Weaver wants McNabb to return
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Weaver wants McNabb to return
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Eagles fullback Leonard Weaver has become among the first players to publicly weigh in on the McNabb trade situation.
Weaver was interviewed by Ross Tucker on Sirius Radio this afternoon. Tucker sent out a few tweets with Weaver's comments.
"I'm surprised," Weaver said. "Let the man go ahead and play the last year of his contract out ...
"Not a knock on Kolb, but I would love for Donovan to come back for another year so we can try to win it all."
From earlier:
It is hard to know what to believe these days with the Donovan McNabb trade rumors, but here is an interesting sidelight that does not exactly involve McNabb, but does involve one of the teams reported to be in hot pursuit.
Michael Lombardi reports in his Sunday column for the National Football Post that the Oakland Raiders are discussing the availability of quarterback Sage Rosenfels with the Minnesota Vikings. Lombardi writes that the Vikings would only trade Rosenfels if they knew for sure that Brett Favre is returning.
Rosenfels was acquired from Houston before last season and had a chance to compete with Tavaris Jackson for the starting job until Favre came to Minnesota. Rosenfels was the third quarterback the entire season.
By the way, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that there have been no indications of talks between the Eagles and Vikings about McNabb.
And the Oakland Tribune has maintained no one in the Raiders organization has said there have been talks with the Eagles. Other reports say there have been.
Could the Raiders be interested in Rosenfels as a backup plan in case they can't land McNabb? Rosenfels would certainly be a much cheaper -- and much, much less accomplished -- alternative. Could acquiring Rosenfels be another QB to battle for the starting job and provide some insurance should JaMarcus Russell continue to struggle, but also represent Oakland's intention not to give up on him completely yet? Obviously, the Raiders would not be getting McNabb to be Russell's -- or Bruce Gradkowski's -- backup.
And the drama continues ...
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mcnabb for best corner in league? take it!— maximus- Keep McNabb, draft well and get '09 injured players back and go for the damn Bowl. Trading McNabb is forfeiting any chance of winning in 2010. There will be no football in 2011 and this whole thing leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. KEEP 5!!!!— wondo40
- What's more annoying - daily mock drafts by columnists that are sure to go wrong or the daily McNabb internet rumors worth it's weight in virtual gold AND now including rumors which don't even include McNabb.— AllDawk_AllTheTime
- MCNABB ISNT GOING ANYWHERE!The media is bored so they make up all the stories this time of year~!flybirdsfly— socalbirdsfan
- No, the accountant is Howie Rosenfels.— dasher
- i want to keep #5 too and win a BOWL. But we not bout to do that so trade him (top corner and picks) and keep the chains moving.— sizaleo
- Nobody wants McNabb. Maybe we should just keep him as a backup in case Kolb gets hurt.— bc3030
- Why would anyone want to keep 5? He's proven time and again that he's the most overrated athlete of the last decade. I'd take Kolb, who might actually be able to throw an accurate pass, over McNabb's tired shtick any day of the week.— DS17
- It's obvious no one wants McNabb and the writers at Philly.com have a quota of writing 10 pretend McNabb stories a day ...— Gringo4
- Donovan would want starter's $$$$; no one will pay him that much to be a backup.— southphilly42
If McNabb is a SuperBowl caliber QB, why does no one want to give up a #1 pick for him.......? Already 11 QBs have been traded/signed with new teams this offseason, and not 1 of those teams seriously tried to get McNabb....actions speak louder than words...- Wondo wake up man....Mcnabb wont win you a superbowl....he got close couldnt get it done and that was 6 years ago. its been a decade of being "in the hunt" and you have no trophies to show for it while the lowly LOL SAINTS (who passed on drafting McNabb) now have a trophy. all that and you STILL want to say, "lets try again in 2010??"....wake up man, its over. time to move on— IcanTakeit
- He's going to get injured anyway. Then IR.
- So much hype over so much nothing. There doesn't seem to be much chance of any of these rumors panning out to an actual trade. Reading this stuff makes me that much more thankful opening day is right around the corner.— s
