Where will Donovan McNabb land next year? He wants to stay in Washington.
Former Eagles player and current Redskins third-string quarterback Donovan McNabb broke his silence this morning on his benching and even spoke on his future in the NFL. Here are a couple of blurbs I’ve seen across Twitter and elsewhere.
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On learning Thursday that he would be benched: “Communication is key. You would like to hear it early. If you hear it late, it throws off a lot of guys.”
Was McNabb disrespected?: “You get in that situation and all of a sudden you get this news a couple days before the game, you do feel somewhat disrespected.”
Has McNabb heard from upper management?: “I haven’t heard from the owner. I haven’t heard from the GM. “
Does McNabb want to stay a Redskin? “I definitely hope so, and I expressed that. I don’t want to go anywhere.”
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For years, the city of Philadelphia was forced to put up with a passive-aggressive approach to press conferences and interactions with the media. This is the one time where I would have loved to have seen McNabb go off the deep end and let his true feelings be known.
Benching a franchise quarterback for Rex Grossman is an insult. Sending your benched quarterback out as a captain for the coin toss on Sunday in a stadium he has already been embarrassed in twice? That’s another insult. The Shanahans’ handling of the Redskins this season, especially in the case of Donovan McNabb is embarrassing. McNabb had the right to go off.
But he never does, and he never will. Must still be lining himself up for that analyst job when he calls it quits.
