McNabb and 'just run the ball'
Donovan McNabb was asked about the way TV cameras caught him, after one of the Eagles’ failed red zone excursions, turning toward the sideline and seeming to yell “just run the ball,” or something similar.
McNabb and 'just run the ball'
Les Bowen and Daily News staff
Donovan McNabb was asked about the way TV cameras caught him, after one of the Eagles’ failed red zone excursions, turning toward the sideline and seeming to yell “just run the ball,” or something similar.
“I’m a football player. I want to score,” McNabb said. “Do I remember that? I don’t know. I’ve said a lot of different things through the course of the game. I’m sure they might have clips of it, they might not. But again, it’s about winning ballgames, and I want to do whatever it takes to have a win.”
Asked about the rollout play to the left that the Chargers were all over, an incompletion to Brent Celek on second-and-goal from the 1in the second quarter, McNabb said if the Eagles had it to do over again, “we wouldn’t roll to the left. We would never roll it to the left.”
The quarterback was then asked if he can check to a runnning play instead of a pass play: “If the pass is there we’ll pass the ball.”
The Eagles' run-pass ratio was titled heavily toward the pass Sunday against San Diego, although getting down early was a part of that equation. McNabb was asked whether he was concerned that the coaches lost faith in the run game without Westbrook.
“I don’t think they will lose faith in running [LeSean] McCoy. I don’t think they’ll lose faith in running [Leonard] Weaver and [Eldra] Buckley," McNabb said. "I think that whatever play is called, we have to be able to execute and do the right things, do our job. If it calls for us to block somebody, we block somebody. If it calls for me to check into another play due to the front coverage, check into another play. To get it to our receivers, get it to them and let them work. I think that each individual has to do their job and if we do that, good things can happen.”
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Two lengthy consecutive game streaks are on the line Sunday night. The Eagles' Sheldon Brown was optimistic that his streak of 133 games would continue. He said was a limited participant in practice and indicated there was "a good chance" he could play Sunday despite a hamstring injury.
In Chicago, coach Lovie Smith suggested that center Olin Kreutz's streak of 111 consecutive games played is likely to continue. He has missed the last two days of practice with a bad back.
"I think you look at history a little bit," Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith said. "How many games has Olin Kreutz missed? He hasn't missed a lot. It's going to take a lot for him to miss (a game). If I was a betting man, I 'd say he'd be out there."
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Donovan McNabb is not the only one terming this a "must-win" game.
Said NBC analyst Rodney Harrison: "This is a must-win game for two teams that have been inconsistent and underachieving."
NBC's Tony Dungy also looked at the bigger picture with what is at stake for the Eagles and Bears: "Thanksgiving is when you start looking at playoff implications. It's always better when both teams are in a similar situation. Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker and teams know that a game like this could decide a playoff spot."
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#1 - lame name, lame post.— Phightin Phil- Comment removed.
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- i see you still come up with a looser screen name, and your mom over slept so you couldn't post till after 8 am. bill1966 you are old and fat.— coachbarnes10
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- We can be 6-4 going into Thanksgiving weekend right on the heels of Dallas, the entire NFL is up for grabs and these 'fans' like Grandpadoosh and Bill1966 still feel the need to wake up at 5 a.m. to whine and cry about McNabb. Gee, sorry Bill, I know Nam must have been rough but don't take it out on the best QB in the teams history. As far as Granpa goes...do you live in the attic or the basement? Beacuse, between you and Lonedoosh, looking at Eagles articles and the amounts of posts you two closet Eli-lovers put up, there is no way you idiots have jobs, hobbies or, especially, girlfriends or anyone who would love you for that matter. Enjoy the Hot Pockets and good luck on World of Warcraft today.— dr.elektrika
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- Everyone's so touchy about user names today...wow...get a life. Please excuse the fact that I comment a lot on Phillies games and am old enough to tell a Dick from a Richie...With the past bad luck in Chicago (penalties not called in 25 years, called against the Eagles D) this year ought to even out the law of averages. As mediocre as the Eagles are right now [and usually they are at this point in the season] the Bears do not seem to have that much more of a team. If you want to talk history, I remember when the Bear's seasons were over by the middle of October, when their QBs had more rushing than passing yards, and the fan base was waiting for the hot stove league or moaning over why the Blackhawks could never win a Stanley Cup and Michael Jordan wasn't in a Bulls uniform yet. It was a bleak place with the Cubbies and the invisible White Sox. Football was big and the 1985 Bears aside [plus a little help from the fog and Buddy Ryan], there was little else. So how about forgetting what people use for user names and just talk shop. Know any shop or just how to flame people with improbable names? PS: how about a shorter user name- get real.— RichieAllen64
- lose faith in the run game? that would imply there was ever any interest in running in the first place. where ya been for the last ten years?— raoool
- Dr. Electrika: Sorry but even though he was here for only a while,Morm Van Brocklin was the best eagle quarterback. He called the plays made the palys and won a championship. He was also ,unquestionably a leader which Mc Nabb has yet to prove.— gardner60
- can't wait for post game comcast Q&A session. Will it be the happy combo of Abbott & Costello or the huffing,puffing Reid and sweating,face-nose wiping puppy McNabb?— jwatson
- would love to see more running plays - question is the o-line guys - they are so used to pass blocking I think they can't run block anymore - that is why they get stuffed so often - it is dumb to try so may pass plays like last week inside the 10 - I don't think they gained even one yard on the run plays in there— Tom Man
- Just maybe they want McNabb to throw the ball so much thatway they can blame it on him (the losing). This could be a plan to get him out )of Philadelphia)early without actually telling him his time is up. What other reason would they keep throwing the ball on 4th and 1 or 3rd and goal. I'm telling you this is setting to be a reason to send him on his way— Britney
