Andy Reid has no chance to rewrite his legacy

Andy Reid has no chance to rewrite his legacy

Maybe this post isn't technically about real estate, but it is about NFL football. And I love me some NFL football! =)

Now since our beloved Dallas Cowboys are in the middle of a bye week this Sunday (and every Sunday it seems), the next best story to me is quarterback Donovan McNabb making his return to Philadelphia — as the Washington Redskins quarterback!

I expected this to be the talk of ESPN this week, and it indeed has been. But with the story of Michael Vick tossing the dogskin pigskin for the Eagles turning into the comeback story of the century (and turning my animal-loving stomach a bit), the McNabb story has lost a bit of its luster.

But I have been hearing a lot about coach Andy Reid this week, too. A lot about his willingness to trade McNabb to a hated division rival and what that said between the lines about Reid's current confidence in the veteran quarterback, as well as what it did to McNabb's confidence.

So far, all sides are saying the correct things, as is to be expected in the non-reality TV that has become the NFL press conference.

But I choose to focus my vitriol on Andy Reid, now in his 11th year as head coach of the Green Birds. I've had about enough of him, frankly.

Coach Reid is not really a loser, but he is a classic underachiever. Being from the Mike Holmgren/West Coast offensive tree makes his terrible play-calling even more inexcusable. His game and clock management are astoundingly awful, too, and he also seems to have serious character issues, as well as an arrogance he simply doesn't deserve.

While I know that lying is like breathing for most coaches and athletes, the ease with which Reid does it makes him seem like a borderline sociopath. Donovan McNabb is certainly not blameless for the Decade Of Disappointment in Philly, but he shouldered way too much of the blame.

I think McNabb is one of the top 25 quarterbacks in NFL history, and I will be rooting for him this Sunday.