TO weighs in on McNabb, of course
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TO weighs in on McNabb, of course
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You might recall the Eagles were not exactly masters of the hurry-up offense as they tried to come back against New England in the Super Bowl in 2005.
Terrell Owens remembers. And he decided now would be a good time to bring that up, as Donovan McNabb deals with questions about his "cardiovascular endurance" and ability to handle more than one play at a time in Washington.
Owens added: “This is a situation where Mike Shanahan, he sees these two quarterbacks on an everyday basis. We’re talking about training camp, mini-camps, OTAs, things of that nature. He’s had a chance to observe. And you know we have these one-minute, two-minute and four-minute situations going into ballgames. So obviously this is a part of their package where he felt Rex Grossman gave his team the best chance to win at this stage of the game.”
Added Ochocinco, “If anyone else out there feels that Rex Grossman gives the Washington Redskins a better chance than Donovan McNabb to win a game with two minutes left on the clock, they need to slap they selves.”
The situation did not get any better yesterday when offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan jumped into the fray during his weekly meeting with the media. There were reports of issues between McNabb and Shanahan.
"It came down to last week on Monday and Tuesday because of his [Donovan McNabb] hamstring issues." Kyle said. "We were deciding that this guy is hurting and we know he won’t take himself out and we don’t think he should play. We have to rest him up and get him better for the rest of the year. Donovan, being the competitor that he is, came in and said that he will rise to the occasion and he will play. He talked us into it and we said we understand. ‘We will let you go, but if we do feel you are struggling in the game and we think it is possible because when you can’t practice full speed it is hard to be as good as you are. If we do see you struggling we do have to go in a different direction.’ ”
For his part, McNabb said he could have finished the game and conceded that he was insulted to have to answer questions like this from the media after 12 years in the league.
“Absolutely, but it’s part of our jobs." he said. "I know that and that’s why I’m standing here right now, to give you guys a little bit because I know you guys are probably wondering how I felt. I’m just going to make myself available when I need to. That’s my job. But again, I need to just focus on what we need to do here as a unit. There are a lot of things we need to clean up. With this bye week, I expect good things when we get back.”
He said he and Kyle Shanahan are "great," but called their relationship "a work in progress."
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Eagles defensive end Trent Cole was named to Sports Illustrated's NFL Midseason All-Pro team that is in this week's issue by Peter King. Cole has six sacks thus far, tied for 11th in the league and has made 36 tackles.
The magazine also projects the Eagles to make the playoffs as a wild-card team as the fifth seed. The Giants are projected to win the NFC East and be the top seed in the NFC playoffs.
SI picks the Packers to beat the Jets, 14-9, in the Super Bowl in a low-scoring rematch of last Sunday's 9-0 Packers victory.
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Former Eagles tight end Cornelius Ingram reportedly worked out for the Detroit Lions yesterday. Ingram, a fifth-round pick in 2009, missed his rookie season and his final season at Florida. He was cut at the end of training camp by the Eagles.
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TO better try talking his way onto a winning team.— philligrl- Donovan "It's not my Fault" McNabb pretty much sums up his career. Sorry Donnie that Shanahan doesn't allow you to play the black sympathy card like Andy did all those years.— Voytas
- hey zeru77, I find it odd that you are such an expert on football and quarterbacking but yet you used "worst and worst" in your post when the correct usage would be "worse and worse:. Clearly, is anyone supposed to take what you just wrote seriously? I mean, how could anyone read or believe your nonsense when you do not even comprehend the English language, yet you are criticizing Mcnabb and football which I am pretty sure you never played professionally. EPIC FAIL Zeru. "Worst and worst"...smh— tremo12
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Jay - Shanahan lost that game and he ain't no youth. Rex Gross-Man? Give me a break, you need a REAL backup QB when your starter is D5, who dint know dat? In your face Grace! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzucker.- Eagles as a wildcard? Not unthinkable, given the struggles of the Cowboys, Redskins, Niners, Saints, and others, but how many playoff games would we win?— tacklinjoe
- The old saying, look who's calling the kettle black. One's a BOZO, the other a total JACKA## !— jwatson
- Terrible's Bengal team this year 2-6. Mcnabb's skins team this year 4-4. Hey Terrible just learn to catch instead of running your mouth.— Marquis
- T.O needs to just go away, shut up.— Jayjayhithard
@bradlidgesmole...as a person of color (that color being red) how can you call shannahan a racist?
- TO is an idiot, but we do know that there were some physical issues in the Super Bowl.....and remember this.....Andy got an 18 year old kid with some great gifts and moulded him into whatever he has become.......and kept giving him more moeny and training so he is not without blame here...— nuggett
- Every pundit, writer, and History 101 professor in the United States had SOMETHING to say about the infuriating/sad/hilarious/weird/happy-making decision and aftermath of the end of the 'Skins game had SOMETHING to say/write about it....why NOT T.O.? To quote a famous monarch of a by-gone era: "Tis a puzzlement."— TBear
@tremo12 ..really? Grammar police? Funny thing is, you have done nothing but butcher the language aswell. "BUT YET"? really? I mean really? "I am pretty sure you never played" Try, I am pretty sure you HAVE never played. Nothing worse than a grammar police officer that doesn't do the job correctly.- touche guys
that was supposed to say "you've"
but you got me
i yield lol— tremo12
