Sunday, 4 December 2011

NFL - Donovan McNabb Released - Is There a Claim?


The NFL player Donovan McNabb released by Minnesota Vikings on Thursday seems to be having no hope for claim among the three most expected teams - Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears and Houstan Texans.














Reason?
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys were highly expected to put a claim on Donovann McNabb after the recent back injury of Jon Kitna because of which he's going to miss the third consecutive game on this Sunday at Arizona. But the Dallas Cowboys are not interested to sign McNabb as they're staying with Stephen McGee till Jon Kitna returns from his injury which they have been expecting to happen later this month in December.
Jerry Jones - Cowboys' General Manager's words on his weekly radio show this friday morning (KRLD - FM)- "Donovan has not really been in this system, so that's kind of where that is, and that's all I would say about that, You know what we think of Donovan McNabb. He's really had a great career and a lot of it has been against the Cowboys. I'll never forget the great run he made out here and then the throw he made for a touchdown that was memorable. But bottom line is, we think a lot of Stephen McGee. One of his attributes is his ability to be mobile and move around and throw on the run. That's McNabb's game, too. Where we are right now is, we've got a lot of confidence in Stephen."


Houstan Texans
The Texans reportedly aren't interested even though they're down to their third quarterback, rookie T.J. Yates. Houston signed Kellen Clemens and Jake Delhomme in the last two weeks.


Chicago Bears
Taking Chicago Bears in consideration, Donovan McNabb said that he'd really love to play with his hometown team but Chicago Bears seems to be having no interest for claiming the player.
The Bears may have lost quarterback Jay Cutler for the season with a broken hand. His replacement, Caleb Hanie, threw three interceptions in a 25-20 loss to the Raiders Sunday The Bears are 24th in the waiver order, meaning they'd have to hope that a lot of other teams don't need a veteran quarterback.
The expected places for McNabb have been eliminated. Houston doesn't seems to be interested. Dallas has said they won’t claim him. The Bears won’t bid on him. There seems to be hardly any scope of Donovan McNabb being cleared off the waivers by 3 p.m. CT but if he does he's assumed around $1 million remaining on his contract.


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