Cheer or Boo McNabb?
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Cheer or Boo McNabb?
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
What kind of welcome will you extend to Donovan McNabb upon his return to Lincoln Financial Field as a Washington Redskin?
Will you give him a standing ovation and cheer?
Will you simply applaud the former Eagles quarterback for his 11 years of service?
Or will you jump up and boo the guy?
Or will you just sit on your hands?
Coach Andy Reid said that he had no idea what kind of reception McNabb will get Sunday when the Eagles host the Redskins.
"Listen, I don't know," Reid said Monday at his day-after-game news conference at the NovaCare Complex. "I don't know that. ... He is a Redskin and they don't get the best acceptance at the stadium there."
Someone asked if Reid would get emotional in seeing McNabb in a Redskins jersey at the Linc. (Note to out-of-town questioner: Reid doesn't do emotion).
"There is not time for that," Reid said. "I have a lot of things I need to take care of."
Reid may not be aware of the stadium atmosphere on game days, but he expects the Linc to be raucous.
"It will be a little crazy," Reid said. "It's always crazy when the NFC East teams come here, so I'm sure it will be a little crazier than ever. ... But I got the headset on, I'm focused on the game. But I know the louder the better, I do know that. That's why I welcome people. Our fans are a little crazy. We're probably on the A-list in the National Football League. I love that part of that. When they put all that green stuff on and dress crazy. I like that. I welcome the Redskins into that."
As for injuries, Reid said that guard Nick Cole still has swelling in his knee and will sit out Wednesday's practice. Reggie Wells, who jumped in for Cole Sunday, will practice with the first team and continue to get repetitions there as the week goes on, Reid said.
Also, tight end Brent Celek has a wrist contusion and defensive end Brandon Graham sprained his ankle. Both injuries aren't considered serious.
If I had a ticket I'd attend the game. Once I got there I'd probably be in a good mood so I'd do things that would perpetuate that good mood. I would cheer every mistake that Donovan McNabb made.— Rick Wise Guy- @RugbySean, THE DUCHMAN, it was the biggest game of it's day against one of the best teams the NFL has ever fielded. A low cheer for McWaddle out of respect. He will be Booed by his own fans soon enough.— JACK V
- McNabb was supported for 11 years and never won the big game. In the end, his overt sensitivty to criticism and failure to accept responsibility for his team's failings is what created the big disconnect. He deserves every boo he hears.— greinman
- I love the responses on this board, and I'm glad to see the vast majority will be cheering McNugget. I am going to the game and I am definitely going to cheer him...until the game starts. We went from Doug Pederson at QB to "5" NFC Championship games. There were 29 NFL teams who would've taken him in a minute for 9 years.— rob808pf
- yea...if you dont give 5 a nice cheer on sunday, youre an ungrateful dunce of a fan— adamb103
- ...the utley's to name their first child baby animal
- This must be the day for stupid articles in the sports section. I will cheer him, hope to beat him in the game. Lets show some class philly fans.— Jayjayhithard
Most of the people who are going to boo are the WIP lemmings. Whatever that nitwit in the mornings says the lemmings will do. Boo the guy for what reason? Because he was a bit goofy? or because he didn't win a championship? At least he didn't beat his wife or kill dogs for his hobbies. Oh right he played air guitar on national TV. Let's hate him for that.— delcodanno- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!— djw26
- ..everytime the redskins score a touchdown... sing fly eagles fly in spanish...
- I would stand and clap in appreciation for what he did here. At the same time, I was sick of him blaming everyone but himself and thought it was time to move on. Perfect example was the tie in Cinny. What he said after the game was, "I didn't understand the overtime rule." What he failed to say was, "we only scored 6 points against a bad team in 5 quarters and as the QB, that is unacceptable." If he did speak like this, the city would have embraced him.— hawk18
- stand up and applaud him for 11 seconds (one second per season served w/in Philly)...no boos during the applause please...then boos should be constant after that unless the Eagles are up by 28 or more points in the second half.— sedale
- you have to cheer him! I wanted him gone as much as the next guy but you have to thank him for 11 years of pretty good football. Certainly way better than we saw around here for a long time.— gdm
- If the fans boo, we live up to the horrible reputation we already have....and fans like me, who wouldn't boo him get dragged down with THOSE fans. What did he do to deserve it? He got traded through no choice of his own - he didn't demand a trade, leave for more money, nothing. So if you boo him, I honestly think the fan base as a whole looks unintelligent, ungrateful and classless. I already think the fan base looks bad for endorsing what Andy did to Kolb since anybody with a brain knows you can't judge a QB on 10 passes. Nevermind Michael Vick - how do you cheer that classless dirtbag and boo McNabb? Vick won't get us to the SB either.....count on it. And don't say you cheer him becasue he's wearing the right colors, and boo McNabb becasue he's not becasue that argument doesn't hold water with anyone that has an ounce of sense. Believe it or not, not everything is about the Philadelphia Eagles. I have been a die-hard Eagles fan my whole life, but the way much of this fan base has behaved lately, I won't admit it to many people.— kat20
- poor MCFraud thought he was going to come back and play the race card against KK LOL where's all the MCFraud apologists?? come out the closet..MCFraud has to go head to head against conVick and will get smoked LOL..come on apologists come out the closet-panpizza?birdsh**?CYO?etc?etc?.....LOL.wolf.— wolf 4
