McNabb: 'I think I will be more cheered'
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
McNabb: 'I think I will be more cheered'
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Donovan McNabb said he expects to be cheered Sunday when he returns to Lincoln Financial Field for the first time since he was traded to the Washington Redskins, at least “until the whistle blows and the game starts.”
“Honestly, I think I will be more cheered,” McNabb said today on his weekly radio show in on ESPN-980 in Washington. “No matter what the situation is, right now I’m with a different team and it’s a rival and it wasn’t my choice. We had a successful 11 years. We had a lot of exciting plays and obviously some down times, but there were more exciting things in 11 years.”
McNabb also reiterated that “I wasn’t the one looking to get out.”
McNabb said he has not yet thought about what his emotions will be on Sunday.
“I truly haven’t,” he said. “Everyone else that I’ve talked to has and rightly so. I’ve been on the other side of the tide with other guys who have come in, Brian Dawkins, Troy Vincent and the list goes on, Jeremiah Trotter …
“I think in this situation, I’ll be open-minded at what happens … Everyone wants to know how I feel, my emotions. I really can’t answer that. Right now, it’s just focusing on playing against the Philadelphia Eagles. I would have an answer for you during the game about my emotions and how I felt during the game. I’m all in here in Washington and looking forward to turning things around.”
McNabb said he understands why people are making it “a bigger story,” but he says these situations have happened before and “as a player, life goes on.”
“I’ve always said that I look at it just like a normal game,” he said. “This is game the Washington Redskins need. It wouldn’t matter if it were the Cowboys or the Giants. After the last two weeks, this is a must-win situation for us. We just look forward to the challenge.”
McNabb said he has spoken with Michael Vick and Kevin Kolb over the last few weeks and hopes to talk to Andy Reid, although Reid indicated he is not allowed to talk to a player on another team, per NFL rules.
“I think this week is going to be the same as us communicating and see how each other is doing and wish each other luck. Nothing out of the ordinary,” McNabb said of talking to Vick and Kolb. “I’ll talk to Andy, congratulate him on the last couple of weeks, find out what he’s having for lunch and dinner.
He said, laughing, “I’m trying to get Sean McDermott’s number to get some clues to what he’s trying to do this game, maybe Asanté Samuel, Trent Cole, Stewart Bradley.”
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Only the haters and those with NO life will boo....and that infantile, sophomoronic geek from the morning show.....after all his leadership will once again embarrass Philly with a film clip on the national shows.......I'll contribute to Hugh if he smashes his childish mouth....and closes the idiots cesspool mouth forever.........— nuggett- There were some frustrating times, for sure, but if you boo McNabb you're just a spiteful fan or, at least, just booing for the sake of booing. He brought us a lot of wins, a lot of excitement, and the days before him were pretty awful.— jabostick
I hope he gets a nice reception but if he was underappreciated when he was on the team, how do think the classless losers will treat him? That 10% will be what the nat'l media covers. They're salivating waiting for it to happen. In any case, I'm glad the Eagles have the best QB on the current roster starting. It's obvious Vick gives them the best chance to win. If morons like Bill(myIQis)20 need a pro athlete to be their role model they have a seriously sad life & I pity them. Go Eagles! Once the clock starts, though, Mc5 is just the deadskins QB.— Mabus
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Bill20 -- id rather have you stop commenting on an eagles article like you promised- YAY CJ84!! Spot on brutha— JohnnyN
- McNabb will be cheered and the national media will ignore it because it doesn't go along with their opinions about the fans of the Eagles.— quentin1978
- No - but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express before...— EaglesBleedMoney
- Who cares? Let's just win the game and move on from this nonsense! Bill20 - My answer is anyone but #5 at this point, the team wasn't getting anywhere with him at QB so it was time to move on and they did.— djw26
- I think McNabb will be cheered the entire game. Whether he's introduced or when he runs out on the field for the first play, he'll be cheered. Then the fans will continue to cheer throughout the game when he's throwing balls at the feet or over the heads of his receivers, getting sacked, mismanaging the time and even possibly throwing up. I hate Vick but he will tear that defense to shreds and the Birds will romp!! It'll be cheers all afternoon.
- hey...There is Donovaniswitarealteamnow...you need to change the name to donovanplaysfortheteamthatlosttostlouis...where were you after the losses that were mostly on mcnabbs shoulders. more chokes by #5. what happened to that great run game that he didn't have in philly? disappeared. what happened to his drives against st louis, a team who has now won 2 games in 29? disappeared. the interception the overthrows and underthrows. nope. i am perfectly happy where the eagles are right now. real team? how about last place in the nfc east this year and years to come and mcnabb will end his career on a team that will never make the playoffs while he is qb?— crohnkiller
- you know , some of you people are idiotic , i mean really,im a die hard eagle fan ,and even still, ifeel like cussing some of you clowns out, and in,cheer the man, and stop acting like kids,yeah we are all mad cause of the big one ,when does andy the handy man get booed, if yall can remember big jolly red has been coaching here well, lets see, 12 years! its time to grow up fellow fan, #5 again did nothing but win ,so lets do the stupid childish thing and blame #5 ,because he was the only one playing the other teams eleven guys , so yeah jolly red had nothing to do with it.— jkreids
- EaglesBleed$,
Haha nice. But don't get me wrong. I'm not saying I'd boo the guy when he's announced. Like you said, out of respect for the entirety of his career here (and perhaps even more out of spite for the national media's perception of us fans here), I'd refrain from booing when he's first announced Sunday. But after that, all bets are off.
I said what I said in response to the first guy's comments about McNabb being a "class act", and I guess it depends on one's definition of class as to what your opinion of him is. For all the reasons I listed eariler, I'd say no. IMO, I don't care how many checks you write or how large they are, or how many DUIs you DON'T have or how many dogs you DON'T kill, it doesn't make you classy if you act like that, period. Perhaps if you went through some of the things I have, or have spent enough time behind the scenes at a non-profit, you'd see where I'm coming from. But I assume that you haven't, so I agree to disagree.
— CJ84 - Comment removed.
- cj84, Never heard of lebron's mom huh? or the interview kk's dad did. It seems fox,abc,espn can't even start the games until they show the opposing QB's family in the box. and all the reporting on who's dating who and where are they sitting,that's even worse. The girlfriend could be gone tomorrow a least parents are in it for the long haul.
Your non-profit and charitable works are to be commended!!!No joking at all there, amen!
But why are you boohoo-ing what you chose to do. nobody made you.But you chose it.— sikofit
