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Ravens Interested in Donovan McNabb??
Posted February 4th ago via ArmchairGM
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Here is some of the rumblings, provided by the Philadelphia Inquirer: A report on ESPN yesterday said that the Baltimore Ravens, with new head coach John Harbaugh, are pondering making a substantial offer for the Eagles' veteran quarterback. After injuries limited Ravens starter Steve McNair to six games this season, it is only natural to wonder if Harbaugh, the Philadelphia Eagles' longtime assistant, would have interest in acquiring McNabb. The Eagles have gone on record as saying they expect McNabb to be back as their starting quarterback. Team president Joe Banner strongly stated late in the season that McNabb would return. "I can't envision a situation in which [McNabb] is not our quarterback next year," Banner said. "We are talking about a quarterback who went to four straight [NFC] championship games. There are only four quarterbacks in the history of the league that have done that. You are talking about a quarterback who has had a higher winning percentage in his first seven years in the league than Peyton Manning. You are talking about a quarterback that has one of the highest quarterback ratings over the first seven seasons, one of the best TD-to-interceptions ratios of any quarterback in the history of this game in his first seven seasons in the league... "My expectation, and I can't really even picture a different scenario, is that he'll be the quarterback." Since that time, a team source has said it would take an overwhelming offer to pry McNabb away from the Eagles. When the source was asked if a first-round pick would be enough, he said it would take more than that. If the Ravens were willing to give up a first-round pick for McNabb, it would give the Eagles the eighth and 19th overall selections in the 2008 draft. Before Harbaugh left his position as the Eagles' secondary coach to replace the fired Brian Billick as the Ravens' head coach, Baltimore's stance on McNabb was that it would be like replacing McNair with a younger version of its cu...

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