Who's word would you rather take, Skip Bayless' about Eagles fans not deserving Donavon McNabb, or Brett Favre's about returning for three more seasons? It's probably a wash, but at least Favre is actually connected to the story.
On ESPN's FirstTake on ESPN2 this morning, Bayless argued that Eagles fans have never appreciated and respected Donavon McNabb ever since he was booed on draft day. He also didn't fail to mention McNabb's fantastic resume of 5 NFC Championships and a Super Bowl appearance. Well you know what Skip? The biggest reason why we've never "appreciated and respected" number 5 is because he only won the NFC Championship once and then crapped his pants and literally puked during crunch time in Super Bowl. And don't make the bullcrap argument that the Eagles' 2004 playoff run to the Super Bowl solely resulted from the great talent around McNabb, mainly in Terrell Owens. Well here's my counter: Owens was sleeping in his hyperbaric chamber during the team's push through to the NFC Championship. Donavon made it to the Super Bowl with bums like Greg Lewis, Todd Pinkston and the king of bums himself, Freddie "FredEx" Mitchell. McNabb and Brian Westbrook put the offense on their backs while Brian Dawkins anchored the D, and fought for a Super Bowl berth. Owens returned from injury to play in the Super Bowl and even posted extremely impressive stats of 9 rec and 122 yds. McNabb had the weapons to win, had Andy Reid and his coaching staff's arguably best coaching season ever during his tenure in Philly, and he even had a top 5 ranked defense in the entire league that season. But, he didn't have the cahones to win the big one.
I'm not saying that Donavon McNabb is not a talented quarterback. I'm not saying he isn't a top 5 talent in the league today. I'm not even saying I would want Kevin Kolb or Michael Vick to start over him either. What I am saying is that McNabb has been here for 10 seasons already. And Eagles' fans wanting him to be traded is as unsurprising as Ricky Martin's coming out of the closet. The bottom line is that the Eagles have never won a Super Bowl and boast on of the rowdiest and most passionate fan bases in all of professional sports. If the fans want change how can u not listen to them? And if you have two seemingly stellar back up quarterbacks why not at least entertain trade talks? If McNabb was dealt to the Oakland Raiders before his May roster bonus is due and the Eagles are ultimately led to a 10-6 record and a one-win postseason by Kolb, Vick, or some other QB, can you really argue that McNabb would have had a phenomenal season because he was in a contract year? Or that he would have given the team more reason to resign him after the 2010 season and his contract ends?
At this point its almost better to part ways now and get something in return than lose a franchise quarterback and have to turn to an unprepared backup to run a NFL team. McNabb sure has the talent to be a winner, but it hasn't resulted in championship rings and parades down South Street. Now you kinda don't want Favre to return to the Vikings so that the guy, who we've trashed and almost hated for the past 10 seasons, can go to a team that he wants to play for and has a chance to be a contender. McNabb's a talent, but it would be in his, Andy Reid's, and GM Howie Roseman's best interest to send number 5's, game, statistics, Campbell's soup and Momma somewhere else.
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