The Trifecta

This is Donovan McNabb’s 10th season as the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback. He has led them to three NFC championship games and one Super Bowl. And if I were him, I would refuse to play another game in an Eagle jersey.

I know this has been by far his worst year in his career, but the fact that Andy Reid benched him in a must-win game that was still easily within reach is pathetic, and unless he all of the sudden came down with the flu, he should have finished what he started and tried to keep them in the race.

Please don’t misunderstand me, I think McNabb needs to be replaced, and so does everyone in Philadelphia. But you cannot pull him in the middle of a game that is still winnable, and replace him with a quarterback who looks like he just stormed the beach at Normandy.  Especially on the road against a solid Ravens D.  I know Tony Siragusa put on the Thanksgiving Thirty a few years back but this is a defense that still has several pillars from a squad that put a Super Bowl ring on Trent Dilfer’s finger.

Why not let McNabb play the game out, and if he blew it again (which he would have) then start Kolb fresh out of the gate knowing all week he would be the starter.  The only possible explanation is that Reid had already made the decision to start Kolb on Thanksgiving and didn’t want McNabb to win the game on his own. Then he’d have to bench a ten-year franchise quarterback who just won a game to keep them possibly in the playoff hunt, and start Kolb on Thanksgiving in front of the entire nation.

Either way, Kolb was every bit as painful as McNabb.  But you can’t go back to Donny now, which is why this can of worms shouldn’t have been opened in the middle of a game in the first place.  At least Kolb will get some experience while we officially flush this season down the drain.