Subtle Dig at Play Calling

Another article laying the groundwork for a McNabb-less Eagles team in 2008. All the usual suspects are touched on: Kolb, two teams that could use #5 (Minn and Chicago), the injury bugaboo, and the salary cap cost. Interestingly, though while everyone fixates on McNabb’s 2008 cap figure of $9.4 million, that is only $800,000 more than he currently counts against the cap. Surely, in his second year back from a torn ACL he will be performing at a higher level and better able to justify the cap cost than this year. Those that think McNabb isn’t worth the cost next year must surely think he isn’t worth his salary value this year. Yet, there have been very few calls to have him leave before or during this season – and even less after the failed AJ Feeley experiment.

 

But what really caught my eye was the quote by Brian Westbrook about the pending personnel decision. Note Westbrook’s criticism of the play calling while commenting on the McNabb situation.

 

“But whether McNabb will still have that job after this four-game run is something Westbrook and the longest-serving Eagle, free safety Brian Dawkins, acknowledged is something they -- and a lot of other interested parties -- will have no say over.

’It's almost like the run-to-pass ratio,’ Westbrook said. ‘I don't call the plays, I don't have any control over it, so I don't lose much sleep over it.’”