As a Vikings fan, I'm a little surprised that there were people all over McNabb to retire. His QB rating was 16th. He was average, not terrible. The Vikings were 1-5 and it wasn't entirely because they had an average quaretback. Hard to know why teams really make the moves they do, but seemed likely they wanted to see if the first round pick was going to work out or not. 1-5 teams don't make the playoffs, so why not?
At the beginning of the season, his targets are supposed to be Bernard Berrian (deep threat, later released), Visanthe Shaincoe and a bunch of guys with names that I don't recognize. The real issue is more likely the defense that has allowed more points than anyone other than the Colts and Panthers.Frankly, what he did in Minnesota was probably not that bad considering that he didn't have a training camp and the team has struggled to find receivers.
It sort of surprised me that the Bears were not interested in him. Seems to me, they could do worse.