McNabb Benched for Grossman

Wow:

It's Rex Grossman over Donovan McNabb. Again. And this time, it's from the opening kickoff. The Washington Redskins plan to start Grossman on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, coach Mike Shanahan said Friday. Shanahan is benching a six-time Pro Bowl quarterback billed as the next John Elway when he came to the franchise in April.

McNabb's agent, Fletcher Smith, told ESPN that the Redskins' decision is "disrespectful to Donovan. He has not been more disrespected his whole career than he has this season. It's absolutely ridiculous."

You have to say, at this point, Philly made out damn well. But seriously, for Rex Grossman? This really looks like the skins mailing it in. Still, I could easily see McNabb, at the right team, pulling a Kurt Warner.

Here's Colin Cowherd on Grossman.

Also, this week's Pick Em Ratings after the jump.

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total Pts	W-L
1	the angry left	856	108-66
2	brooklynj	812	100-74
3	daveintexas	796	92-82
4	taylor16's picks	786	97-77
5	The Pick-It Line	783	97-77
6	An Unlikely Scenario	781	92-82
7	Anonymous Josh	779	91-83
8	ParkAveMarauders	778	96-78
9	Crunkster	775	99-75
10	West bound	774	97-61
11	rusty_spatula	771	87-87
12	Red Terror	760	93-81
13	DougEMI	759	101-73
14	Drinking Milkshakes	753	94-80
15	Fleur De Brees	751	93-81
16	Ticats	750	94-80
17	Bear Down	750	91-83
18	Chi Picks	748	94-80
19	Andrew	744	89-85
20	Cromartie's Other Kids	736	96-78
21	InchoateBlackRage	735	92-82
22	mjnewt0n	732	93-81
23	Bengals Fan In Eagles Land	707	86-88
24	motownjunkboy's picks	706	89-85
25	the troy smith effect	706	89-85
26	hhex65	706	94-80
27	Persia's Picks	704	86-88
28	Jorah	697	84-90
29	SamRam's Attempt at Mediocrity	696	86-88
30	GMcG	692	89-85
31	Eric F	691	89-85
32	CitizenE	688	87-87
33	sengesong	683	85-89
34	Hot Sauce Committee	683	81-93
35	Jerry's Kids 2011	681	84-90
36	Red Devils	679	82-92
37	bmk12000	678	90-84
38	itsnotrocketscience	677	83-91
39	Imby	670	81-93
40	ThePineappleExpress (wiliwili)	663	72-102
41	For-Real Football	658	85-89
42	cisko	648	83-91
43	Electric Messiah	642	91-83
44	Maneating Anteaters	633	77-97
45	Seas' Auks	632	79-95
46	House Money	622	79-95
47	randomliberal	621	80-94
48	TW Andrews	620	84-90
49	Rhialto	613	78-96
50	Larry Centers is still the man	608	79-95
51	ChickEn Star Rocket	605	78-96
52	clindahl	594	79-95
53	DoctorBoll	579	71-103
54	I too need emancipation	577	75-99
55	puntsonthird	575	79-95
56	Juba's Isaacson-Tarbell Picks	563	68-106
57	ChildOfAnNFCEastDivorce	560	68-106
58	thegunner1981	549	72-102
59	Derangement Syndrome	528	65-109
60	At Least We Got Herschel	503	63-111
61	Cubicle Commando	502	67-107
62	Eric k	488	61-113
63	s_v	479	80-94
64	Dirty Kings	421	57-117
65	BreakerBaker	407	54-120
66	Hypnotoad	398	56-118
67	DBetts	319	43-131
68	Truffle Shuffle	299	42-132
69	Cromartie's Kids	293	37-137
70	Old Pembrokians	222	24-150
71	The Laterals	207	27-147
72	Go Horns!	156	20-154
73	Lawndale High (Dan Fox)	134	15-159
74	shorthope	98	12-162
75	NicsPics	75	17-157
76	It'll be another 10 years...	71	7-167
77	Tashard's Choice	59	16-158
78	Honore Ballsack	50	7-167
79	Nonobscene	42	6-168
80	Boost Mobile	0	0-174
81	scott.w.weaver	0	0-174
82	priestree	0	0-174

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and the forthcoming book We Were Eight Years in Power.

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