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[QUOTE="Phillymoose, post: 1069595, member: 254"]
Randall was a bit of an aberration.  He actually had some receiving talent around him - at first it was Mike Quick and later Freddie Barnett and Calvin Williams, but the birds had no rushing game back then and the Oline was horrific.  The playbook was irrelevant, because all hell would break loose as soon as the ball would snap.  Randall was then on his own to make yards rushing or passing (which he occasionally did in amazing fashion .. paging Mr. Banks... Mr. Carl Banks...), but was also frequently sacked for epic losses.

He was perfect for a team that had no Oline, but could not run a conventional offense.  He had a freakishly strong arm, but a slow release and did not have good touch on short/medium balls.  He was the rushing game and Buddy Ryan didn't care a lick about the offense.  Shame too because Keith Byars could catch the rock out of the backfield and was a load in the open field and Keith Jackson was a unique talent at TE.  All that with a ferocious defense and that team couldn't win squat in the playoffs because of the Oline, and Randal's inability to actually run any sort of consistent offensive system.

McNabb ran the offense and ran it well, and also did the spectacular.  He was a much, much, much better QB than Randall, just not a hall of famer IMO.
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