McNabb is gone

The Eagles finally traded away Donovan McNabb to the Redskins for a second round pick in this year's draft and a 3-Rd or 4-Th rounder in the next draft. I was a little surprised by the destination considering the skins are their in-division rival who are on the upswing with a lot of hype surrounding their new coach Mike Shanahan. Now Mike has a QB, though I am not sure McNabb is his kind of QB. I have always thought McNabb was a little over-rated. But he is still better than average and a definite upgrade for the Redskins. Apparently McNabb is Jason Campbell's mentor and now the protege will lose his job to his mentor. This should be a weird and unique situation.

As for the Eagles, I like Kevin Kolb. I think he is the real deal and with all those new weapons on offense, this guy is going to do great next season. Coach Andy Reid and McNabb have been inseparable for 11 years. They both got to Philly the same year and McNabb was inserted as a starter soon after. It turns out Reid has out-survived McNabb in that crazy town. I think he has made the right decision with Kolb. If not, Reid will be gone soon. As for McNabb, I am glad Reid has tried to treat him well. He honored his request to not get traded to Buffalo or Oakland. It sucks to be Oakland right now. But thats neither here nor there. But the McNabb/Reid era in Philly is over and I hope those crazy fans understand what they had. Outside of the Colts and the Patriots, the Eagles have the highest number of wins since 2000 and McNabb took them to a Super Bowl and multiple NFC championship games. But that was not enough at the end.

Tomorrow is the NCAA championship game with Duke and Butler matching up. This is a very interesting contest considering Duke and Butler are significantly different programs. Some people even call this the David versus Goliath game. Butler is not a major program, but is not quite a cindrella either because they are a 5-Th seed and are not totally a surprise to be where they are now. I think Duke wins this one and Coach K will be on cloud 9 after that. He has had a few bad years and he is enjoying this Final 4 appearance. Lets see if he caches in tomorrow. Good luck to both teams.