McNabb to Oakland?

Perhaps what will end up being the biggest story for the entire offseason just got a head of steam with the possibility of Donovan McNabb going to the Raiders.

This could end up being a lose-lose situation for both McNabb and the Eagles if they decide to part ways.

As for McNabb, his time is quickly running out on winning a Super Bowl ring and Oakland is nowhere close to the kind of team that will get him that illusive first ring. In fact, they're not a even a wild card team with the services of McNabb.

McNabb is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. He can either go to one of the worst NFL teams of the past five seasons or he can stay with an organization that doesn't give him nearly the respect he deserves after all he's done for them.

Oakland is a bad team no matter who is running the quarterback position. Their offensive line is horrible, their running game is average at best, and their defense has also declined over the past couple of seasons.

Having McNabb at quarterback just makes them slightly less crappy. Clearly the Raiders are ready to part ways with Jamarcus Russell, which I can't blame them for.

I guess Bruce Gradkowski just wasn't impressive enough in his relief efforts of Russell last season, but he'll find a backup role somewhere else.

At the same time, the Eagles are taking a huge risk by settling for Kevin Kolb at quarterback. Kolb only has two starts under his belt so who knows how he will hold up for an entire season.

This shouldn't be too much of a shocker, however. These kinds of things eventually happen to almost every quarterback. Joe Montana and Brett Favre didn't end with the teams that made them superstars either.

You can't blame McNabb for wanting out of Philadelphia. He's been greatly under appreciated for much of his career there. The fact is McNabb is one of the better quarterbacks of the last decade. He's always stayed out of trouble off the field and put up very respectable numbers on the field. He knows Andy Ried's offense like the back of his hand.

Most of these fans won't realize what they're losing until halfway through next season when their team is sitting in the NFC East cellar behind even the Redskins.

The Raiders will realize what they have halfway through next season, but they have so many problems that even the second coming of Dan Marino or Steve Young wouldn't fix this team's abundance of problems.