McNabb may be available next year

I concur. The 3-4 was supposed to provide a cheaper pass rush. I think the idea was that we could find a bunch of hybrid types late in the draft or 2nd and 3rd tier type FAs, line em up and OLB and theyd become instant pass rush studs to save us from having to pay big money on the pass rushing DE’s. Hasnt worked at all so far. What would a 4-3 do to Willis though? It seems to me it may actually make him better, but I’m far from an expert on the merits of 3-4 vs 4-3.

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No, McNabb is just a borderline hall of famer. There’s no way he could stack up to all of those actual Hall of Famers.

How many Super Bowls did Marino win again?

After the super bowl loss, and the way he played at the end of the game.. i lost respect for Mcnabb. I’d take Warren Moon, Cunningham or Doug Williams over McNabb anytime.

QB’s, white or black, are all lighting rods. Peyton Manning caught a bunch of flack for not being able to win the game. A lot of people thought what Favre did this past year was messed up (even a lot of GB fans). Culter’s been criticized for saying his arm is stronger than Elway’s. Every QB catches shit, to think otherwise is just plain ignorant.

I really don’t want to incite a racial riot here, but pulling the race card here is just dumb.

A) if we’re comparing him to favre and manning, let’s take a look at their accomplishments

(career averages)
McNabb: 219 yards/game, 58.7% completion, 1.45 TD/game, 5 pro bowls, 0 MVPs, 1 NFC title, 0 Super Bowl titles
Manning: 258.4 yards/game, 64% completion, 1.89 TD/game, 8 pro bowls, 2 MVPs, 1 AFC title, 1 Super Bowl title
Favre: 239.3 yards/game, 61.7% completion, 1.72 TD/game, 9 pro bowls, 3 MVPs, 2 NFC titles, 1 Super bowl title

The stats pretty much speak for themselves…McNabb is no where in the league of Favre and Manning. Manning and Favre play 16 games each year consistently through their whole careers. McNabb hasn’t played more than 14 games since 2004. I also don’t want to hear any crap about McNabb not having talent around him. He had TO for a few years, he’s had Westbrook for many years, and they had one of the most consistenly good defenses through this decade.

You must have been watching a different game if you think he’s “as good as ever”. He can’t run nearly as well, and makes some very poor decisions at times. The reason many black quarterbacks aren’t considered as good as white quarterbacks has much to do with the fact that generally black quarterbacks rely on their quickness and running abilities rather than being especially skilled in their passing abilities. And if a quarterback relies on running the ball half or 1/3 of the time, they are going to have a shelf life closer to a running back than a typical quarterback.

are lightning rods for criticism because any criticism of them is interpreted as slinging mud at the black kid.

While we’re on the subject, I’d like to end right now the criticism of QB’s from the south. Hating on QB’s from the south just because they may have flown a confederate flag from a raised truck at some point is wrong and racist, and quite frankly, I’m not gonna stand for it anymore.

Please also visit my new site, TonyismIsWrong.com- just because your first name is Tony does not mean you choke under pressure and screw up holding the football for field goal attempts in playoff games.

I don’t know, I think a 3rd round pick seems about right. If you look at some recently jettisoned QBs: Brett Favre was traded for a 4th round pick (with some weird escalation incentives), Trent Green was traded from the Rams to the Chiefs (after Warner’s emergence) for a 5th round pick, Steve McNair was traded from the Titans to the Ravens for a 4th round pick, Jacksonville traded Mark Brunell to the Redskins for a 3rd round pick. When teams trade a QB they deem to be past his prime they don’t usually get a whole hell of a lot back for him.

what is the “talk out of Philly” on what they would get back?

Because he’s not playing at a level close to what he’s about to get for. Since I think he only has like $1.16M left of bonus money (paid in full in ‘09) the Eagles can cut him any time after that and not incur any cap penalties (If they release him in ’09 it’s only that $1.16M of a cap hit). Bottom line is McNabb is going to be 32 later this month, his play is declining and he’s getting paid like an elite QB. If he’s not released this year (which I doubt he will and Kolb will have another year to get ready) he’ll be cut the next.

The salaries that were posted earlier are way too much. Without some kind of restructuring it wouldn’t work. McNabb is still a good QB, and would be an upgrade over what we have now, but not at that price. If all the niners were missing was a great QB, it would be a different discussion, but they need D-line, O-line and WR help as well.

It’s almost as if you’ve seen this before on another site!

Your defense of Rich Aurilia is pretty intimidating.

I was ready to say something to the effect of, “Hey, look at that! Another post by GiantStep!” He did, however, make a comment on this page. So he went from 21-14 to 22-15. That TakeAGiantStepAndGo! He’s so hot right now!

I need all of you, to stop what you’re doing and listen.

CANNONBALL!!!

Man, it’s got to be nice to be the new giantsrainman most important person in the world!

you should do it on your own blog if you have them.

should say “if you have ONE.”

you ask questions in the fanpost. if you aren’t interested in hearing people’s answers, why ask the question? and personally, I feel like if you spend the time asking questions, you should offer your own thoughts about the answers.