Nine years ago on Easter, the Redskins announced they had traded a second-round (37th overall) pick in the 2010 NFL draft and a conditional third or fourth-round pick in the 2011 NFL draft for Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.
I can still remember the sick feeling I had that day when I learned of the news.
I was on my way to Pennsylvania to visit my family. When I arrived at my mom’s house, and got out out of the car, she was waiting for me in the driveway. The first things she said was, “did you hear your team traded for Donovan McNabb?