Donovan punches the time clock for the last time as a Viking today.
It appears that the Donovan McNabb era has officially ended here in Minnesota. His career stats as a Viking: 94-156 for 1026 yards, 4 touchdowns passing (1 'rushing' - but let's be honest he could have crawled in on that play) and 2 interceptions.
I was very wrong about how this season would go with Don at the helm. I thought he looked good in the preseason, but after getting a bigger sample size we all saw how awful he truly was. After so many telegraphed WR screens, passes bounced yards in front of receivers feet, and a give up flop in our own endzone in Chicago, we all knew it was time for him to go and the Ponder era to begin. Since then, he's hardly been mentioned by any media outlet. My best guess (and I am not necessarily a great football mind, but run with me here) is that after Cutler broke the news that he may be done for the year and the Texans grabbed Jake Delhomme, who has no business being a starter anywhere, McRib and his agent saw their best chance to get in on a playoff team's roster and potentially start. I can only hope that a playoff team is dumb enough to think that a quarterback who was benched by a 2-9 team can help them in any way. The mere possibility of a playoff-caliber team having a front office inept enough to sign this man makes me excited. We will just have to wait and see.
According to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, citing league sources, Donovan's agent requested the release. Early speculation has him potentially headed to either Chicago or Houston, two very QB-needy franchises at this point. Herm Edwards believes this would be a good fit for Chicago. He clearly has not watched Donovan McNabb play a single snap this year. Hopefully the Bears feel the same way though. I would love to watch how ol' McRib performed once exposed to an environment rich in deep dish pizzas and topping-heavy hot dogs*. He'll probably convert to offensive line.
Mmm... Deep Dish
*Seriously, this guy is in no shape to be a professional athlete. My girlfriend's father was at a Vikings charity event no longer than 2 weeks ago and testified that he witnessed McNabb eating wings and nachos for a solid half hour straight. I'm pretty sure that's not part of Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers' diet. Maybe the man is in need of a career change. Watch out, Adam Richman.
EDIT: It has come across the newswires that McNabb requested his release after being dropped down to the 3rd string quarterback on the depth chart. I can only speculate on why his depth chart position mattered to him when it was clear he wouldn't see the field ever again as a Viking. Perhaps he just wanted to be able to eat nachos and chicken wings all day in peace and not have to do the pesky things that being a pro football player entails, like you know, practicing and being on the sideline during games. Either way, unless a team claims him off waivers (which is not likely) he will still be getting paid by us.
So Donovan shall be living the dream whether he gets picked up or not. Who else in the world gets to be fired from their job and still get paid by the company that canned them? I am aware of the existence of severance packages, but perhaps I'm just naive. I'm not sure which would be more awesome, to be Tom Brady and be great at my job or Donovan McNabb and be awful yet still get paid to sit home and stay away from footballs. Now the only people tasked with catching McNabb's bounce passes will be his kids in the backyard. I still am willing to bet the neighbor kid will get an interception or two on a telegraphed bubble screen. (BTW, the answer is Tom Brady. His wife is Gisele. I'm pretty sure Donovan McNabb's wife is Mrs. Butterworth or something.)
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