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McNabb traded; timing curious
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No. 5 was traded. Long live No. 5.
As you've likely heard by now, Donovan McNabb's been dealt, heading down I-95 to suit up for the dear old Washington Racist-nameds.
As curious as this seemingly sudden but talked-up-for-weeks-(or-years) move is — trading one of the most successful QBs of the decade within the division for good-but-not-great picks — what's even more curious is the timing.
Yes, perhaps the Eagles operate in their own little bubble and pay no heed to what's going on in the rest of the world, sporting or otherwise, local or otherwise. But it was suggested to me last night by a friend who knows people who know people who would know, that the fact that this trade happened the night before the Phillies open their 2010 quest to return to the World Series for the third straight year may not be coincidental at all. Seems fair to assume that no matter what the Phils do in the first week of the season, this McNabb thing's gonna steal some of the shine time they Phils'll be getting from papers in Philly or DC (where the Phils open their season today), to say nothing of sports talk radio (which is talking about this very issue right now). Apparently, the source was surprised the trade didn't go down the night before the home opener.
My initial thought: No way the Eagles would try to upstage the Phils. My second thought: The Eagles have lost a HUGE chunk of sporting mindshare in this city in recent years and they're one deep Flyers post-season run away from being the No. 3 team in town.
What do you think?
PREVIOUSLY >>Â Now What? E. James Beale's been predicting this for years.
I have a hard time believing the timing was intentional. If the deal was done on Sunday and they waited, it would have been leaked. If the deal was done earlier and they wanted to wait until Sunday, it would have leaked earlier. And I 100% disagree with your assertion that the Eagles have lost mindshare.
@trace bullet: yeah, I guess my "third thought," which I wish I'd given myself time to get around to, would be that maybe the Eagles timed this precisely when they did so that the news would be buried by opening-day excitement.
Considering that all the attention will be divided into people crapping on McNabb vs. people crapping on the front office for trading him so cheaply and in the division, that seems like a lot of conspiracy for something that isn't likely to earn the Eagles a single extra dime.
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