Donovan McNabb Will Be Released By The Vikings
by Joel Thorman on Dec 1, 2011 1:12 PM CST
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As if this week of all quarterback talk couldn't get more interesting, the Minnesota Vikings plan to release QB Donovan McNabb today. ESPN (and others) report McNabb requested his release and the Vikings will grant it today.
No, I wouldn't think the Kansas City Chiefs would be in on this but their next opponent could. The Chicago Bears, who host the Chiefs on Sunday, were one of the teams to put a claim in on Kyle Orton. Couple that with Jay Cutler potentially being out for the year and the Bears seem like a team that could reasonably considered to put in a claim.
Oh, and Chicago is McNabb's hometown. Already reporters are indicating McNabb would (obviously) like to play there. So this week may get more interesting.
Other teams that could pop up are the Houston Texans, who are down to their third quarterback after season-ending injuries to Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. The Dallas Cowboys were among the team who issued a claim on Orton so you have to wonder if they'd be interested in McNabb.
The cost of all this would be about $1.5 million to claim him.
Think Chicago has any interest in McNabb?
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Sign him, Briggs HAS to have heard of him
Donabaloo F’n. McNabb.
"Why are all these people here? There are too many people on this earth. We need a new plague…"
-Dwight Schrute
Palko out! McNabb 2nd stringer...for remainder of season.
At least there’s a decent backup if Orton goes down…Since they won’t play Pansy Stanzi.
by Slim with the Tilted Brim on Dec 1, 2011 7:13 PM CST up reply actions
Mcnabb has shown he’s about as smart as a bag of rocks. Chicago would probably be better sticking with Hanie over him.
by Topchief1 on Dec 1, 2011 1:17 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Better than anything we have had all year
Standing on the corner in a white Godfather hat. He drives a long black gangster Cadillac. He can steal a broads mind, man, in three or four minutes. It’s not how long you talk, brother, it’s what you put in it.
yep, he tore the chiefs up already this year..
oh wait.. I think he fuck that up.
by Bigcherokeechief on Dec 1, 2011 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
Really HIV? Really?
At what, floating passes away from his receivers and generally botching up an offense? His inability to play QB handed us the win at Arrowhead this season.
Cassel is better than this McNabb. Maybe by a whisker, but he is. Players want to play with Cassel.
McNabb is better than Palko, I agree. But he’d just hand the games to the opposing defense too, just differently…with overthrown passes and wasted downs, instead of picks. And Stanzi? Well, I’d rather ride with Stanz (and see him sink or swim…or sink) than watch Mount McNabb lose his out of shape self in a plate of Arthur Bryant’s.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
I'd rather have Orton!!!
But….If we didn’t get Orton, I think the Chiefs would have passed on Mcnabb….because he sucks now.
by SmokinChiefa on Dec 1, 2011 1:19 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
i agree, but a washed up Mcnabb
is still better then Orton
QBR 20.4 9/18 yards 70 3.9 long 22 int3 Td 0 Cassel
QBR 27.1 19/41 yards166 4.0 long 20 int3 td 0 Orton
QBR 40.5 18/28 yards167 6.0 long 25 int3 Td 0 Palko
nah
but he’s a much better actor for soup commercials
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
...have you watched the Vikes this season? That's just not true.
Did you see the MN game in Arrowhead?? His sucktitude HANDED that game to KC.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
McNabb really wasn't that bad against us
Certainly didn’t ‘hand’ us the game.
Really? His utter ineptitude as a passer, in my opinion, was a big factor.
That and the staff putting the game in his hands instead of AP’s…several off-target passes, throws that floated for what seemed like hours in midair…
I am a part-time Viking fan too, incidentally. So I keep “halfway” decent tabs on the Norsemen and, personally, feel like Ponder would have put MN in a much better position—with mobility, arm strength, AND accuracy.
Disagree with me if you will, I’m cool with that. But I really believe McNabb is basically Jake Delhomme at this point.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
I don't want to sign McNabb
But he and Delhomme are > Palko. So…i’m not really in a position to throw stones.
I LOL'd at your comment.
…then shed a tear because Palko is our quarterback.
/sigh
Dammit….
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
by go_saleaumua on Dec 1, 2011 10:39 PM CST up reply actions
He's more washed up than I am.
Yep that's right. Our starting QB wears a hairband.
by craig in calgary on Dec 1, 2011 1:19 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
My Syracuse boy
Let’s get him…he is better than any QB on our roster.
How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn
by Matt_Grbac on Dec 1, 2011 1:19 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Matt, no...just no. Have you SEEN any Vikes games this fall?? This is not the McNabb from 2003 or '04.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
HaHa, so true
but I would almost rather bring Deberg back over him.
Funny how quickly he went downhill. Wasn’t he just a pro bowler not long ago?
Insert witty yet thought provoking phrase here.
by Fozzyboyd on Dec 1, 2011 1:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
his pinkie should be in Canton
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Have to give anyone credit who plays with a rod sticking out of his pinkie and still plays ok.
Insert witty yet thought provoking phrase here.
Leta
Go of this crazy idea.. NO to MCNABB.
Angry Red, 'nuff said.
by chiefsfan62 on Dec 1, 2011 1:28 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
If that's real, those numbers are actually damn good.
"Why are all these people here? There are too many people on this earth. We need a new plague…"
-Dwight Schrute
Thats real
He has one of the lowest INT totals or ratios in NFL history. They used to harp on that all the time when he was here.
That's because they counted his pick sixes
in the TD column, too.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
by neiowakcfan on Dec 1, 2011 1:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
When he threw one of his picks
this year in Arrowhead, he certainly proved he can form tackle the interceptor.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
you only want one more thing for that day's Arrowheadlines
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
He wouldn't play this week anyways.
So who cares?
"You can't be fat and fast too; so lift, run, diet, and work." ~ Hank Stram
or next week, or the next, or the next ...
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
No need to pick him up
we already have The Stanzi.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
Now watch, we pick him up
And start him Sunday
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I would sign him
As a stop gap.
He could be our Matt Hasselback to our Jake Locker.
Sign him for a couple seasons to compete with and teach our new QB if we draft one.
But of course we have Orton but I doubt Orton is looking for a backup job somewhere….but helll McNabb probably isn’t either.
How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn
by Matt_Grbac on Dec 1, 2011 1:38 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Huh?
teach our new QB if we draft one.
Teach our new QB what? How to not condition? How to not learn the playbook? How to not stay in the pocket?
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
by neiowakcfan on Dec 1, 2011 1:51 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
He couldn’t be Matt Hasselbeck to the Vikings Jake Locker, what makes you think anything would change in KC?
"Hater" is a term used by weak-minded people in the face of legitimate criticism.
by JComp11 on Dec 1, 2011 1:57 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
he can't even be the Donovan McNabb to Christian Ponder
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
That's why I enjoy AP, right there.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
Pass
McNabb is done. Has been for a couple years now.
by CapsLockKey on Dec 1, 2011 1:41 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Nah
He’s not from Western PA, so no interest here.
-Sincerely Yours,
Todd Haley.
You can't spell Power without Powe.
Dang you Haley!
Dang you!!!
How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn
by Matt_Grbac on Dec 1, 2011 1:50 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
but he comes with high praise from the Iowa HC
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Iowa coach, also not from PA.
That whole “have to be from PA” thing is really becoming irritating.
Haley not getting the most from his gameplans/coaching staff, that’s true. Having a yo-yo team in his third season…yup, on Haley. But the whole "Haley wont sign (insert player here) because he’s not (insert “a fit for his system”/“not a PA guy”) is becoming a huge, ridiculous MEME.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
The question from Joel was whether the Bears will go after him
How the heck did it turn into something completely different for some?
I made no argument whatsoever
But the thread is about McNabb. One part of the post was a question, that doesn’t mean you can only respond to said question.
You also are not forced to read any of it.
Huh, you obviously haven't seen everything I literally own everywhere.
"Why are all these people here? There are too many people on this earth. We need a new plague…"
-Dwight Schrute
the answer is probably yes to da Bears
But it won’t matter because he wouldnt play this week, so the commenters here at AP are finding a little enjoyment in their day.
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
by Falcon58 on Dec 1, 2011 1:56 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Idk how it's enjoyment
to go in every thread and bemoan our situation and take cracks at the team and staff for no reason.
Not implying you Falcon
by Steve_in_RI on Dec 1, 2011 1:58 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
i appreciate that Steve.
I’ve been an infrequent visitor the last few weeks anyway. Probably because I spend all day listening to Parkins and Wright on 610 and I hear some of the crazy conversations about the Chiefs there. I don’t need a double dose. The franchise is in a bad way though, as is the fanbase.
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
by Falcon58 on Dec 1, 2011 2:01 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
I dont get it either
The fanbase here can be pretty shitty sometimes, imo.
by JKnox11 on Dec 1, 2011 2:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yep. I pay good money to attend
Chiefs games after a six hour drive one way. No way I should expect any kind of decent product on the field. Sorry I’m such a bad fan.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
No. I must admit you did not.
But I, of the fanbase, must can be pretty shitty, I guess.
I never thought I’d miss Marty Schottenheimer. Uff da.
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Lighten up.
It’d be pretty shitty to not be able to make light of the Chiefs situation right now. We haven’t got much else to work with here.
Well, if splitting hairs is on topic
the real question was whether the Bears have any interest in McNabb. They could have some interest and still not “go after him,” so, yeah… no.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
I give up
im taking a break from commenting and just sticking to stories.
Not going to bother if I put hours in and get my you know whats busted because I point out what the article is actually about.
Carry on.
by Steve_in_RI on Dec 1, 2011 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Bud...
You are the one busting balls. The article is about McNabb getting released.
One aspect is the Bears interest. Another is Joel’s opinion (I agree with it) that he doesn’t think the Chiefs would be interested…but just by bringing that up, it makes it part of the article, and perfectly relevant for discussion.
Steve, running strictly with the Bears question: nah, even Hanie is better than McNabb right now
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
That's no shit...
if McNabb and Palko had a quarterback-off to see who had teh MOST AWESUM, would the world stop spinning?
/shudder
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
What would be ridiculous, comical, and fitting
Would be for the Bears to pick him up and start him, while we go with Palko.
Even better would be for the Bears to start McNabb Sunday
While we start Orton. It would be a classic “My has-been stop-gap QB can beat your has-been stop-gap QB! So there!”
Ancora imparo.
HAH--would either of us want to win?
McNasty the Bear v/s the Little Haley that Could….
I’m bleeding from the ears just thinking of it. Must stop.
"I’m still waiting to get my first sympathy card about all this. Nobody else cares that we lost our quarterback. They’re just out there waiting to kick our butt. So you can be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand, or you can realize we’ve suffered a dramatic injury here and we can’t just fall down and let everybody kick us in the face."
-Bill Muir
Will the Bears go after him?
Seems like a question for the Bears, not AP’ers. Just sayin’.
However, I would say they would not. McNabb is a distraction at best.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
texans make sense
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Texas Roadhouse makes sense.
Get McFlabb a $50 gift card.
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
by Falcon58 on Dec 1, 2011 1:57 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
SD, that's a possibility, the Texans
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
washed up!
Douche’avan Mcnabb is an int machine.
by CptRedbeard on Dec 1, 2011 2:00 PM CST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
The Bears play at Minnesota January 1st.
So, yeah, if the Bears think McNabb has any insight whatsoever worth $1.5M to them to win that game, they have some interest.
We have to consider, given how Orton is being handled, that the Chiefs paid $2.5M for some, any, insight to the Broncos.
So, yeah, they have some interest. Will they make the move? Different “thread.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
What's his contract look like?
We could flip him at the end of the season possibly for a 7th rounder if he is still under contract.
Live Adventure!
No we couldn't.
I was once fired from a job two days after I waited on Matt Cassel and his wife Lauren Killian. Totally my AP moment to remember. Unfortunately also one of my stupidest moments.
by Chiefs_swagger on Dec 1, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
How is this not on the main page yet?
by EricBerryYoYouScary on Dec 1, 2011 2:19 PM CST reply actions
or because he looks more like Tom Green.
Go Chiefs!!!!
Right.
Fanshots…my bad. And yes it does look a lot like Tom Green.
by EricBerryYoYouScary on Dec 1, 2011 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
Think Chicago has any interest in McNabb?
Correct Answer: No.
To Co-Op the Schweickert:
I’ll gladly take McNabb…
… from the "Eagles’ four consecutive NFCCG" appearances days.
Today? Um, no.
Five foot three seems to thrive on his misery...
Thank you!
End of discussion. The Bears fans have spoken.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are YOUR STANZI CITY CHIEFS!!
lets get FARVE!
QBR 20.4 9/18 yards 70 3.9 long 22 int3 Td 0 Cassel
QBR 27.1 19/41 yards166 4.0 long 20 int3 td 0 Orton
QBR 40.5 18/28 yards167 6.0 long 25 int3 Td 0 Palko
by Redberry on Dec 1, 2011 2:53 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
at least
he would be fun to watch… imagine KC with the threat of the deep ball..hard to imagine isn’t it?
QBR 20.4 9/18 yards 70 3.9 long 22 int3 Td 0 Cassel
QBR 27.1 19/41 yards166 4.0 long 20 int3 td 0 Orton
QBR 40.5 18/28 yards167 6.0 long 25 int3 Td 0 Palko
You like his Ass ??
I don't have a catchy, catch phrase.
Here are the clips from when we played the Vikings this year
To be fair Donovan McNabb didnt look bad at all throwing for 2td’s
There is also a very very nice Cassel to Bowe td…
How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn
From a Bears fan's perspective:
Absolutely not. Our Martzfense is simply too challenging for McNabb to learn. Couple that with the dumpster fire that has been the last 3 years of McNabb’s career and you have a guy that should easily clear waivers and SHOULD call it a career.
Besides that, we have Hanie, for better or worse, and he at least knows a majority of the playbook. Enderle is our version of Stanzi (late round draft pick, probably not ready for game action yet) and Josh McCown (our answer to Orton, I guess) who is our “new” guy but at least he has some experience in the offense. No room for Donovan at this particular inn.
"No I'm not going to 'limber up'. You ever see a lion stretching before it takes down a gazelle?"
heh, that's what I was just saying (above) ... Hanie is better right now than McNabb
McNabb should have hung it up with Moss a few months ago, or before … but you know, Campbell’s wants to have active players in their soup commercials
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"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
What about a player/coach?
Can he guide Stanzi?
by Slim with the Tilted Brim on Dec 1, 2011 7:21 PM CST reply actions
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