Before Donovan McNabb was surprisingly traded to the Redskins on Sunday night, the bulk of the trade rumors centered around Oakland and Buffalo. But according to Yahoo!‘s Jason Cole, neither of those cities ended up being McNabb’s new home after the QB made it clear he wasn’t playing in either place. Especially not in Oakland:
Good Thing McNabb Was Traded To Redskins, ‘Cause He May Have Retired Otherwise
McNabb, who is in the final year of his deal, made this happen by making it clear he wasn’t going anywhere else but Washington. When the Buffalo Bills expressed interest – and even were willing to give McNabb a contract extension – he passed on the offer. When the Oakland Raiders sniffed around and showed willingness to trade for the quarterback without an extension, McNabb indicated to the Eagles through his associates that he’d retire.
“He has plenty of money,” the source close to McNabb said. “He’s not doing anything he doesn’t want to do.”
Certainly, the Eagles didn’t want to have to trade McNabb elsewhere within the division. But if they wanted to unload him and let the Kevin Kolb era begin, it seems they were left with little choice.
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