Who Will Be The Redskins 2011 Opening Day Starting QB?

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Originally Posted by Brody81

What is the freaking love affair with McNabb??? What has he done as a Redskins to deserve anything?? It obvious he doesn't want to learn the system, so get rid of him!!! I like Shanahan's philosophy of playing the best player no matter how much money he makes, or his draft position..Why should MS worries about his feelings??No player on this 5-9 team deserve anything. People act like DM was a great Redskin like Sonny Jurgensen, and they can't believe MS disrespected him..Goodbye DM, and goodbye to all the cry baby players that feel disrespected because they weren't told earlier in the week they suck..Is the outrage in DC that MS bench a black QB or is it because he bench the great Redskins DM? Would there be so much outrage if MS bench Rex, and didn't tell him until Thursday?

First, welcome to the Warpath,
Second...I have no love affair with McNabb at all...my point is that we have far greater needs than QB at this point...everyone knows that...our oline is a disaster...and the gamble in getting McNabb was that he would be able to hold down the fort for 3 years or so behind a rebuilding line with mediocre talent...that gamble so far has failed...why was it a gamble...because we risked 2 critical picks that would be available to us to shore up the oline to get him....now we don't have those pick AND we are going to dump the guy we bought with them...that is clearly a fail...if you really think Rex Grossman is better than McNabb...please state so...but do not make assumptions of my position on McNabb because I believe Shanny is not playing his cards right.
BTW...I don't care about players feelings or certainly what color, religion or whatever sex they are...if they are talented...they need to be maximized...no one can claim Shanny has done that with either McNabb nor Haynesworth....I would suggest that other coaches in the NFL could have gotten more production out of both of them.

Do I think McNabb is fantastic....absolutely not...do I think he is better than anyone else on the squad or any FA that may be available....probably....so why ditch the guy and open up a glaring hole when we are bleeding badly in so many other locations?
That is my point.

Rebuilding a team has a lot to do with timing as much as it does to do with money, number of picks, etc...I just think the timing sucks for having no starter even before the offseason starts....It hurts our leverage in the draft, McNabb trade value, and the cost of FA Qbs.
What ever happened to keeping your cards close to the vest?