Let's take a deep breath and take what will be a rebuilding year in perspective. In time, we'll come to appreciate what is happening this season and realize its importance for the future of the Redskins organization.
Of course. I thought we'd be 7-9 this year. We're on pace for a game better than that. But I, like I suspect many of you, got caught up in beating Dallas, GB and Philly; and playing right with Houston and Indy. Expectations are not a stagnant thing, unfortuantely. And I probably raised them (actually I know I did) after the way DMac played against the Texans. I chose to believe that that's who he was as a QB, and it's simply not.
He's average with his accuracy at this point in his career, and that may be a little kind. He's still a playmaker, and repeatedly has made something of nothing with his legs. He's a leader. He says and does the right things. But what he is NOT, is a top-tier QB. This season, he's not even in that second tier as a passer, but probably is if you count the intangibles.
I'm really beginning to believe that this is a one-year experiment. And Sunday certainly didn't help convince McNabb to stay here. But at this point, I'm not as concerned about that as I was not too long ago. We could bring in Sage Rosenfels and get the passer numbers we're getting now.
The only problem I see is that if we draft a QB, it'll take two or three years for him to mature into anything, no matter how good he is. And by then, the oldest team in football is just that much older.
I really wish I could quit my Skins addiction sometimes, but y'all call it an obsession for a reason.