Wussup everybody! I haven't posted in here for so long, but I have been keeping up with what is going on in Niners Nation. Anyways just wanted to share the excitement upcoming for Thanksgiving 2011 this year, obviously because of the HUGE matchup we have with the Baltimore Ravens and the big storyline between the two Harbaugh brothers. I'm currently a senior in high school, so I got to go through a couple more days of school till thursday comes up, and I haven't been more pumped, more excited in so long for this holiday. Playing football in the morning, the food, the party, and obviously the game just has me so eager for thursday. I felt like spreading the holiday joy amongst the niners faithful here, so just a question, what's everybody's thanksgiving tradition? Mine has always been playing a big game of football, kicking it with friend/family, and catching at least one football game(obviously more reason to watch this year with the 49ers) Happy Holidays everyone!

The Black and Orange songs, Ashkon, fly like a G-Men, SF going crazy, the celebrations, the partying, the exciting baseball, the atmosphere in the bay area, I miss it way too much. The rest of my favorite teams, the 49ers warriors sharks, aren't doing much to keep me lifted, even the Sharks are disappointing. I miss watching baseball more than ever, even though I don't watch it a lot, only Giants games. From game 1 of the Atlanta Braves series, to Game 5 of the World Series, the playoffs had me and everyone else hooked. Nothing makes a city come alive more than a successfull sports team, and it was just a fun ride. Sports here have been sucking for a while, and though it would be awesome for the Sharks to get it together and make a huge playoff run, the Giants will always be remembered for reviving a grieving fan base, and Bay Area. I know we got the trophy, but if I could go through it all once again, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but guess we got to wait another long 9 months for MLB playoffs(I don't have cable so I can't watch all the Giants games). But yeah anyone else missing the experience that was the Giants 2010 playoff run?

Takeo Spikes, thank you for everything, as it's the end of the 3 yr contract we signed you too. As I watched every game this season from start to finish, he showed the most heart, the most effort(even more than P-Dub), and won me over as my favorite defensive player on this team. If anything, as a lot of us have said, that he deserves to make the playoffs. Even though I love having him on our team, anchoring our defense along with willis, I wish we could lend him to the Eagles just for the playoffs, so he could have a chance to play there and maybe win a Super Bowl. He'd make plays that I thought he wouldn't at his age, because he still had a little quickness, making physical and tough tackles. Patrick Willis always says how much of an influence Takeo has been on this team, and I think it's safe to say he was one of the very few bright spots on this team. My favorite play by him this year, was against Tampa Bay, 2nd and goal I think, we're down 14-0, 4th quarter, and the game's pretty much over if they score any points because our offense was doing nothing. Legarrete Blount jumps up and looks like he has a td, but TKO meets him in the air and knocks him to the ground, and Spikes was absolutely pumped up, trying to energize our D, basically showing how much he puts in to every snap, no matter what the score, always trying to win. Thank you Takeo(even if you're not reading this, which probably not), but Takeo Spikes has served his time very well as a 49er, and it's sad that it's probably done. Thanks Takeo.

And Alex, who probably won't be back with this team, I hope he goes to another team and becomes a star, and tears it up.

Thursday Night, @ San Diego, with many people watching(stupid nfl network, thank you local channels + streams), Alex Smith gets another chance to show what his worth is. He's performed pretty well in prime time games, though most of them have been against NFC West opponents, except the saints and eagles. This is a road game, but the niners have a LOT of fans down there in san diego, so we should have decent support, so it shouldn't be like Quest or Arrowhead.  You look at the Charger defense, which is 2nd in the NFL, and who just shut out the Chiefs, who have an exceptional ground game, but without Cassel, they were purely one-dimensional. 

Now Alex isn't awesome, he isn't someone that can scare an opponent, but that's what scary about him. With his inconsistency, you never know when he's going to click and start going off, but then again you never know when he'll throw 2 or 3 interceptions to cost you the game. I'm not ready to jump on his bandwagon yet, but he seems a changed man. He seems a lot more loose, doesn't feel all the pressure in the world is on him because he's already experienced the worst(against Philly). If Alex can have even a decent game, maybe 250 yards and 2 tds 0 ints, 1 int at the most, we should be able to win this game. The Chargers, though ranked in the top 3 in both offense and defense, are also very inconsistent. 2 weeks ago, they got shattered by Oakland, then they come out and destroy the Chiefs, this won't be any cakewalk for them either. 

If I remember correctly, it was 4 years ago to the Thursday Night game this week that Alex had a defining moment in a thursday night game @ Seattle when he was in his 2nd year. Nothing coincidental, but he does have the talent to pull out these wins, especially on prime time. And if he can lead us to this win, which i don't think is a HUGE if, he can cement a legacy by leading us to the playoffs, but it can only be cemented by what he shows in that playoff game. This game isn't just big for our season, but huge for Alex, shut up the critics and just play ball dude. (then again if he has a bad game i won't be surprised lol). Go Alex Smith! Go Niners! 

Niner Nation, rep us well down there and make it feel like a home game.

Yeah, we just played probably one of the worst teams in the league in the Cardinals, but our mentality was right, score quickly and often, and finish strong. Most of our losses have been us getting down early, and fighting back, which we are not built to do, and we HAVE to do that against Green Bay. I don't mind going down 3-0, but a touchdown or more lead early on, we're doomed, especially without gore. Green Bay doesn't scare me a whole lot, as long as we can limit the big plays which we didn't do last year when we came to Lambeau. I think we have to take a couple deep shots early on to keep the Packers honest, as long as we have protection, big plays can open it up for Westbrook to get 5-6 yards a carry. I'm not expecting playoffs out of this team, but a win here, and it can go a LONG way especially with Seattle coming to town in a couple weeks, so this may be our season on the line. It was nice to see that Westbrook still has some agility and quickness, so we can use that along with Dixon's power running. A fast start, and we can be looking at a big road victory, though unlikely, but going down early will only result in ultimately getting demolished or another heartbreaker.

(Yeah i said "we" as in the niners, sorry it's a habit when i talk about the niners)

GO NINERS!

As we are about go to 3-7, the seahawks are about to lose to the Saints, and the Falcons should still hold on. This still leaves us 2 games back, to give us some "hope". But as we saw today the niners are a mediocre football team that is prone to mistakes. Troy Smith is definitely not the answer at QB, I honestly would rather have Alex, but that is just me. Hopefully Troy can put this game behind him and do something special, but it doesn't seem like it. Now why i hate this division.

The Niners will still go out, and play to go to the playoffs, which we should, but it's just going to end in disappointment. Sure, let's say we win next monday night(yeah, worst monday night game in a while) @ Arizona, and Seattle loses, then the excitement starts again with being 1 game back, only to get demolished by the Packers the following week. Sure, if we win all of our remaining division games we're with 7 wins, but we would probably have to beat SD or GB, which are on the road none the less, so it will all just be a tease. It's cool i guess for the season to not OFFCIALLY be over, but yeah i hate this division. Why can't their be a clear cut winner to stop teasing everyone. More reason to hate Seattle, and St. Louis. Ah, whatever, screw this division. I'm going to get high and watch Vick some more.

GO NINERS(playoffs 7-9!!)

49ers:

vs St. Louis- Win(obviously a must win, and I think we are the better team, but we will have to show it, 3-6)

vs Tampa Bay- Win(the bucs play tough, and i've grown to like them, but we're at home, with a more veteran team, this should be a win, but very hard fought, 4-6)

@ Arizona- Win(statement game here, on the National stage on monday night, it may be the Cardinals, but it none the less would be a huge game, 5-6)

@ Green Bay- Loss(simply because it's @ Lambeau, 10 am, and the Packers are looking very good, but I don't expect a blowout, 5-7)

vs Seattle-Win(coming off a tough loss, and revenge on our minds, we destroy the seahawks at home, improving to 6-7 with 3 games to go, 6-7)

@ San Diego-Loss(people thinking oh no, we're 6-8, season is over, but hey 2 division games left, and the Chargers are the best December team, but I wouldn't be surprised if we won this)

@ St. Louis-Win(we get one step closer to winning the division with a tough win against the Rams, 7-8)

vs Arizona-Win(For first place in division, our crowd will/would be rocking, we should be able to win this at home vs the Cardinals, but an exciting finish to the season, 8-8)

Projected finish: 8-8, 1st place in NFC West, 4th in conference

Rams:

@ San Francisco-Loss(see above)

vs Atlanta-Loss(Falcons are simply too good, but the Rams will give them all they can handle, 4-6)

@ Denver-Loss(Kyle Orton is very dangerous, and the Rams are simply too young to go into mile high stadium and get the win, 4-7)

@ Arizona-Win(Spagnoulo(correct my spelling if i'm wrong), has coached this team well, and they won't give up, so they pick up a much needed win over the Cardinals, still giving them a shot, 5-7)

@ New Orleans-Loss(The Saints are coming into their own here, especially with an early start, Rams will be in it early on, but the Saints will take over early, 5-8)

vs Kansas City-Win(coming home after a long 3 game road trip, and the season on the line, they show up and grind out a tough win over the Chiefs, 6-8)

vs San Francisco-Loss(see above,  6-9)

@ Seattle- Loss(not much to play for here, and they're playing at tough Quest field, but a promising season comes to an end with a tough loss, 6-10)

Project finish: 6-10, 3rd place in the NFC West

Seahawks:

@ Arizona-Loss(With or without Hasselbeck, they're defense has major problems, and they haven't been very good on the road, 4-5)

@ New Orleans-Loss(The Saints will destroy them, not much else to say, 4-6)

vs Kansas City-Loss(Chiefs ground game is too much for the Seahawks, 4-7)

vs Carolina- Win(I mean it's the panthers on the road, and Seattle is a tough place to play, big win for them, 5-7)

@ San Francisco-Loss(see above, 5-8)

vs Atlanta-Loss(again, the Falcons are simply too good for the Seahawks to stand a chance, though the home field will give them some hope, 5-9)

@ Tampa Bay-Loss(an utterly depressing loss to the buccaneers almost puts the nail in the coffin on the Seahawks season, 5-10)

vs St. Louis-Win(see above, in the Rams description, but they falter down the stretch, 6-10)

Projected finish: 6-10, 4th in the NFC West

Cardinals: 

vs Seattle- Win(coming off a hard loss to the vikings, they come home and beat the Seahawks, 4-5)

@ Kansas City-Loss(tough to go into Kansas City and get a win, especially since the Chiefs are in the hunt and their fans will be crazy, but the Cardinals play decent on early games on the road, 4-6)

vs San Francisco-Loss(see above, 4-7)

vs St.Louis-Loss(tough loss at home to the rams, drops them to 4-8)

vs Denver-Win(much needed victory here, not out yet, 5-8)

@ Carolina-Win(they keep pace in the West, still not done, 6-8)

vs Dallas-Win(the Cowboys just plain suck, Cardinals still not done, 7-8)

@ San Francisco(for first place on the road, they put up a great fight, but just fall short, 7-9).

Projected Finish: 7-9, Second Place in the NFC West

Well there are my predictions, hopefully somehow that happens, what do you guys think?

If you were commentating game 5, how would you have called Renteria's 3 run home run, and Wilson's final strikeout to win the title? Joe Buck was pretty lame, Renteria's HR: "hit high in the air into deep center field, Murphy on the RUN(really needed to emphasize that huh joe), 3 Run home run Renteria". I mean that was pretty lame, if I wasn't a giants fan, that wouldn't be really all that exciting. I personally would have been Gus Johnson-esque, something on the lines of this(caps show yelling), " IT'S HIT HIGH AND DEEP, BACK AT THE WARNING TRACK AND...GONE!!!! A 3 RUN HOME RUN BY EDGAR RENTERIA, A SHOT THAT COULD BRING HOME A WORLD SERIES BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO!!! WHAT A SHOT!, AND THE GIANTS LEAD IT 3-0".

Now for Wilson's final strike, here's joe's call: " Here it is...Struck him Out! and for the first time since 1954, the Giants have won the world series". Worst, title-clinching call ever, I mean really Fox couldn't get a better announcer out there?. I would probably say something like this(again Caps show yelling): "The 3-2 pitch...SWING AND A MISS! AND THE GIANTS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! BRIAN WILSON DARTS A FASTBALL RIGHT BY CRUZ, AND WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE FEAT BY THIS TEAM, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, RISE UP AND CELEBRATE BAY AREA, BECAUSE THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING HOME!"

Joe Buck is the worst commentator ever, especially in this situation, but how would you guys call those 2 plays?

I'd just like to say Thank you McCovey Chronicles, for everything this season, hell even last season I had a blast. I'm not the biggest baseball fan in the world, but I have been quietly following the Giants since 2000(when I was 8 years old). I watched at least half the games from 2000-2006(all of the playoffs every game obviously). Then when 2007 came around, yes we sucked, but I didn't have cable, and I couldn't watch baseball since streaming wasn't very popular back then. I discovered MCC in 2008, because I had to keep up with the Giants after watching highlights of Tim Lincecum near the end of 07 season, because I could feel something big with the Giants coming up. I followed all the 2008 season, 2009 season here on MCC, great coverage, great fans, great jokes, "great" torture, it was a whole lot of fun even though we barely missed out on the playoffs. Then of course this year, where our pitching was set out to be the best in the league. I found a website for streaming on justin.tv(some may know him as Kostaz, great man, main reason i could watch most of the games). Still, mccovey chronicles kept me up with everything, the transactions, injuries, schedule, anything I needed.  I personally thank mccovey chronicles for making me the fan that I am, thank you MCC.

Sincerely, 

18 year old fan that hasn't stopped celebrating.

We're all excited about the Niners victory, as we shall be. Some of us more than others, some still thinking about the giants loss. But what caught my eye this weekend as i sat through watching football this weekend, was the injuries, specifically the concussions, 2 of which really made just think how violent football is and that it is just a game.

Eric LeGrand: Sure, not many of us know this kid out of Rutgers, but now, mostly, a lot of people do. On a kickoff, he's running hard trying to make a tackle, which he does, but its a huge collision between him and the returner from Army, and LeGrand is just totally knocked out, i mean this kid just doesn't move. If you want to see the video, here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BbNe5Kv56k

Good effort from this kid, but it leaves him paralyzed from the neck down, which could possibly ruin his football career. Whenever we see a huge hit most of us go, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOH SH********", or "HE GOT KNOCKED THE ..... OUT". We all love seeing hits, as long as the guy being hit, or even the guy delivering the hit are ok(maybe not brett favre...jk...maybe...) I may not know a lot about Eric LeGrand, but i sure hope this kid recovers quickly and can continue in some sort of way in football.

DeSean Jackson: Boy did he and Dunta Robinson get in a massive collision, both guys going full speed and just big pop between the two. Jackson left the field at least walking, but reports coming out that he has memory loss, which is not good at all. When i saw the play live(it was on fox in the bay area), it made me go OOOOOOH, but once you realize the effect, that was terrible because it was helmet to helmet. I don't think Dunta Robinson meant for that to happen, or did it on purpose, because sometimes it just happens. But hopefully both these men recover well fast and can take the field safely when the time is right.

Just wanted to offer my two cents on that football is just a game, we make it out to be something so much more, when it seems like it, but it truly is sad when you see guys not moving in a game.

Yes, we have a new OC in Mike Johnson, yes Alex smith may not be all that good, BUT we cannot go down by a touchdown or more to begin the games. 2 out of the 3, KC and NO, we were down by 7 or more points in the beginning(we all know the beginning to the seattle game). By beginning i mean 1st quarter, why should we always be coming back from some kind of deficit? I say we ATTACK early and often, go deep to anyone, play actions, trick plays, and getting big holes from gore and letting him do the work, and keep the Falcons defense honest, because they will not be expecting that. If the niners can jump out to a early 7-0, or 10-3, something like that, kind of lead by the end of the 1st quarter, and then the Falcons will have the pressure on, and we can execute blitz packages, and really get the crowd out of it. We have to start fast, being down 10-0 or 14-3 anything like that will most likely result in a loss. Let's take a look at some of the games we won last year(and 1 we lost, but close) where we jumped out to an early lead. 

@ home vs the Seahawks, 2 big runs from Gore win us the game behind SOLID defense

@ Indianapolis- yes we did not win this game, but getting a big run from Gore early on almost lead us to a win, almost is not good enough, but it may be vs the Falcons.

@ home vs the Cardinals- early lead again, 10-0 at halftime, we're built on sustaining leads, and we're pretty good at it. 

Now I realize 2 out of those 3 teams are not as good as Atlanta, but we can certainly dictate the flow of the game if we attack first and score. If we do get the ball first sunday, pull out all the stops from the beginning, and let Vernon, Gore, Morgan, Crabtree, and if Ginn's there, throw it to him deep. If the 49ers are smart, attack quickly. Doesn't mean do not run the ball, but maybe 1st play, play action and go deep, even if doesn't work, the Falcons will not be expecting it. 

P.S.: anyone know the status on Ted Ginn?

Yeah, I know, we got our butts whooped today, and there's nothing positive you can take from this game(except for the fact that andy lee can tackle), but every single new post i've read has been pretty depressing(except the anthony davis and "he felt me", that was hilarious). Can we have just a little bit of optimism? Sure, we're 0-3 right now, but we don't have a crappy team where it's like oh its expected, but we have major talent on this team, and our guys, i believe, will fight back from this. At some point in this season, like Patrick Willis said(but not in these exact terms), we will put together a winning streak, who knows maybe it will start next sunday? Our defense had one bad game, and that's practically the reason we lost, and of course our o-line. The Falcons are not going to overlook us, and who's to say the Eagles are amazing, we play well in primetime, and Michael Vick(though he's my favorite player), hasn't had much success against us. 

Let's look at the schedule
@ Atlanta

VS Philadelphia

VS Oakland

@ Carolina

VS Denver

Bye

VS St. Louis

VS Tampa Bay

@ Arizona (ESPN)

@ Green Bay

VS Seattle

@ San Diego (NFLN)

@ St. Louis

VS Arizona

All of those are winnable games(yes i realize kansas city and seattle, as well as new orleans, were all winnable games) except for the green bay game, though we don't know the state of our team by that game. If we can get to at least 3-4, 4-4 by the bye week, which is EXTREMELY possible, there is hope, and then 2 home games versus mediocre teams will have us ready for 2 crucial games on the road. Who knows, by the Green Bay game, we could be 7-4 or 6-5. We're better than all but 3 teams on that schedule, so we cannot give up. Jimmy Raye has me depressed, as well as the o-line, but this team is too talented and has too much heart to give up. So rise up Faithful, and keep the Faith. Bring on the haters!

GO NINERS!

He gathered the troops and told them it was one bad game and to keep your heads up because it's only 1 game, and we still have 15 more games to go with a favorable schedule. "To all the true fans out there. I "we" apologize for today's out come. We gonna be ok. just keep the belief." I'm keeping the belief, this team will bounce back, dwelling on yesterday won't help no one. It's the perfect set up for this team. Home opener, with the defending champs coming in, Monday Night, the whole nation watching, this our chance to PROVE ourselves. I believe Alex Smith will bounce back in this game, not just because he's 6-0 in prime time games, because our team has that ability to bounce back. (This isn't a Alex Smith post here, as we already have that). Our O-line has one game under their belt, they should be ready for next week. Frank Gore, he seems to be forgotten with all the QB, secondary, and coaching mishaps, but he didn't have a great game running the ball either, but look for him to assert himself out there next week. And last thing, Patrick Willis should have HIS defense ready next week and deliver huge hits. And to us fans, if you're going, cheer hard, our guys need the help from the crowd, it should be fully packed. Win this game, and we can get our season back on track. Though it's only monday, I'm going to throw in my prediction: 27-21. Believe!

Here we are, less than 24 hours from another potential great season for the 49ers, but with the potential comes great expectations, which i 100% think we will fulfill. A great feeling about this year, ready for the ride, and let's go into Seattle and just absolutely destroy them, and let our presence known. Both our San Francisco teams seemed poised to make a big playoff run in their respective seasons, but our 49ers are favored to win their division at this point. So overly excited, can't even wait. Faithful, are you ready for some amazing 49er football? I sure am, no partying tonight, way too pumped to be tired while watching the first game. Go 49ers Baby, 34-14 tomorrow let's do it Faithful!

I'm actually kind of sad M-Rob's been, cut, he was one of my favorite players on the niners the last couple of seasons. He always played hard, and made the big block on some big plays. Sure, he wasn't that gifted offensively, but he could block so well, and always played with great passion. I thought if he could have blocked for Ginn on kick returns, maybe we would have bigger gains and/or more touchdowns. He was a great locker room presence, and a pretty funny dude, and I was lucky enough to meet him as well, down to earth nice guy. I'll always root for M-Rob wherever he goes, and I'll miss the Robinson Report, always supplied a good laugh.

A couple links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcCyY6tub1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNNVJrYVBA8&feature=related

I say that because both of our resident San Francisco teams, are hopefully both in crucial games. The Giants could be in the playoffs, as they are in a great position for the wild card and can still catch the Padres for the NL West crown. It would be great to see them in the playoffs after a while and a good chance to even reach the World Series with lockdown pitching, which is the best thing to have in the MLB playoffs. Our 49ers on the other hand, have games against the falcons, eagles, raiders, panthers, broncos. The teams are decent enough for it to be a challenging month, especially going into the bye week, where if we were 5-3, or 6-2,(or better) we would be in a great position for the final stretch run. I personally can't wait till October because I expect both the Giants and Niners to be doing big things(sorry A's fans).

Well Vick is in some trouble once again. At his 30th birthday party,a felon that he was not supposed to be associated with, arrived and was shot just about 5 minutes before Michael Vick left the party. There is a video that shows Vick leaving before the shooting, so there is a possibility that he is innocent. Other theories say that he performed the drive-by, ordered someone to shoot the victim, or knew something was up and left before anything happened. It all just seems a little fishy to me, because there are so many questions to be answered. I hope that he is innocent, so he can make his comeback the right way, but he just can't put himself in these stupid situations. As a big fan of his, he can't have these parties no more up in the clubs at 2 am, especially on probation. Plain stupid stupid stupid. Now, he says he left the party and had no idea of the incident, but the police haven't ruled him out as a suspect in a new report. I think anyone who was at that party should be a suspect, not just him, so we can't really jump to conclusions. Let's all hope that he's innocent and can get back to just playing football and staying out of trouble.

Wuttup Bright Side, congrats on reaching the western conference finals. The only reason I'm posting this is that I came here to root on the my western conference team, and now that you guys have the chance to eliminate the lakers in the biggest stage, at least in the western conference, is exciting. Obviously as a Warrior fan, I'm loving J-Rich tear it up in the playoffs with his timely 3's and great play. Then there's one of the best PG ever, Steve Nash, running things, and the guy some of us Warrior fans want to see in our uniform, Amare(no shot or anything, just a hope). I honestly believe if you guys can take game 1 or game 2 in Staples, it will make for an interesting series. No way are the Suns going down like the Jazz did, that was pathetic. Barbosa, Hill, Dudley, Frye, Dragic have to compliment j-rich, amare, and nash. Obviously you guys have to contain the Lakers frontline without Robin Lopez, and obviously Kobe Bryant(I would gladly lend Raja Bell for this series). But anyways, I hope the Suns can knock out the Lakers in 6 or 7, and I'll be cheering for the Suns like they're my team.

Go SUNS!

Man, I've read everywhere, blogs, espn, yahoo, football blogs etc. that the 49ers do not have a good enough #2 to compete. Josh Morgan is damn near more than qualified to be a number 2 receiver. He plays hard, and makes those big catches on third down that always help us out on drives. He gets those catches in the middle that can extend a drive and then has the ability to stretch the field. I don't know why, even though I love Crabtree, there is just part of me that wants Morgan to succeed so well that all the haters keep their mouths shut about him. He's improved since his rookie year, and he's ready to get at least 50-60 catches this year, and really complement Crabtree and Davis in the passing game. He has the ability, and honestly people who don't watch the Niners don't know much about the guys that help us win games besides Willis, Crabtree, Davis, Gore etc. He doesn't get much respect(except here) around experts/fans, but watch him play and they will realize that this guy is a good wide receiver. It may not be Bruce/Holt, but it is a good enough starting receiving core to win us games. Just my two cents, but yeah Josh Morgan is a good wide-out, and he's ready to shut out any of the critics out there.

What would happen with Alex Smith then? Because McNabb does have a good 2-3 years left under him, and Alex would be 27-28 years old, supposedly the "prime" stage. That would ruin his whole career sitting on the bench, and even though we might go far into the playoffs with Donovan, I just don't think he can lead us to a Super Bowl and win it. Right now, i don't think Alex can win us a Super Bowl, but he needs at least a year to prove to doubters and to people in his favor that he can be our next great qb. Trading for mcnabb will only ruin his career, and that something we can't do. He's been competing, took a pay cut, and came in last year totally revamped and looked decent. He just needs 1 year, and if he doesn't do well, then we have to cut him loose. But that 1 FULL year, without injuries, is definitely needed. I think he can become a pretty good quarterback, and trading for Mcnabb will ruin everything he has going for him.