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Redskins' McNabb benched, Grossman to start vs. Cowboys

The Washington Redskins plan to start Rex Grossman on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, benching a six-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb, according to team sources.

Players are very upset by the move, as I reported all week they would be if the benching occurred.


Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is using McNabb as a scapegoat, according to multiple players. The coordinator's credibility has been questioned by players and members of the staff, according to team and league sources.

"The guys are extremely pissed," one Redskins player told me.

Grossman played for Kyle Shanahan last year in Houston. Mike Shanahan's son had been seen as a fast-tracked head coaching prospect in many circles, but failures by the Redskins' offense this season have set that back.

The 34-year-old McNabb is struggling through his worst season since he was a rookie in 1999. He's thrown a career-high 15 interceptions and ranks 25th in the NFL with a 77.1 rating for the Redskins (5-8), who have been eliminated from the playoff race.

"Disrespectful is probably not strong enough of a word," Fletcher N. Smith, McNabb's representative, told The Washington Post on Friday. "Donovan has handled himself with nothing but class, not just in Washington but as an ambassador for the league. To treat him this way ... it's beyond disrespectful."

He was infamously benched for Grossman in the final two minutes with the game on the line against Detroit in October, a stunning decision made even more bizarre by Shanahan's mangled explanations that followed.

The coach first said he felt Grossman had a better grasp of the team's two-minute offense, then said McNabb lacked the "cardiovascular endurance" to run a fast-paced drill because of nagging hamstring injuries.


Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said McNabb had been tipped in advance that the team might go with Grossman; McNabb said he hadn't.

Before the next game, the Redskins gave a McNabb a five-year contract extension nominally worth $78 million -- but the only thing it guaranteed was that McNabb would receive an extra $3.5 million this season. The deal contains a clause that allows the Redskins to cut McNabb before next season with no further financial obligation.

This week, the situation began again to take more strange turns. McNabb said his communication the coaching staff had improved since the benching; neither of the Shanahans would agree with that. McNabb said he would expect to know by Wednesday if he weren't starting, calling it a matter of "professionalism."

"I almost don't even know where to begin, but it really started with Detroit and it was just wrong the way Donovan was treated," Smith told The Post. "Just the way Mike handled the whole situation in Detroit, and in almost every instance since that time, and this is, I guess, the culmination of that. I think it's ... again, it's beyond disrespectful."

On Thursday, Kyle Shanahan seemed to go out of his way to avoid praising McNabb while meeting with reporters, but he implied McNabb was still starter when he said the preparation for this week was "no different" from last week as far as the quarterbacks were concerned.

This certainly wasn't the vision the Redskins presented when they traded two draft picks -- a second-round choice this year and a third- or fourth-rounder next year -- to Philadelphia for McNabb.

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It seemed curious the Eagles would trade a quarterback to a division rival unless they felt his best days were behind him, but the Redskins couldn't stop gushing at a news conference two days later, noting that Elway was roughly the same age as McNabb when he led Mike Shanahan's teams to two Super Bowl titles with Denver in the 1990s.

"People were saying John Elway should retire," Mike Shanahan said at the time, "until he won the Super Bowl."

Grossman was signed by the Redskins in the offseason because he was familiar with the team's new offense and would be able to help teach it to McNabb. Grossman was a backup last year in Houston, where Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator.

In his only appearance this year -- relieving McNabb in the loss to Detroit -- Grossman fumbled while being sacked on his first play, and the ball was returned for a touchdown. He finished the game, going 4 for 7 for 44 yards.

"I Redksins sono i Clippers dell'NFL." M.Wilbon

Dopo il rinnovo da 87 gigamiliardi di dollaroni

Grossman? diobò il miglior amico di peyton...
potevano riesumare Gus Frerotte a questo punto

Plaxico ha scritto:

Dopo il rinnovo da 87 gigamiliardi di dollaroni

C'è il trucco...se lo vendono ne becca 5.

Questi stanno messi peggio dei Bungles

Piergiu74 ha scritto:

Plaxico ha scritto:

Dopo il rinnovo da 87 gigamiliardi di dollaroni

C'è il trucco...se lo vendono ne becca 5.

Ma qualcuno deve caricarsi il contrattone, no?

e non è off topic

Plaxico ha scritto:

Piergiu74 ha scritto:

Plaxico ha scritto:

Dopo il rinnovo da 87 gigamiliardi di dollaroni

C'è il trucco...se lo vendono ne becca 5.

Ma qualcuno deve caricarsi il contrattone, no?

No.
Loro hanno messo una clausola legata a un bonus da applicare in offseason.
Se i Redskins decidono che quel bonus va pagato, da 10 milioni, allora McNabb avrà diritto a tutti i soldi.
Se nn lo applicano e lo tagliano, allora lo liquidano con 3.75 milioni e nessun peso contrattuale sulle spalle.
Se, clamorosa, ha un infortunio da fine carriera, si becca 25 milioni puliti...roba da schiantarsi da soli contro un linebacker.

Piergiu74 ha scritto:

No.
Loro hanno messo una clausola legata a un bonus da applicare in offseason.
Se i Redskins decidono che quel bonus va pagato, da 10 milioni, allora McNabb avrà diritto a tutti i soldi.
Se nn lo applicano e lo tagliano, allora lo liquidano con 3.75 milioni e nessun peso contrattuale sulle spalle.
Se, clamorosa, ha un infortunio da fine carriera, si becca 25 milioni puliti...roba da schiantarsi da soli contro un linebacker.

adesso si spiega perchè lo hanno panchinato

un giorno è arrivato al campo di allenamento e rideva come un pazzo, quando shananananan gli ha chiesto come mai lui ha risposto: mia figlia mi ha letto il contratto !

Piergiu74 ha scritto:

Plaxico ha scritto:

Piergiu74 ha scritto:

Plaxico ha scritto:

Dopo il rinnovo da 87 gigamiliardi di dollaroni

C'è il trucco...se lo vendono ne becca 5.

Ma qualcuno deve caricarsi il contrattone, no?

No.
Loro hanno messo una clausola legata a un bonus da applicare in offseason.
Se i Redskins decidono che quel bonus va pagato, da 10 milioni, allora McNabb avrà diritto a tutti i soldi.
Se nn lo applicano e lo tagliano, allora lo liquidano con 3.75 milioni e nessun peso contrattuale sulle spalle.
Se, clamorosa, ha un infortunio da fine carriera, si becca 25 milioni puliti...roba da schiantarsi da soli contro un linebacker.

Ecco perché l'hanno panchinato

Vista la partita Grossman non mi è dispiaciuto. Rimane la grande domanda: perché con Grossman hanno giocato con stati lanci rapidi mentre McNabb doveva sempre aspettare 3-4 secondi prima di lanciare?