McNabb Trade

If you weren’t paying attention, late last night the Philadelphia Eagles traded Donavan McNabb to the Washington Redskins for a 2nd round pick in this year’s draft and a 3rd or 4th round pick in next year’s draft depending on performance. First of all, the Eagles were extremely slick trading McNabb away when they did. No I’m not talking about the year they traded him or the age at which they traded McNabb. I’m talking about the day and time they chose to accept the trade. They chose to complete the trade on Easter Sunday at 8 PM. People were at home with family eating dessert or at grandma’s house and probably not watching ESPN. Trading McNabb then took away the immediate criticism they would have received if they traded him say today at 3 PM. Most people didn’t even know he was traded until they read this blog. They didn’t just trade him on Sunday, but Andy Reid also held a post-trade press conference. All this went down in about a 3 hour span. Now that sounds to me like it was an orchestrated plan to trade him when they did. The one positive thing is that McNabb gets to face his former team twice a year. The Eagles in the end will regret this trade. More on that later.