Trade winds-starting out as a breeze

Every year the NFL Draft has it's share of trades. Either before or during, but teams swap players and picks like they are trading properties in a game of Monopoly. If you are lucky you can find a trading partner like the Jets did with Cleveland last year and they can move way up the board to take the player they really want. This year the big chip in play looks like it is going to who wants to trade for Donovan McNabb, and what are they prepared to give up to add him to their roster. Two teams that have expressed interest are Buffalo and Oakland.

Now I'm not an Eagles fan. I've watched McNabb from a distance and I would say that he can make many teams better immediately. But under the right circumstances. McNabb has taken a beating over the years, and if you put him behind a porous offensive line he's not going to be as effective as his suitors would like. Buffalo and Oakland are teams that need help up front, and picking up McNabb may not be the right fit.

Now I can't see any team giving up a first round pick for McNabb, so both the Bills and Raiders could shore up the line with their first rounder. Russell Okung looks to be gone by picks #8 and #9, and Bryan Bulaga might be gone as well. Which leaves Trent Williams, Bruce Campbell, and Anthony Davis as likely selections. All three players look to go in those slots as of now, so the teams taking any one of those tackles would not be a reach.

To me, the trade that makes the most sense would be the Rams trading the 33rd overall pick to Philadelphia for McNabb, then taking Ndamukong Suh first overall. They get the best player in the draft and add a veteran quarterback who can help them win now. But as it is with many things in the NFL, it comes down to money. Would McNabb want to sign a contract extension with St. Louis? If not then that trade, or any trade where McNabb doesn't want to sign an extension, doesn't make a lot of sense. Also, keep this in mind. Jake Plummer was traded to Tampa Bay, and decided that retirement was a better option. What if McNabb gets traded to a team he doesn't want to play for, or a team he feels doesn't give him a good shot to get back to the Super Bowl. Would McNabb see retirement as a better option as well? Then again, Philadelphia might see McNabb as their best option to get back to the Super Bowl, and tell all the potential suitors thanks, but he's our man. In my opinion that is the best option, and the best fit, for Donovan McNabb.