By Justin Worsley
Only one day after head coach Andy Reid announced that the team was seeking to trade one of their three quarterbacks, the Rams have taken charge. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Rams offered the Eagles their second-round draft choice (33rd overall) and free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe.
McNabb, 33, earned a trip to his sixth Pro Bowl last season after throwing for 3,553 yards and 22 touchdowns, but the team is loaded at quarterback. The Eagles drafted Kevin Kolb in the second-round of the 2007 NFL draft and view him as the quarterback of the future. Last season, the Eagles also signed former first-overall draft pick Michael Vick. Vick missed the last two seasons while serving a 21-month prison term for running an illegal dog fighting ring.
The Rams are in dire need for a franchise quarterback. The team as been inconsistent at the position and have only won six games in the last three seasons. Many analysts have predicted that the Rams will select Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the first overall pick. If the Rams are able to trade for a quarterback instead, it opens up the Rams draft possibilities, including looking at heavily-touted defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska.
"My position hasn't changed. I've said all along that I would like to win a Super Bowl and finish my career in Philadelphia...I understand the situation well and just hope whichever direction the Eagles decide to go in, they do it quickly," McNabb said on is online blog, yardbarker.blog.
McNabb was the fifth overall draft pick in the 1999. He has played his entire career in Philadelphia.
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