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Originally Posted by Mattyk
I think the McNabb thing is a bit overblown. People know that Shanahan has won a lot of games in this league doing things his way. If you perform you've got nothing to worry about. Can we sit here today and really say that DM was performing at a high level? Anyone?
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If you talked hypothetically about a veteran Qb going to a new team that was 4-12 the year before, with a rookie left tackle, awful offensive line and that Qb has to learn a new system, I would tell you that veteran QB is going to struggle. Are you surprised that he did struggle? The entire team in particular his Offensive line and defense struggled.
There is no question McNabb did not play well.
McNabb came to a new 4-12 team and a new offensive system. QB's usually get a second chance in this kind of situation. Not thrown under the bus and blamed like McNabb was. There are hall of Fame Qb's that have had bad stretches, parts of seasons or even an entire season where they did not play well.
The point BHA correctly brings up is when things got tough this season and shit hit the fan, Shanahan showed very little loyalty and publicly shouldered very little, if any of the blame. He kept quiet and allowed the press to feast on McNabb and AH. Lets be clear, the team did not fail because of Mcnabb and Ah failed. The team, FO and coaches (son) all failed.
It is too easy to blame McNabb.