It seems Donovan McNabb still hasn’t gotten over Andy Reid using Michael Vick and the Wildcat formation as a change of pace option during his final season with the Eagles.
Five-years later, Vick is being put in the same chase of pace position with the Jets and McNabb has seen enough. McNabb told the New York Daily News that “the Wildcat is garbage”and it could stunt Geno Smith’s growth.
“The Jets tried this whole garbage with Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez and it got them nowhere,” McNabb told the New York Daily News. “In the situation now, I think it takes away from what Geno Smith can do. It’s a maturity process for him to try to develop into an NFL quarterback. Now you’re taking him off the field or splitting him wide to bring in a 34-year-old quarterback? To do what? I understand the ‘wow’ effect, but it’s not a good thing for either quarterback.
McNabb’s venom seems to stem from the fact that it was the beginning of the end for him as an Eagle after Andy Reid implemented it.
“I didn’t agree with the whole deal,” McNabb said of the Eagles’ use of the Wildcat. “I think it messes up the flow of any offense. . . . I thought most of the trick plays that we ran, we could have done in our normal base offense. Of course, I wanted Mike to have an opportunity to get out on the field . . . [but] when you have an established quarterback [like me] . . . no one would have asked Peyton Manningor Tom Brady to do that.”