That’s fine for you Viking fans. They should get rid of some of the dead weight and bad contracts….get another high draft pick…..and work on 2012-2013. The Packers did the same thing back in the mid-2000s. Thompson came on in 2005 and got rid of their two high priced guards….Wahle and Rivera. They drafted a young QB in the first round (I think you know his name). They were conservative in FA….added a guy by the name of Woodson in 2006. They relied on the draft and took about four years building a young roster with tons of depth. You know the rest of the story.

The Queens need to blow this thing up. Trade AP for draft picks, don’t be stupid in FA, and groom Ponder into what hopefully will be a quality NFL starter. That is how you win in this league. Not by signing Donovan McNabb and praying for 9 wins (which would never, ever happen).

And since winning the Super Bowl behind Elway and Davis in 1998, Shanahan has won exactly one playoff game, or as many as Wade Phillips in the same time frame.

McNabb went 11-5 with the Eagles before being traded.

Finally, something that doesn’t get enough attention: the Redskins were ranked 10th in yards allowed before Shanahan got there, and last season they were ranked 31st. Unless McNabb also plays defense, he wasn’t going to turn that Redskins team around.

My point is this: I don’t think that McNabb’s drop-off was as steep as it appeared. I think if he goes to the Vikes, it’ll be a good fit for him since he never was the proto-typical West Coast QB that Reid wanted him to be. McNabb can still throw the ball deep and with accuracy (especially on the run).

sarcasm doesn’t play well in print

What is with some of u posters with ur man-crush on Jason lacanfora. Did he sleep with your wife or something. Bashing him all the time, u must be jealous he’s been successful and you probably push carts at a grocery store. STFU

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Jason, is that you??

It has to be.

Yes…a God tier receiving corps with Freddy “FredEx” Mitchell and Todd “Gator Arms” Pinkston. If you’re going to try and sound smart, don’t try to make stuff up.

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yes, we all know McNabb wasnt given great targets but no team is perfect.

McNabb benefited from two bookend all pro caliber OTs in Jon Runyan and Tra Thomas the majority of his career. Jermaine Mayberry was a former first rounder and a very good guard. Shawn Andrews was a first rounder and for a short couple season span an elite OG. Jamal Jackson was a very good center, throw in Doug Bryzenski, John Welbourn, Jason Peters, Todd Herremans all coached by a top level o-line coach in Juan Castillo and McNabb enjoyed more consistency and high level of play from his 0-line than most QBs do.

He didnt have a true no.1 WR until TO came along but he certainly always had great receivers out of the backfield starting with Staley and Buck and then the All Pro Westbrook. Chad Lewis was a steady reliable TE and McNabb also had a head coach highly invested in him as QB and always had his back.

Then we turn over to the defense, led by one of the greatest defensive coordinators ever in Jim Johnson McNabb benefited from a consistenty top 10 and routinely top 5 defense that could bail him out if he made mistakes or easily keep the Eagles in games when the offense wasnt playing well.

Brian Dawkins, Troy Vincent, Bobby Taylor, Al Harris, Sheldon Brown, Lito Sheppard, Quintin Mikell, Asante Samuel, Rod Hood, Trent Cole, Hugh Douglas, Corey Simon, Jeremiah Trotter, Takeo Spikes, Darwin Walker, Carlos Emmons, Mike Patterson, Brodrick Bunkley, Mike Zordich, Jevon Kearse, Derrick Burgess, Nate Wayne, Michael Lewis, Clinton Hart, Dhani Jones, ND Kalu, Stewart Bradley etc. etc…….just really talented units that always performed under JJ

so yea, for the vast majority of the time McNabb had sub-par WRs…..but he also had a great o-line, great defense, terrific coaches, and big play HBs around him

Yes…a God tier receiving corps with Freddy “FredEx” Mitchell and Todd “Gator Arms” Pinkston. If you’re going to try and sound smart, don’t try to make stuff up.
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Make stuff up? Please!

I was thinking Coach Reid and his 75/25 pass:run game plans… then add T.O. in his prime and receiving RB in Brian Westbrook with Tra Thomas and Jon Runyan on the OL.

The defense had Jevon Kearse, Dawkins, Corey Simon, Trotter, etc.

None the less, it was the collective efforts of the TEAM that made them exceptional. In fact, I remember when McNabb was out, it was that TEAM that made Jeff Garcia and A.J Feely look like prime starters! By the way, where are they now?

Good. Leave. We don’t want bandwagon fan like you.

Signed
A Packer Fan

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You’re right. It’s not like Minnesota knows how to draft and develop anyway. Hell, one year they didnt even participate in the first round with their own pick when that clock struck zero!!

Kyle Orton makes sense for the Vikings. He’s younger and a better player right now. McNabb? He’s another veteran on the downside. Sounds like a rerun, which is the last thing this team needs. McNabb’s best years are behind him. Forget him and move on.

You are right on. Culpepper is a better QB than McNabb, the problem is his agent. Andy Reid did a tremendous job of hiding McNabb’s deficiencies in his dink and dunk offense. When he was asked to be a real QB, he threw up all over himself.