Quarterback Donovan McNabb is attempting to make a comeback to The
National Football League. In six games last season with The Minnesota
Vikings, McNabb only threw for 1,026 yards while leading the team to one
victory. In 2010 while playing with The Washington Redskins, McNabb’s
physical conditioning was called into question by Redskins head coach
Mike Shanahan. Shanahan pulled McNabb late in a game against The Detroit
Lions in favor of Rex Grossman. Shanahan felt that McNabb’s
“cardiovascular endurance” wasn’t up to par to run the hurry-up offense
which made McNabb’s relationship with Shanahan icy at best. Now with the
assistance of quarterback tutor George Whitfield, McNabb is trying for
one more trip in the sun.
According to ESPN, McNabb has been training in San Diego,California.
McNabb has been working on his mobility which has seen him running on
the beach and throwing the football while in the ocean. McNabb says that
he has dropped “15 to 20 pounds”, but he has always felt that he has
been in shape. McNabb is open to auditioning for all 32 NFL teams, but
the all-time passing yardage leader for The Philadelphia Eagles must
face a very harsh reality. At 35-years of age and coming off of
consecutive sub-par seasons with The Redskins and Vikings respectively,
McNabb will have to accept a role as a backup. Unfortunately for McNabb,
I do not see a team that would be willing to give him a shot as a
starter.
McNabb has thrown for 37,276 yards during his career which ranks him
17th on The NFL’s all-time passing list, but in 2010 he threw a career
high with 15 interceptions while having a quarterback rating of 77.1
which was his lowest rating since his rookie year of 1999. For me “Mr.
Chunky Soup” needs to call it a career. It is time for McNabb to pick up
a microphone and put on a suit to pursue a career in the broadcast
booth like many quarterbacks have done when their skills started to
wane.
In 2001, The New England Patriots replaced an injured Drew Bledsoe with
Tom Brady at quarterback. Brady led The Patriots to The Super Bowl
Championship that season. Following the season, The Patriots traded
Bledsoe to The Buffalo Bills where he would continue his career as a
starter. Bledsoe’s career ended in 2006 as a member of The Dallas
Cowboys when he was benched in favor of Tony Romo. At the age of 34,
Bledsoe never looked back and called it a career as he knew that he was
better than being a backup quarterback.
McNabb is better than being a backup quarterback and he knows it. He led
The Eagles to four consecutive NFC Championship Game appearances with
limited help on offense. During that stretch McNabb also led The Eagles
to their second Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. McNabb must
quit now while people remember him as a good quarterback instead of a
man who did not know when to say goodbye.
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