McNabb endears himself to Washington through texts, lunches and in front of microphones
 

After five days of minicamp drills, Donovan McNabb is the undisputed leader of the [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/sectionfront/index.html?nid=roll_redskins"]Washington Redskins[/URL]. It's a fast ascension, in part due to his position -- the quarterback has been the putative team leader since [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Merriwell"]Frank Merriwell[/URL] was in short pants -- and in part due to his status as a 33-year-old veteran of seven postseasons playing for a rebuilding team.

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