. Will Mike Shanahan be able to cobble together enough of an offensive line to give Donovan McNabb a chance to put together a superlative season? Will we see Kevin Kolb getting hurried and sacked, Leonard Weaver unable to pick up a 3rd and 1, the Redskins going on to win the NFC East while the Eagles sit home? There is risk in football. I hope this move makes Joe Banner and Andy Reid look likes gutsy geniuses. I fear it will make them look like penny-pinching accountants and not football people. Saturday, April 03, 2010
Liberty's Dan Persa is QB1 at NW"Dan Persa is all but assured of becoming Northwestern's new starting quarterback" according to Teddy Greenstein on Chicago Breaking Sports. Of course, 'Iron Cat' succeeding Kafka at quarterback is a headline to which only Gregg Easterbrook or Dennis Miller could do justice. The espn blog entry is a little less existential, saying that Persa "looked sharp for the most part." HOME March 2002 April 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 October 2004 December 2004 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 October 2006 December 2006 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 February 2010 April 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 March 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 August 2012 September 2012 April 2013 May 2013 June 2013 August 2013 September 2013 January 2014 July 2014 August 2014 December 2014 October 2015 January 2016 March 2018 April 2018 July 2018 August 2018 October 2018  |