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."
Just run the ball.— kingsolomonsmind- better to love to have run the ball and lost faith in it, then to never have run the ball at all... after 10 years of not caring about the run, you can't suddenly start caring about it...too late now...no point banging our heads against the wall about it..as long as reid is here, it wont happen, simple as that...and thats one thing we cant blame donovan for— jim715
- and even if they win, so what...this team isn't going anywhere. 8-8, 9-7 if they are lucky.— philly57
- Wow, it took lonelywolf two hours to post an anti-McNabb stupid comment. He probably was looking for his wooden leg or ran out of Jack Daniels this morning.— EL Zorro
- I love how certain people on here blame everything on McNabb. When he starts throwing 2 or 3 int's a game and a completion % of under 50% then you can blame him. Until then you better learn a little about football and look at the play calling and lack of execution by everyone on this team. This team is playing way below potential and that is not on the QB. How many passes do you think Reggie Wayne drops? How many times does he fail to get open in the red zone? When 5 starts turning the ball over like Delhomme does then I will be all over Kolb starting. But until that happens the rest of this team needs to start playing with some intensity and executing.— bobf123
Comment removed.- Richie Allen where have you ben??? You said in August that the Phillies wouldn't make the playoffs and I didn't hear a peepfrom you from after that statement clean through the World Series. Whre you hiding??? I agree with MYWIFEIS PIST Weaver needs to be used more. A lot more!— phillynupe4
Van Brocklin, if you didn't follow, he'd grab you by the ear or throat and make you follow. It'd be interesting to see a guy like that today (not that I'd want to play with such a guy).— COskier- Doesnt matter what the play call is - the line cant run block to save their lives— Abusedeaglesfan
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- the answer is Michael Vick— BHite15
- everyone needs to stop hatin on mcnabb ....he is the best player in this francises history and you will all be sorry when he is gone ...playcall on this team screws them more than anything— eagles105
- Now if he would only make that statement loud and clear publicily and put pressue on Reid to do so....it would mean somethng...but his mealy mouthed comments show lack of leadership and allows the pupet master Andy to control him...— nuggett
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