Donovan McNabb reported recently that he will be retiring as a Philadelphia Eagle this fall. Although this has not been confirmed by the team, it is likely that we will see the former Syracuse Quarterback return to the site of his lengthy professional run.
McNabb had earlier stated that he believes he is a Hall of Famer, and well…we think it might not be as easy as he thinks.
Although he is a six time Pro Bowler, which itself is an impressive feat, he was never in his career ever considered to be the best Quarterback in the game. He was never a First Team All Pro, and though he had respectable numbers in his career, they were not in the vein where he was regularly in the top five in major offensive categories.
Four times he took the Eagles to the NFC Championship Game, and he did eventually get to the Super Bowl, where his signature moment was….throwing up on the field. In Football, the Quarterback’s greatness (fairly or unfairly) is measured by his Super Bowl wins, and with a total of zero, and an average performance on the sport’s biggest stage, his legacy takes a beating.
Still, that may not be his biggest downfall for a bust in Canton. McNabb was ushered out of Philadelphia where he continued to play and lost the starting job in two consecutive seasons in Washington and Minnesota; the former where he lost to Rex Grossman (Ouch!).
In his last few seasons in the NFL, it was as though Donovan McNabb played his way out of the Hall of Fame, and if we had a vote (and by God we should), we would put him on the outside looking in, though we can see him cracking our top 100.
We would love to hear your thoughts on the former Chunky Soup Spokesman!
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