by Dan GrazianoFiled under: Redskins, NFC East, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL Analysis
It's hard to say for sure what Redskins coach Mike Shanahan was thinking when he pulled Donovan McNabb and put in Rex Grossman in the final minutes of a still-winnable conference game Sunday.On the one hand, Shanahan has shared with the public several aspects of this thinking -- the idea that McNabb didn't know the two-minute drill as well as Grossman, the idea that McNabb's conditioning isn't what they want it to be, etc.
But Shanahan is also an NFL coach, which means he never says exactly what's on his mind and always has some other motive we don't know about. But whatever it is -- whatever Shanahan's reason for pulling the veteran for whom he traded a high second-round pick and inserting a backup who's not qualified to play in meaningful NFL games -- the coach needs to find a way to fix this mess.
A team confused about its quarterback situation isn't a team with much of a shot to win week to week. This year's Redskins are contenders for a playoff spot in the NFC, and bungling the quarterback situation midway through the season would be coaching malpractice.
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