You have to think about the fact that the Eagles had a better winning percentage without McNabb than with him last year:
With MCNabb: 8-4 66.6% winning
Without McNabb: 5-1 83.3% winning
Now there were a lot of other factors to consider, I'm sure, but the numbers are the numbers.
Its not that I think that Mcnabb isn't a great quarterback, but he isn't the quarterback for Reed's system. Reed runs a in the pocket possession throwing game. To do this you need to be accurate, which McNabb has NEVER been ecept for the game where he broke his leg.
McNabb is a playmaker. He is an athletic quarterback who makes things happen when he is either running the ball or threatening to run and then passing. He is not a pocket passer and his numbers reflect that. Both his completion percentage and quarterback rating are better outside the pocket than in it. Reed's system does not take advantage of this. So either McNabb's got to go, or Reed.
As for Limbaugh, I don't think it was a racist argument, I just think he was wrong. The NFL wants MARKETABLE quarterbacks, not necessarily black quarterbacks to succeed. McNair is a much better quarterback than McNabb, but he's not as marketable so he just quietly does his job without the national fanfare. If the NFL wanted to push black quarterbacks, they would have chosen him.
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