[Longtimefan]

While there are some who are not yet ready to drop a shovel of dirt on McNabb’s 12-year NFL career, it’s a possibility that we no longer may regard as shocking. McNabb, more likely than not will insist on being installed as the Day One starter with whatever team if/when he signs, plus he’ll want the kind of financial package that inherently will demonstrate that the Eagles were wrong to trade him and that the Redskins were wrong to dismiss him. At this point, we can’t think of a team that will do it — and we can’t envision McNabb accepting any lesser terms in order to continue playing.


Much can change between now and whenever the lockout ends. But those changes possibly will have to come as much from McNabb’s view of his current abilities as they will from the needs of the teams who are trying to decide what to do at quarterback in 2011.