After an entire offseason of speculation, Donovan McNabb was finally traded to the Redskins Sunday. The price tag was somewhat hefty but certainly less than what the Bears gave up to acquire Jay Cutler. The Redskins gave up a second round pick in this year’s draft and either a third or fourth round conditional pick in next year’s draft as compensation for the five-time Pro Bowler. Ever since drafting Kevin Kolb in the second round in ’07 a mini-controversy had been brewing, not to mention the addition of Mike Vick. Once the team was impressed with Kolb’s back-to-back 300-yard games in a starting role weeks two and three you knew they were eager to make him their new quarterback. That time has unsurprisingly finally arrived, but the shocking aspect of the news to me is that the Eagles traded McNabb intradivisionally to the Redskins.
McNabb may be 33-years-old and entering his 12th year in the League but he’s coming off one of the finest seasons in his career and showing no signs of slowing down. The chances of McNabb starring for the Redskins the next four years is quite high and that means Washington will have a very legitimate shot at beating Philly twice a season for the next several years. While many Eagles fans may have grown tired of McNabb and been anxious to launch the Kolb era, they probably are concerned now that he’s on the Redskins. I’m really, truly shocked that they traded him within the division. It really does show me how confident the Eagles are in Kolb’s ability and how little they think of Donovan. Remember the lengths the Packers went to ensure the Jets couldn’t deal Favre to the Vikings? I can’t believe the Eagles didn’t have more reservations about trading him to Washington, regardless of what they received in return.
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McNabb headed to Washington [ESPN]
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