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Message: [QUOTE="rmtsu, post: 5298098, member: 785"] Comparing across generations I don't like to do. At the time McNabb was a great QB, was he a great passer not if you are considering accuracy and touch but in college it is not always about that, McNabb threw a good deep ball but he wasn't a bad passer that is for sure. McNabb threw for 77 TDs and 26 Ints in his 4 years, add 19 rushing TDs. That is a pretty good TD to Int ratio for any QB. Graves was 48 TDs and 45 Ints with 17 rushing TDs. He was 1:1 basically for TD:Int Ratio and is considered one of our best QBs in history. Our OL when McNabb played was suspect also. Many times McNabb was scrambling for his life on pass plays and was great at keeping his eyes down field while scrambing, he was one of the most elusive QB's I've seen with a blend of strength, quickness and speed. The offense wasn't designed around passing as it is this year, the goal then was more about balance with P and D. Someone mentioned puking on the field, well after puking against VTech he threw the game winning TD pass as time expired. Our passing game was different then also. This year our short passing game was our running game since for a large part of the year we struggled to run the ball. McNabb and McCord are both great college QBs but in much different systems. We were fortunate to have McCord this year, his skills fit perfectly what we needed along with the WR Corp that was a vast upgrade from the year before. The other thing I will say is that our receivers for an example made some highly contested catches on back shoulder throws. Those were catches that in my opinion don't get made with last years WR group. So yes McCord had yards wise and TDs one of the greatest season you will see, his passing skills and vision and throwing the ball on time were next level good, hopefully it will translate at the next level. But sitting and watching McNabb for 4 years in the dome I also saw some spectacular QB play, albeit different. Both were instrumental to their teams success, but given our lack of having a great passer like McCord with the short and intermediate routes, we got spoiled this year with that ability. I leave it at both were great QBs in their time here, we got to see the progression of McNabb over 4 years and just one for McCord but watching both were enjoyable just different. I will say that if by some miracle we get McCord for another year I don't think to many of us will complain. [/QUOTE]

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