McNabbs Future

The city is spit. Half of us want McNabb run out of town and the other wants him to lead our team into combat. So whats the right thing to do?

If we trade McNabb then it is because he cant win a Superbowl. so lets say we trade McNabb and get trade him for a 1st and a 3rd round draft pick. that 1st rounder is somewhere between picks 12-20 and we decide to draft a STUD defensive end and with the third we draft a safety. Right away Kolb has arguably a better team than McNabb has ever had. So if and when we trade McNabb is every year Kolb cant win the Superbowl a failure? better yet what if he never wins one either. Then we have just traded our franchise player for another 7 years or so of close but no cigar, except now its even more frustrating because we will have 2 great wr which is something McNabb could have only dreamed of in his time in Philly.

Now what if we hold onto our franchise quarterback and extend him 3 more seasons? There is no doubt in anybodies mind that Kolb will file for free agency if he gets the chance. So lets assume the FO handles the situation correctly and trades Kolb. For Kolb we get a mid 2nd round draft pick plus a 5th. In that second we get a linebacker. so now we have a great defense behind McNabb, arguably his best team hes ever worked with, and 2-3 more seasons of him competing at a very high level. The question is, is this enough?

Either way no matter how i put it, its impossible to tell if we will win the Superbowl in either scenario, but maybe i can put it like this. a team is only as strong as the quarterback who taking snaps, whether he is simply managing the game or leading the team drive after drive, so what if Kolb is merely an average qb and we thought it would be a great idea to sign him to one of those 6 year contracts this organization is simply famous for? If we hold onto McNabb and still lose out, the rebuilding begins in 3 years, but if we Trade McNabb and resign Kolb and hes nothing special the rebuilding process is gonna have to be held off for twice that amount, and if you were wondering what its like to be hamstrung by a below average-average qb and his contract ask the 49ers how its worked out with Alex Smith.

What do i think we should do? I say we hold onto McNabb, give him three more seasons and if it doesnt work out in those three seasons say, thanks for your time and effort but its time to go our separate ways, draft a 1st round qb even if we need to trade up like the Jets did and rebuild. I am done settling for 2nd or 3rd round qb to lead this team, i want the guy who is overly hyped up on draft day. and before you throw me the stats saying how often that works out let me say this, i truly dont care. i want the rocket armed qb who plays at a high level. the guy who is better than anyone else on the feild and he knows it, and if hes not the best, then he thinks it.

Written by Mike "fiz" Foley