McNabb a Viking

McNabb's Tenure in Washington Ends

It looks like McNabb is heading to Minnesota at least according to a tweet by one of the QBs of the Minnesota Vikings

cponder7: Excited to have McNabb join. Will learn a lot from a Pro Bowler. But that doesn't mean I'm not still fighting to start week 1!

Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/cponder7/statuses/96200633518014464

This is the classic case of the Redskins acquiring assets at a high price as they traded a 2nd round pick for him at around this time last year. While McNabb did an adequate job considering the Redskins offensive line was terrible, his play was not stellar and his attention to detail was seen to be lacking by Mike Shanahan.

Let's hope that the Redskins have learned not to trade hig draft picks when they are rebuilding for the future as the offseason progresses.

In the meantime, the Redskins will enter the season with Rex Grossman and Jon Beck. The latter was turned away by Redskins security at Redskins Park since they did not know he played QB for the Redskins.

Bills Could Benefit by signing Owens

The Buffalo Bills have just signed T.O. to a 1 year deal worth  $6.5 million.  This isn't a bad proposition for the Bills if T.O. still has anything left in the tank at 35 years of age.  Owens should be extra motivated to prove his critics wrong and earn another big payday this following offseason.  The Bills would clearly be the beneficiaries in the 2009-10 season.  

Terrell Owens is generally regarded as a lockerroom cancer, but evidence suggests that teams play worse without him, where it matters most in wins and losses.  The San Francisco 49ers during T.O.'s last season were 7-9 but were 2-14 the following season without the disgruntled wide receiver.  The Philedelphia Eagles started the season 4-3 but after they suspended Owens for the rest of the season, the Eagles finished the season 1-8.  While the Philedelphia Eagles finished the following season 10-6, people tend to forget that the team started 5-6 and only went on winning streak with Jeff Garcia at the helm instead of Donovan McNabb.   As a Redskins fan, I hope this trend continues with the Dallas Cowboys.

Terrell Owens is generally seen as a scape goat for a team's failure in recent years.  Perhaps its easy for the national media to criticize Owens when he is often outspoken.  His brash comments usually offend his starting quarterbacks who are not used to such crticism.  

Still, it remains to be seen how Terrell Owen's is the root of all the Cowboy's problems.  For instance, I fail to see how Tony Romo's decision making will improve simply with T.O.'s departure.  Maybe the Cowboy's problems weren't a lack of chemistry but a lack of talent.