McNabb a REDSKIN!

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I hate that this trade has me agreeing with Matt Mosely:
Tap the brakes on Redskins playoff talk - NFL Nation Blog - ESPN

Mosely is just mad that his little NFC East world could possibly be turned upside down.

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I'm not like about to jump off the ledge or anything, and certainly don't need to be talked into taking a few steps back, for one thing, I don't believe there's any reason to think there will be football in 2011. And I highly, highly doubt McNabb is still here (or in football) in 2012. I think we will work out a modest extension with McNabb, but he's still more or less a one-year rental.

And if we get to the playoffs, and he performs, wins some playoff games, AND Kolb wets the bed, then great, we won a trade I thought we couldn't win. Barely. For this to be a decisive win, we need to WIN the super bowl in 2010. It wasn't likely with Campbell and it isn't likely now. I do like our chances better with Okung though.

/goes to research 13-3 2006 Ravens

[CRedskinsRule]

And, if we could get a 3rd (or 2nd) for Campbell, then why not just do that pick up an extra pick and have 3 picks in the top 80? Now we have one, still no Tackles of any use, and we are basically forced to have to trade Campbell, or cut Rex who we just picked up. If we got rid of Campbell we could go into the year with Grossman starting (ugh) and have those extra picks to grab a qb for the future. All this does is reduce our ability to draft for the future, reduce our ability to get multiple LT/RTs, bring in a qb whose numbers were slightly better than what we had, and cost us a pick next year.

But hey, OFF-SEASON CHAMPS is the Redskins Way.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

And, if we could get a 3rd (or 2nd) for Campbell, then why not just do that pick up an extra pick and have 3 picks in the top 80? Now we have one, still no Tackles of any use, and we are basically forced to have to trade Campbell, or cut Rex who we just picked up. If we got rid of Campbell we could go into the year with Grossman starting (ugh) and have those extra picks to grab a qb for the future. All this does is reduce our ability to draft for the future, reduce our ability to get multiple LT/RTs, bring in a qb whose numbers were slightly better than what we had, and cost us a pick next year.

Yeah, no idea what they were thinking here, especially if the conclusion was that they couldn't win with a merely above average quarterback.

Maybe they were allured by McNabb's success as a playoff quarterback and thought that, if they were handed a team that was just a tackle away from making the postseason, they'd hate to have a run killed by finding out that Campbell doesn't perform well in the postseason. But, again, there's no evidence to suggest that playoff performance is a skill divergent from game performance, and even so, how arrogant would it be to change your quarterback based on the presumption that he can get you to the playoffs but can't win in them. Then there's the part where McNabb has continually come up short.

This is a complete grasp for straws, obviously. But there's little logic in this deal, period.

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Phillip Daniels I am lost for words except one. WOW

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Well this link say it all Redskins offered Haynesworth in exchange for McNabb - Shutdown Corner - NFL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

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Originally Posted by cocoajoey

Well this link say it all Redskins offered Haynesworth in exchange for McNabb - Shutdown Corner - NFL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

yeah heard that both he and someone else were offered, forget the other guy that could've been part of a potential trade

[Ruhskins]

Here's Matt Williamson's take on the trade, he's from Scouts Inc:

What Redskins get with Donovan McNabb - NFC East Blog - ESPN

I'm a big fan of Matt Williamson, and I feel like a guy like this has a bit more credibility since he watches tape and was an NFL scout, and is probably not out there to try to sell a story like Mosely or any other pundit (SS can correct me if I'm wrong).

That being said, I like his let's wait and see attitude. and I do hope he's right that a Buffalo or Oakland would send their second rounder for Campbell.

[GTripp0012]

It's also interesting that we've brought in now a second "savior" for an offense that has yet to get a talent influx. Maybe we should be saving the Hail Marys for the second half of the offseason?

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

It's also interesting that we've brought in now a second "savior" for an offense that has yet to get a talent influx. Maybe we should be saving the Hail Marys for the second half of the offseason?

Who was the first savior? Gibbs? Sherman Lewis? Al Saunders?

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Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Who was the first savior? Gibbs? Sherman Lewis? Al Saunders?

Shanahan.

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Is it good or bad that every successful comparable team I can think of for the 2010 Redskins offense ended up producing the number one defense?

Moral of the story: offensive moves will look great if the defense you are ignoring completely overachieves.

[GTripp0012]

I heard Landry was in on it. He and Haynesworth were the two players offered for McNabb straight up, both rejected by the Eagles before this weekend.

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Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I heard Landry was in on it. He and Haynesworth were the two players offered for McNabb straight up, both rejected by the Eagles before this weekend.

ahh landry yeah that was the other one

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did a search on haynesworth to try to find the other one.. got this gem instead

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