Donovan on the new additions, his offseason
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Donovan on the new additions, his offseason
Daily News staff
Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, who has been relatviely quiet this offseason since Super Bowl week, weighed in on the Birds' new additions and a number of other topics this morning on his yardbarker.com blog.
Here is what he had to say ...
It's been a terrific offseason for me. I have spent most of my time in Arizona with my wife and three kids. Having a chance to be a dad - going to my daughter's soccer games and dance recitals, and seeing the babies grow and develop; there is nothing better than that. I am truly blessed and fortunate that the American Diabetes Association will honor me and two other men in June as Father of the Year. But I'm not the only McNabb that is blessed...Saturday night my parents will be honored by the Allied Athlete Group in Atlanta for their work with the Professional Football Players Mothers and National Football Players Fathers Associations. And on Saturday my wife will hold her annual Philadelphia Community Baby Shower for expectant mothers.
Make no mistake, I've been training like crazy to make sure that I can improve as a quarterback and do everything necessary to try and win a championship for this city. I said it before, I was inspired by the way the Phillies won the World Series and how they were treated by the City and their fans and I want to experience that myself in the worst way.
Now down to some football talk.....
You'll notice that I am ready to move forward. I'm the first to admit that you must learn from your failures, I also believe that you cannot change the past. It's time to focus on the future.
As with every minicamp since I've been in the league, I'm excited about meeting my new teammates, getting to know them and working together on the field. We now have a lot of new, young skill position players and it will be exciting and interesting to see how they become acclimated to what we do here. If they can come in here and take their game to the next level, they will be productive pros and we can achieve great successes together. I want to welcome the new rookies and am excited to get to work with them.
I haven't taken the time yet to welcome some of the veteran free agents to the team. I'm looking forward to working with a new set of bookends on the o-line. Stacey Andrews and Jason Peters are young, athletic and physical. They will help in both the passing and running game. The same can be said for fullback Leonard Weaver. As for the additions on defense - Ellis Hobbs, Rashad Baker, and Sean Jones - I can't wait to see how Jim Johnson uses all the talent he has at his disposal.
I want to congratulate all the newcomers and let them know that I am excited to be working with them and taking the first step towards moving forward and getting something accomplished.
For Ron Jaworski's thoughts on the Eagles' offseason, click here.
Boston Eagle I have a cheaters manuel to sell to you.— xivitale22- Hey loser Lonewolf, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco, Matthew Stafford who will not even be the opening day starter for the lions and Matt Cassel are not better QBs then Mcnabb, how many regular season and playoff games have those Qb's won. Check your factbook.— xivitale22
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- hey lonewolf hines ward WILL be in the hof...get your facts straight man— jonpoetical
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- oh yeah i almost forgot...mr 5isaking..brian westbrook is the most talented running back in eagles history or at least since 80 (when i started to understand football)....in 06 he carried us..(sorry garcia fans)plus believe it or not he is the most feared player on offense....for what it's worth.... so please get your facts straight....and remember this..."that stats don't lie but they don't always tell the truth"— jonpoetical
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- Some people (Lonewolf/Voytas) will never understand what a prize D Mac has been for the Eagles. They are probably teh same folks who were reported as booing Maclin because they thought he was a Jackson clone. Maclin is the next Boldin and having D Mac tossing to him will only make him better. Donovan is the one running QB who made himself a better passer vs Vick, Culpepper, Young and a host of others who wish they had his game savey and arm strength. I can't wait to see him this year with the tools he now has around him! For you naysayers - root for the Jets!— jakster
- Lone wolf - Strafford hasn't played 1 down of NFL football and you rank him 10. Can you please stop showing us exactly what you do not know about football!— jakster
