January 18
Eagles still have a decision to make
The Philadelphia Eagles reached the NFC title game after only a month ago was looking to be impossible. Even though they made the NFC title game the Eagles are still going to have to make a tough call on quarterback Donovan McNabb.
McNabb had the Eagles in Arizona Cardinal territory with a little over two minutes left in the game. The Eagles were driving to tie up the score.
On 2nd and 10 from the Cardinals 47 yard line McNabb over threw a wide open man in wide receiver Desean Jackson. Â McNabb on the following play had a wide open man crossing the field in wide receiver Hank Baskett, but McNabb threw the ball behind him and Baskett could not catch it.
McNabb simply cannot get it done. This is the fifth time that McNabb has been to the NFC title game and has only converted one of the games into an appearance in the Superbowl.
Now, is the time to make a quarterback change, which they will have to eventually do. The reason being that backup quarterback Kevin Kolb was a second round pick in the 2007 draft.
Draft picks in the second round, and beyond, can only receive a contract as long as four years. That means with Kolb serving two years as backup to McNabb he now has only two more years left.
That means either this year, or next, the Eagles will have to move on from McNabb and find out what they have in Kolb.
So, say goodbye Eagles fans, because you probably seen McNabb play his last game as a Eagle.
