Donovan McNabb: Eagles 'dumb' to give Sam Bradford multi-year deal

At this point, Donovan McNabb has said so many things in front of so many microphones that it's barely news anymore when he opens his mouth.

This time, though, he seems to have made some news.

In an interview with Billy Penn's Dan Levy, McNabb was asked for his take on the Eagles' quarterback depth chart going into Doug Pederson's first season in charge.

His response was not at all kind.

McNabb repeatedly called the Eagles "dumb" for how they've handled Sam Bradford and Carson Wentz, and called the team's move up in the draft to grab Wentz "a bad business decision."

Some more excerpts:

When people jumped on Sam Bradford because he was seeking a trade, I told people, man, I said 'I'll be honest with you, I don't blame him.' Think about this whole situation, and I had to explain it to people because they think he needed to come back and compete. I said even if he competes and they go 9-7 or 10-6 and he plays the whole year, it's time for the young kid to step in and play.

If he's not ready in year two, then that was dumb on the Eagles' part.

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Now you sign - which was dumb - you sign Sam Bradford to a multi-year deal and give him big money, then you trade picks to move up to No. 2 – that was dumb. I mean, nothing against Carson Wentz, but why would you do that? That's just a bad business decision from the Philadelphia Eagles.

Chase Daniel is not a bad player. Chase Daniel can hold the fort down for 6-8-10 weeks and then if things aren't going well you move a slow transition to Carson Wentz. Because the crowd…I'm going to tell you, the people of Philadelphia - and you know it - the people of Philadelphia they're not going to call for Chase Daniel. They're calling for Carson Wentz.

So when Sam Bradford struggles, we can talk about all we want to, if he struggles or the defense ain't stopping nobody and the offense is ranked around 15th, you're going to make a decision around week seven, week eight or week nine. If he can hold it until week 10 or week 11 it's better for Carson Wentz to come in and finish up that season, because he will learn the speed of the game.

If you can sit through even more of McNabb talking, you can read the full interview here.