Donovan McNabb doesn’t think the Philadelphia Eagles have been intelligent in their handling of the quarterback position.
McNabb told Dan Levy of BillyPenn.com that the Eagles have done a lot of dumb things with regards to Chase Daniel, Sam Bradford, and Carson Wentz.
“So now you’ve got Doug [Pederson] in the same situation with Chase Daniel and 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,” McNabb said. “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.”
The Eagles invested significant resources in three quarterbacks. Only one will play to start the season, and at any given point, two of them will not be relevant. Wentz in particular doesn’t sound like he’ll even be a factor right away, but by simple virtue of his draft position, he’s going to be under a microscope. The Eagles may be deep at the quarterback position, but in doing so, they’ve committed a lot of resources and opened the door for a lot of unnecessary drama.
