The Vikings are close to signing Donovan McNabb.
I won’t say this is a terrible, horrible, awful idea. I’ll guess that the Vikings are hoping (not betting- hoping) that McNabb has 1 year left in the tank. And not just any year- a year like Favre gave them a couple seasons ago.
I will say that I think it’s an exceedingly bad bet. I don’t think McNabb was ever half the quarterback that Favre was. I think McNabb benefited from a real good coaching staff in Philadelphia and just enough offensive talent around him to have some real good years there. I think that Philly also had some really good defensive teams that gave McNabb and his offense a lot of margin for error.
But McNabb isn’t young anymore and his mobility isn’t what it was and I don’t think he is flexible enough to move from one system to another. Look what happened in Washington last year.
I think Minnesota will be in for another disappointing year.