In defense of Donovan McNabb

It seems to be common among fans to complain about the team quarterback.  No matter how well the quaterback does there will always be someone to say he could do better, there will always be someone yelling we need a new one and there will always be someone who forgets just how bad things were before McNabb became a fulltime, pro bowl, possible Hall of Fame quarterback.

Yes, that’s right, Hall of Fame.  If he can keep it up for the next five years I don’t see why he won’t be a contender with a very good chance to get in. Some fans seem to forget how good he actually is. 

 Does anyone else remember the rotation of quarterback’s we had between Cunningham and McNabb? Anyone remember when we thought Ty Detmer was going to take us to the Superbowl?  Or how about Rondey Peete?  Bobby Hoying, does anyone even remember that guy?   It wasn’t until we drafted McNabb that we really, truly had someone who could lead this team and take it to a place we could only dream of during the Rich Kotite and Ray Rhoads years.  

After his benching, which was deserved, I kept hearing talk, both on the radio and with my friends, that this was the time to dump McNabb. That his value was high and we could get a good pick for him.  Maybe get a pick that will let us get another quarterback who will become the next McNabb.  Well, unless we get a pick within the top five, which I doubt, that’s not going to happen.  Sure, we could get lucky and pick the next Ben Roethlisberger or the next Tom Brady but chances are we’ll just get the next Matt Leinart or Jason Campbell.  Good quarterback’s are hard to fine, great ones come along once every generation and we have a great one right here in Philadelphia.

I’m not saying we don’t need to plan for the future.  I can see a time when McNabb isn’t around and we should probably get someone to develop.  That could be Kolb, I don’t think we’ve seen enough of him to be sure, but until he shows what he’s made of maybe we should not talk about getting rid of McNabb, maybe we should just let him do what he’s been doing for the past ten years, and maybe we should start to appreciate all he’s done for this team.