Donovan McNabb has kept a low profile over the past year, after being dismissed from his on-air jobs, but the former Eagles star got back into the national spotlight in a big way recently. While appearing on the Zach Gelb Show on CBS Sports Radio, McNabb said he believes if Carson Wentz doesn’t consistently get the Eagles out of the second round in the next two or three years, the Eagles need to move on and draft another quarterback.
“I think in the next two years or so he has to find a way to get out of the second round of the playoffs. What Nick Foles was able to do taking them to the Super Bowl … proved that some people can get into that offense and be very successful. (Wentz) hasn’t been healthy, he hasn’t really proven to me besides the year before he got hurt and the first year of really (being) an MVP candidate.
He needs to get back to that mode. I think personally if he can’t get out of the second round in the next two, maybe three years. Really two years to be honest with you, if they can’t get out of the second round, they should look to possibly draft another quarterback because you just don’t know about his durability.”
McNabb, who has the distinction of being the best quarterback in the franchise’s history, has had playoff success, thus shielding him from the harsh backlash that’s expected to come. The former Syracuse star and No. 2 pick in the 1999 draft, quarterbacked the Eagles to five NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl in his career, losing to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
The Eagles obviously don’t share McNabb’s sentiment, as the team is prepared to make Wentz one of the highest paid signal callers in football. McNabb isn’t necessarily wrong either, as Wentz is likely to absorb the majority of backlash from fans if he’s unable to duplicate the playoff success of McNabb or even Nick Foles.
You can check out McNabb’s comments on Wentz and more below.
