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Agree with your basic points here, and your inclusion of last year's Pro Bowl Eagles is helpful.

Re. "a pro player can lose that 'it'," the jury's definitely still out on McNabb. (If I'm not mistaken, Warner [note: injury problems] has not led the Rams to a win since the NFC Championship two seasons ago.)

Below is a summary of the five regular-season and postseason performances McNabb has had since he had the pretty bad injury last year.

Divisional Round of last year's playoffs vs. Atlanta last January: OK performance in ridiculously cold weather. Eagles won and advanced in the playoffs.

NFC Championship last year vs. Bucs: Bad performance against eventual Super Bowl Champions and one of the best defenses ever.

Week 1 this season vs. Bucs: Very bad performance against Super Bowl Champions and one of the best defenses ever.

Week 2 this season vs. Patriots: Horrendous performance (regularly failing to see open receivers, fumbles, missing open receivers by 5+ yards) against team that won the Super Bowl the year before last.

Week 4 (Eagles had Week 3 off) this season vs. Bills: Decent performance in Eagles win on the road.

Warner has been playing behind a fat, overpaid offensive line that has been a hidden shame here for three years.
Orlando Pace is like a traffic cone on pass plays because he is not in shape, having missed training camp. Early last year it was the same thing.
Because Warner's skills are cerebral(see the field, recognize and react quickly)concussion is an especially tough thing for him to recover from. Every time he is hit he is slammed to the turf, and usually given a little extra. Decent defensive lines have a field day against the Lambs.