Former NFL player personnel director Michael Lombardi warns Eagles fans that the decision to get rid of Donovan McNabb is an emotional one and many times those decisions wind up being wrong.
Lombardi talks about it in his artilce on NatikonalFootbalPost.com today.¬† He points out the awesome challenge which Kevin Kolb will have in trying to better McNabb’s record here with the Eagles.
He talks about the expectation which Kolb will face.¬† Eagles fans think his job will be easy in being better than McNabb, but they’re going to realize the difficulty in due time.
Lombardi writes, “If this trade does go down, Kolb will be asking himself, ‚ÄúHow can I be any better than McNabb has been?‚Äù Think about that for a moment. Analyze the numbers and make sure this decision is made based on knowledge and fact, not just emotion. Emotions run deep when discussing McNabb in Philadelphia, but emotional decisions don‚Äôt always prove to be right.
I dont’ care how you stack it up, getting rid of McNabb doesn’t make any sense.¬† If we had a Pro Bowl player at any other position we wouldn’t be eager to move him.
I have people talking to me about all kinds of silly stuff and arguing that they’re legitimate reasons to get rid of McNabb.¬† If you haven’t noticed Andy Reid asked a lot of his quarterback.
Like Lombardi I believe this decision is based solely on emotion and is going to put this team in the basement of the NFC for the next five years.
Imagine how foolish we will look if Kolb is either injury-prone or interception-prone or both.
We will have two of the best receivers, DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin, in the National Football League but not have a good quarterback to get them the ball.
If McNabb were to stay here we could almost guarantee being in the playoffs the next four or five years and with the addition of a few good players on the defense be able to win it all.
This will be known as “The Great Unforced Error” because there’s nothing forcing the Eagles to take this chance.
We have shortcomings at different positions on the football team, but we’ve got a Pro Bowl quarterback and we’re going to give him away.
Nearly every team McNabb has been on since he joined the Eagles has been flawed but they’ve won inspite of it.
No we haven’t won a championship because it just happened that maybe the best individual team of the decade the 2004-5 New England Patriots beat us by 3 points in the Super Bowl.
I’ve never seen a team take the chance of walking the plank without being forced.¬† I hope I’m wrong.
