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Exactly. Kelly led the league in passing in 1990. McNabb has been playing (when he's healthy...) for the last five seasons in a league where 4000 yards has become common place thanks to the Polian Committee . And the fact that Kelly did what he did in 11 seasons vs. what McNabb has done in 11 is what you have to look at when comparing even those two. It's not the hall of the pretty good... And it really shouldn't be the hall of the famous. McNabb will have his supporters among the HOF voting population because he's always been something of a media darling. But at the end of the day given the QB's within his era, absent a ring he would be a tough sell. And I don't see Washington winning a SB in the next three seasons, which is probably at most what he has left given his bread and butter scrambling skill set. I don't doubt he could turn in a super focused Bledsoe like performance out of the gate this season, but those adreneline and revenge fueled early performances tend to revert to form in time. He doesn't have a ton of weapons to work with, and that OL has to be upgraded just to keep him in one piece, let alone to zone block for Shanny's three amigos backfield. Probably too much to do with #4 and #103.
I think some controversial radio talk host said about the same thing several years ago...
As to the thesis of the post. Different times, different games, different peers and different results. Kelly belongs, McNabb whom I thought was destined for greatness earlier in his career, doesn't.












