Last Roll of Dice

Yours Truly just don't know what to make of the trade of Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins.

On one hand, Yours Truly found Andy Reid, his coach and mentor with the Philadelphia Eagles, desperately foolish to send him to a division rival, who may be a franchise quarterback away (i.e. McNabb) from becoming a contender again, now that Mike Shanahan has joined the team as the new head coach.

On the other, Yours Truly found Reid absolutely gutsy in sending McNabb to a divisional rival. It's just like telling the Redskins (and probably McNabb) that the Eagles are so much better than you that they don't mind giving away one of the better quarterbacks in the league.

Yours Truly also admire Reid for not sending McNabb to Siberia (a.k.a. Oakland Raiders), which are rumoured to be the front-runner of the McNabb derby for a long time. With Shanahan joining the fray, the Redskins may finally return to prominence.

And of course, being a Dallas Cowboys homer, Yours Truly would rather see McNabb labouring in Siberia, rather than starting for a team that has suddenly become a real threat.

When Bill Belichick traded Drew Bledsoe to the Buffalo Bills many years ago, many people were skeptical of the move, believing that it would bite him somehow, someday. But Belichick has the last laugh thanks to the emergence of Tom Brady, who has become one of the best ever.

Reid has similar faith in Kevin Kolb. If Kolb can be consistently good over the entire season, Reid would look like a genius. But if he can't, this could probably be one of the last moves Reid has ever made.