In 2009 the Vikings joined forces with an accomplished, veteran QB in Brett Favre and together they marched to the doorstep of the Super Bowl, losing in overtime of the NFC Championship Game. In 2011, the Vikings will look to recapture that magic with 
The Vikings worked throughout the past few days to acquire McNabb, eventually reaching a deal with the Washington Redskins to acquire the six-time Pro Bowler. McNabb is one of the more accomplished active QBs in the NFL, having guided his teams to five division championships and seven playoff appearances while also becoming the all-time leading passer in Philadelphia Eagles franchise history.
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In Minnesota, McNabb will be reunited with head coach Leslie Frazier; the two were together in Philadelphia from 1999-2002 when Frazier was a DBs coach on Andy Reid’s staff and McNabb was the starting QB. In Philadelphia, Frazier watched as McNabb developed from a first-round pick to a franchise QB. While the Vikings have a pair of promising young QBs in 2011 first-round pick (#12 overall)
Born in Chicago and a product of Syracuse University, McNabb has played in 161 NFL games with 155 starts; he’s also played in and started 16 postseason contests. McNabb is just three wins shy of 100 for his career (97-57-1) and if he can get to the century mark he’ll be one of just three active QBs with 100 victories (Peyton Manning – 141, Tom Brady – 111). McNabb also ranks 22nd all-time and fourth among active QBs with 230 TD tosses and he ranks 15th all-time and second among active QBs with 36,250 passing yards.
Known for his accuracy and limiting turnovers, McNabb ranks third all-time in career INT% with only 115 INTs in 5,218 career attempts (2.2%). In 2004 McNabb became the first player in NFL history to throw 30+ TDs with fewer than 10 INTs in a season. Also, McNabb’s career-best 104.7 passer rating ranks as the 21st highest in NFL history and the 17th best since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.
McNabb, the #2 overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, spent 11 seasons in Philadelphia, where beyond helping the Eagles win five division championships he was also on teams that went to five NFC Championship Games and a Super Bowl appearance after the 2004 season.
As illustrious as McNabb has been on the field, he’s been as charitable off it. He started the Donovan McNabb Foundation in 2000 to honor members of his family who suffer from diabetes and to raise awareness about the disease. He is also a national spokesman for the American Diabetes Association. McNabb’s parents, Sam and Wilma, are active with charitable work and bringing a family setting to pro football through their involvement with the NFL Father’s Association and NFL Mother’s Association.
McNabb also established the Donovan McNabb Golden Arm Scholarship for students at Mt. Carmel, where he selects winners based on the essays they submit.
McNabb Notes
-- Set NFL record with 24 consecutive completions over a two-game span in 2004 when he ended a game at NY Giants with 10 straight completions and began the following week’s game against Green Bay with 14 straight completed passes
-- Named Big East Conference Player of the Year three times (1996-98)
-- Earned degree in speech communications from Syracuse with a minor in African American studies
-- In 2002 became youngest person elected to Syracuse University Board of Trustees
-- Served as a backup guard on the Syracuse basketball team for two seasons (1995-96, 1996-97), falling to Kentucky in the national title game in 1996
-- Has appeared in Chunky Soup commercials with his mother, Wilma
-- Led Philadelphia to a pair of playoff victories over the Vikings, in the 2004 NFC Divisional Round and the 2008 Wild Card Round.
-- Married to Raquel; couple has four children
-- Owns a pair of bulldogs, Diamond and Duce
