Hire And Fire McNabb to Minnesota



It's tough to justify bringing in McNabb at this point.

Rumor has it that the Vikings are interested in acquiring Redskins QB Donovan McNabb, a move that should be fired and hired, depending on your perspective.

If you're the Redskins, you have to take what you can get since Coach Mike Shanahan has decided McNabb is at best a pricey backup on a roster without a first-string QB. The team is already stuck with one high-profile, unhappy veteran in Albert Haynesworth and it doesn't need another in McNabb (though he has infinitely more grace than Haynesworth and would never disrupt the locker room). But after the Redskins classlessly dissed McNabb throughout 2010, there's no way he wants to be back with the team and since the Redskins lost badly-needed draft picks to get him from the Eagles, they should try to recoup some of what they gave up.

If you're the Vikings, fire this move. Minnesota sold its soul for 2 years of Brett Favre, and it almost got them to the Super Bowl. Even if Favre wants to come back in 2011 for his 38th un-retirement, Minnesota should stay as far away from him as Jenn Sterger and every masseuse in the greater New York area. The problem is that Minnesota really doesn't have a first-string QB on its roster, either, and the NFL lockout has prohibited it from finding one in free agency. The lockout shouldn't be an excuse to make a stupid move, though, since a trade would have to wait until the labor dispute ends. Even if McNabb comes cheap to the Vikings, he's simply not someone who will be satisfied with riding the bench. You have to start him, and what would you get? Not much improvement over Favre: In 2010 McNabb threw 14 TD passes, 15 INTs, averaged 259.8 yards per game and had a passer rating of 77.1; Favre threw 11 TDs and 19 INTs, averaged 193.0 yards per game and had a rating of 69.9.

The Redskins need to cut their losses on McNabb, so whatever they can get is gravy. Minnesota on the other hand needs to stop bringing in washed up QBs as one-year stop gaps and spend some time developing their QB of the future. The Vikings haven't made great decisions the last few years, so the Redskins may be lucky enough to have found a foolish trading partner.