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Interesting stuff about Donovan McNabb from my colleague Bryan Burwell, who says the Rams have had “intense internal conversations with the Philadelphia Eagles about a trade” for McNabb. You can put me in the skeptical category on this one. I’d be surprised if Eagles are serious about dealing McNabb. Then again, all three of their quarterbacks (McNabb, Kevin Kolb, Michael Vick) are entering the final seasons of their contracts. Kolb isn’t going anywhere; he’s in place as Philly’s QB for the long run. So perhaps the Eagles will take a hard-line, bottom-line financial view of this and try to move McNabb’s salary. I don’t know. Again, I’d be surprised. But I find it even more difficult to believe that they’d trade McNabb to St. Louis if they do decide to move him. Given the respect and relationships that McNabb has within the organization, I think Andy Reid and the Eagles would try to place McNabb to a team that has a shot at winning now, or in the near future. Especially with a lockout looming for 2011. Now, if the Rams were willing to overpay the Eagles by giving up a premium draft pick (say, a No. 2), I could be wrong about all of this. Wouldn’t be the first time. And with that lockout on the horizon do the Rams really want to give up a great pick (or picks) for McNabb, who turns 34 in November? Like I said, interesting …
UPDATE: Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo tells me that there have been no talks between the Rams and Eagles on McNabb, for whatever that is worth.
