Greg Cosell on McNabb, Campbell, and Others

[tryfuhl]

This article is pretty outdated though. It's just asking about current thoughts on players in their situations, based on film... There has been no film for months and months.

[30gut]

Talk about well defined reads.
Dude are gonna be flat out wide-open more then we've seen in a long time.

[ethat001]

Yeah, it still surprises me that they let McNabb go.
- Sure, the eagles haven't gone anywhere for years -- but then again, they were *so close*, and now have young WRs.
- Sure, they think they have something with Kolb -- but then again, they already had a ProBowl QB.
- Sure, McNabb probably only has 3-4 years left -- but why trade him within-division?

I just can't come up with a "reason"... yet. But I agree there's something to it..

[backrow]

Originally Posted by ethat001

Yeah, it still surprises me that they let McNabb go.
- Sure, the eagles haven't gone anywhere for years -- but then again, they were *so close*, and now have young WRs.
- Sure, they think they have something with Kolb -- but then again, they already had a ProBowl QB.
- Sure, McNabb probably only has 3-4 years left -- but why trade him within-division?

I just can't come up with a "reason"... yet. But I agree there's something to it..

I think only 2 or 3. That's my new name for McNabb! 2&3! That's what he costs, that's what he is. At least through the part of the season that leads to the POs. After that, he will have earned his usual 5!

[ethat001]

So after the season is done:

McNabb (13 games): 3377 yards, 14 td, 15 int
J.Campbell (13 games): 2387 yards, 13 td, 8 int

We traded McNabb for 2nd (2010) and 4th (2011)
We traded JC for 4th rounder (2012)

Basically we wasted a 2nd rounder for McNabb, and JC played better than him this year. I think most did not want McNabb - but were conflicted/okay with the trade at the time -- but in hindsight this was a complete waste of a 2nd rounder. Hard to stomach that in the beginning of a coach's tenure -- hope it doesn't happen again. We need all our picks going forward.

[Beemnseven]

While there's absolutely nothing to base this on, I feel comfortable saying that if JC was still here, the stats and results would have been about the same.

We'd have two more draft picks of course, and that's what makes the trade for McNabb indefensible at this point. Still, I don't know that "most did not want" him. I'd say it was pretty even for and against.

Playing the 'what if' game for a moment ... If JC wasn't here, if they didn't make the trade for McNabb, and they stuck it out with Rex or some other journeyman QB all year -- there would have been a lot of people wondering what might have been if we had a quarterback worth anything for the 2010 season.

[hooskins]

I would say Oakland was an overall better fit for JC than we were for McNabb. Oakland has good line, decent run game and a great D. I can't say we had/have any of those.