On December 17th, 2009, The Skins announced that they signed Bruce Allen as their new general manager.
On January 5th, 2010, the Skins then hired Mike Shanahan after firing Jim Zorn.
Then on April 4th of 2010, the Skins traded away two picks to acquire Donovan McNabb from their division rival Eagles.
And that’s when the Redskins Nation erupted in joy.
Twitter feeds, Facebook statuses, and text messages alike, all started firing away that night when it was announced as breaking news all over ESPN, NFL Network, Fox5 in D.C., hell, anywhere possible as an inter-division trade of this magnitude almost never happens. The most recent that I can remember is when the Patriots traded Drew Bledsoe to division foes, the Bills.
Instantly, Donovan became the star that the Skins fans believed would be able to bring stability to the position, and hopefully increase the number in the wins column. McNabb instantly became the spotlight of this franchise.
Jason Cambell, who I feel never got a fair shot in Washington, is now being replaced by a Pro Bowl player who has been to the playoffs, conference championships, and the big game; The Super Bowl. Bruce 
Allen and Dan Snyder have to be focusing on the experience of McNabb to bring this team out of the bottom of the NFC East. He has been on teams with no name receivers (Where is Freddie Mitchell and Todd Pinkston now?), so this Washington team, who has no true #1 WR right now, does not necessarily scare him away. McNabb is a veteran by all means of the word.
The biggest weakness on this team (as stated here at the Beast) is the offensive line. The one thing that Mike Shanahan has to be hoping for is that McNabb still has his quick decision making abilities. It goes without saying that opposing defensives will be licking their chops at a chance to face one of the worst offensive lines from last year, hoping for a shot at McNabb. This is a league where you can’t touch the quarterback, you think the likes of Demarcus Ware and Osi Umenyiora wouldn’t love a fair shot at a playcaller, let alone an inter-division rival? McNabb better be able to make decisions before the snap, and deliver the ball quickly or else he may be on his back more than he’d like.
Speaking of McNabb and being sacked, the biggest question is his durability. And I’ll go ahead and say it now, McNabb will NOT finish all 16 games this year. Take your passion out of it. Take your bias out of it, your alliance, your fanatic tendencies, and use your football knowledge. You know, regardless if you’re an Eagle fan, Skins fan, or whatever, that McNabb is not a durable quarterback.
It’s hard to argue that the Eagles offensive line that McNabb had for the past 11 years is/worst than the line he just inherited, because it isn’t. No matter how good Trent Williams plays as a rookie left tackle, we all know the rest of the line flat-out sucks. Take your hope and wishes out of it, they suck.
I’m gonna get a text or response from a Redskin fan that says, “But we signed whatshisname and we believe he’ll do well.”
Well I believe in the tooth fairy, what they hell do our beliefs have to do with it?
I like to deal with facts and figures, and the fact is that the Skins allowed 46 sacks last season, third most in the league. Combine that with the fact that McNabb has only finished a season four times in his 11-year career, and you have a big liability there under center.
McNabb has everyone’s eyes on him, and the globe will soon see if he can deliver to this franchise that was a bottom dweller in the NFC East.
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