Just when you thought Major League Baseball would take sports’ main stage, an NFL trade sends it back to the bar area.
The Philadelphia Eagles traded McNabb to the Washington Redskins for a pair of draft picks Sunday night. The Eagles will receive a second-round pick (37th overall) in this month in the NFL draft and either a third- or fourth-round pick next year.
“Donovan McNabb was more than a franchise quarterback for this team,” Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie said. “He truly embodied all of the attributes of a great quarterback and of a great person. He has been an excellent representative of this organization and the entire National Football League both on and off the field. I look forward to honoring him as one of the greatest Eagles of all-time and hopefully see him enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton one day.”
I can’t remember a year where the Eagles weren’t rumored to be shopping McNabb, yet it seems so strange now that he’s been traded. I always thought McNabb had gotten somewhat of a raw deal, being that the managed to keep the Eagles in contention for years while at the same time having to eat Terrell Owens’ shit on a daily basis. But hey, leave it to the fans of Philadelphia to run a perennial Pro Bowlers and future Hall of Famer out of town. Kevin Kolb may indeed turn out to be a decent quarterback, but it’s highly unlikely he’ll produce as well as McNabb ever did – or still can.
I’m already looking forward to when Washington plays in Philly.
