Eagles' QB situation in national focus
With the big names in free agency having signed, and the draft still more than five weeks away, the biggest offseason issue right now is what the Eagles will do with their three quarterbacks.
Eagles' QB situation in national focus
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
With the big names in free agency having signed, and the draft still more than five weeks away, the biggest offseason issue right now is what the Eagles will do with their three quarterbacks.
That's the argument Peter King of SI.com made in his MMQB column today.
More specifically, King shifts the focus to NFL teams who have holes at quarterback, questioning why they're not going to the Eagles more aggressively to get Donovan McNabb:
Re: Seattle, franchise saviors usually don't last forever. Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier can tell you that. If I'm Pete Carroll, and I can have McNabb as my quarterback for the next four years, I jump at it. Cleveland, Oakland, Buffalo and Jacksonville are 7 through 10. If I'm Reid, I'm keeping Kolb (which I think he aims to do), and hoping/praying some team comes to its senses and chases McNabb before the draft.
King also points out that Marty Mornhinweg and Eagles quarterbacks coach James Urban were at Fordham's Pro Day last week to check out quarterback John Skelton:
I think one of the quarterbacks is going. Where, I don't know. When, I don't know. But one last note about the Eagles and quarterbacks: Fordham University, not exactly a football hotbed, had its pro day for NFL coaches and scouts Friday in the Bronx. Fordham has a late-round quarterback prospect, John Skelton. The Eagles were at the workout with not one coach but two -- quarterback coach James Urban and offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg. Maybe it means nothing, but it's pretty rare for two coaches to be looking at a late-round quarterback -- especially when you're as packed at quarterback as the Eagles are. Unless, of course, you're planning to jettison one of your quarterbacks before the draft.
Sounds like a bit of a leap to me. The coaches will evaluate hundreds of prospects between now and the draft. That's just what teams do in March. King admits as much. But it's worth pointing out nonetheless. I'd venture to guess that the Eagles will look at players at every position, regardless of what their current roster looks like.
Also, I did some poking around, and some draft pundits have Skelton rated pretty highly. Wes Bunting of the National Football Post has him as the fourth-best QB prospect in the draft. If that's the case, he'll be an early-to-middle round pick, not a late-round pick.
T.O., McNabb team up
You probably remember reading last week that Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens were scheduled to team up for an episode of Spike TV's Pros vs. Joes.
By all accounts, things went well. Tweeted Owens:
Had a blast shooting Pros vs Joes last nite! It's a MUST 2 tune n2 2 watch me, A Gates & D McNabb on the hardwood vs NBA players!
And Tweeted FoxSports.com's Jay Glazer, who's a part of the show:
After taping that special episode of pros vs joes, I can say that T.O. & McNabb were more than fine w each other. They had a blast
So there you have it. Everyone had a blast. Not sure when the show airs. Maybe we'll do a live chat during it.
Or maybe not.
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Nothing happens... we keep all three QB's. McNabb gets hurt and Kolb takes over. We get nothing for McNabb. We draft a QB next year and sign a backup to mentor the draftee.— LoveMeSomeIggles- Peter King should have included Lurie, Banner and Reid in his "Groundhog Day" description. McNabb's a good QB who needs to hear a different voice, needs a more balanced approach to offense, and more playmakers on D.— 76erfn
- Vick's or Kolb will be gone..not Mcnabb, best chance to win is with McNabb, so all you's stop whinning already...sound like a bunch of high school girls...when Mcnabb gets a ring, all you will think he;s a hall of famer.— phillyfanyo
- Vick's or Kolb will be gone..not Mcnabb, best chance to win is with McNabb, so all you's stop whinning already...sound like a bunch of high school girls...when Mcnabb gets a ring, all you will think he;s a hall of famer.— phillyfanyo
- bboy: Doh! I was typing fast, the boss at work was on his way to my desk and I wanted to get that post up. I try to proof them prior to posting PRECISELY for that reason.— The Reddgie
"...hoping/praying some team comes to its senses and chases McNabb..." Huh? A better hope is that some team is senseless and drunk enough to chase him.
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- Reid and Banner must know that when they deal McNabb, they are getting rid of their human shield. They brag about going to 5 NFC championship games in 8 seasons; do they think they would have done so without McNabb?— 76erfn
- t_darb_56 you're an idiot and your English is terrible.— ConservativePatriot22
- Sure. Let's keep him. What wrong with us? It's only been 50 years since the Eagles won the championship, while everyone else in the division has won multiple. He hasn't won one for 11. How could another year hurt? Idiot.— Bob1
- I'll bet it is a FEW racist brothers out there that call any and all anti McNabb commentators as haters. Some of us haters just want to see a change at the QB position for the betterment of the team. Stop playing your race cards they dont work anymore.— Carlos2
- Whoever said they would just cut McNabb is the McIdiot and should probably never post again....and OF COURSE you could get a 4th rounder for him, because every team in the league without a top 5 QB would trade just a 4th to get him, so you're a McIdiot too. It's amazing he's done as much as he has and his own fans are blind to it, with the obvious holes on each yearly teams in which he wasn't one of them, minus injury years. When he leaves, it will be years before anybody matches his success, and no he hasn't won the big one yet, but at least we have the chance every year exactly because he's taking snaps.— Bleue
teams arent rushing to get him because they have seen how crappy his passes are and how many times he goes down with inuries, crappy leadership etc. etc., he has been sacked 357 times in 148 games. Mannings only been sacked 210 times, thats 150 less times, in 50 more games. brees has been sacked like 200 times less in almost the same amount of games, and kolb has only been sacked 3 times in three years in 12 games. Its no surprise McNabb with his league "leading" lowest wonderlic score cant figure out what to do with the ball and gets sacked and throws innacurate passes, unless they are playing a cupcake matchup and then some people who dont know anything suddenly think hes a "hall of famer" you dont win a SB by beating the crappy teams, and thats why he hasnt ever won one, and never will. after 357 sacks and a guy thats prone to holding on to the ball teams know he is gonna get injured again, he doesnt have more then 2 years left as a starter in this league.- Donovans value is decreasing???? Ha more like the Philly Eagles value is decreasing with all your Gold Standard Signings, Donovan would be blessed if the Eagles trade him..... Eagles need Donovan, he DOES NOT need the Eagles.....— DonovanistheEaglesallTimeGreatestPlayer
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