McNabb his senior year:
BE OPOY
BE 1st Team
5th in Heisman (and I would argue he should have been higher)
Best player on a team that won the conference
Beat Michigan in the Big House. Came within a single point of beating the eventual national champions.
There is no world in which I'd not take him over McCord.
If McNabb, coming off his junior year, was transported to present day heading into this year, his NIL offers would make McCord's look like a little kid's weekly allowance.
The final AP poll for the 1998 season, we played:
#1 Tennessee
#5 Florida (bowl game)
#12 Michigan
#20 Miami
#23 VT
Again, we lost by a point to #1, got beat down by #5 and we beat #12, #20 (crushed Miami) and #23.
Take a look at our current schedule. Where do you think our opponents are going to end up at the end of the year? GT is out. UNLV is out. Pitt is at 22 so who knows if they'll stay ranked. Miami is #6 at the moment.
McNabb is, without question, the better QB. Better pure passer? No. But that's one facet of playing QB. McNabb is on a level that McCord can only dream of attaining.