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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

They haven't forgotten Donovan McNabb's phone call up at the Meadowlands.

With just over three minutes remaining in the Eagles' playoff victory at Giants Stadium last season, McNabb scrambled out of the pocket and ran eight yards before going out of bounds on the New York sideline. A giddy McNabb picked up the telephone to the coaches' box near the Giants' bench and acted as though he was making a call.

It was a phone call that drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty and the ire of the Giants.

The Giants disliked McNabb's move so much that they posted a picture on the wall of the incident at their practice facility during the offseason.

"It sits pretty heavy on us," linebacker Danny Clark told the Newark Star Ledger.

New York coach Tom Coughlin said this afternoon that there is no McNabb phone-call photo at the Giants' practice facility, but added he had no comment about the incident.

McNabb and Eagles coach Andy Reid don't seem concerned that it gives the Giants extra motivation for Sunday's game.

"No, I don't have any regrets for doing it," McNabb said during a conference call with the New York media. "But in this game, do you really need any psychological motivation? I don't think so. This is a game you dream about playing. If you need any little thing that happened during a game last year or years before, then really you're not truly focused on week in and week out trying to be the best at what you do."

Reid mostly joked about the incident.

"He must have had somebody he wanted to talk to," the coach said.

When pressed, Reid said he had spoken to McNabb about the incident.

 

Posted by Bob Brookover @ 2:17 PM  Permalink | 14 comments
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Posted 04:21 PM, 10/28/2009
reils
I'm sure the Giants already hate McNabb, and I agree with his comment about NFL players not needing additional outside motivation...especially not in a rivalry game. I don't think this is a big deal. Back in March, Cole Hamels went on New York sports talk radio and called the Mets a bunch of chokers....how did that turn out?
Posted 04:24 PM, 10/28/2009
Big Ragu
GO PHILLIES!
Posted 04:40 PM, 10/28/2009
JimG
Yawn....you media guys really like to overkill the most mundane, trivial things, don't you? I'm sure you guys will be asking the players on both teams about this from now until Sunday. If the Giants are more motivated by this phone call thing than they are by being trounced on their homefield in the playoffs, then great...they've got even less heart than I thought.
Posted 04:57 PM, 10/28/2009
psu05
What a complete fool!
Posted 05:25 PM, 10/28/2009
LJL
You can pretty much bet that this won't happen again this year. The way dsmack is playing, if he gets on the phone in late December it will probably be to start making his tee times.
Posted 05:48 PM, 10/28/2009
tampaPhillyfan
Who's Danny Clark?
Posted 05:58 PM, 10/28/2009
WewantaSBRing
Eli Manning is one of the Biggest Jokes and Mentally Challenged QB's in the NFL, His Biggest fan Loserwolf is the same POS, Eagles 31 Gaymen 10
Posted 06:35 PM, 10/28/2009
ItalianSausage
Hey TampaPhillyfan, Who's Raheem Morris? Hehehe. I like your posts. The essence of wit is brevity. Good one. You too, PSU.
Posted 06:40 PM, 10/28/2009
dasher
Hello, pressbox? This is Donovan McNabb. I want to report a mass murder. I just killed a whole bunch of worms!
Posted 07:00 PM, 10/28/2009
goofyfooterwill
i'd rather watch a movie than the eagles with mcnabb. i feel better that way.
Posted 08:49 PM, 10/28/2009
mosquito killer
stupid. danny clark? does he even play?
Posted 11:50 PM, 10/28/2009
unclemoe
Long time EAGLES fan for over 50 years,trade Vick when it's good for the team, and Mcnuts needs to learn to throw above the shoelaces!
Posted 11:00 AM, 10/29/2009
mofeaux
McNabb will be around 1 more season tops. Better find a replacement. He won't finish this season upright. Stop with the Vick RB gimmick plays and find a way to get him involved. You can only ride D. Jackson for so long. He is the only offensive weapon you have now. Vick could help Jackson out. The curtain is closing on the McNabb-Westbrook act.
Posted 02:57 PM, 11/02/2009
eeglenutt
How'd that phoney phone revenge thing work out, Brookover? You tool.
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Bob Brookover, left, is in his seventh year of covering the Philadelphia Eagles after spending 15 years covering the Philadelphia Phillies for the Inquirer and two other newspapers. The 45-year-old Brookover lives in Delran with his wife Francine and roots for Notre Dame and Michigan State, the two schools attended by his children, Justine and Ryan. When Notre Dame plays Michigan State, he cheers for the school of the child he likes more at that particular moment.

Jeff McLane, right, joined the Eagles beat in April 2009 after two years of covering colleges, namely Penn State football. Before that he covered high school sports for The Inquirer. Before that he worked in the mailroom (not quite). Informed that his father is no longer covering the Lions, McLane's eldest, three-year-old son said, "You mean Simba, Scar and Mufasa, Daddy?" His two-year-old son -- excited about the move to the Eagles -- said, "Go, Deigo, Go!" or something like that. His wife of five-plus years, however, had a different take on the new job. "Another five years is in question," she said. Check out McLane on Twitter and Facebook for instant updates on the Eagles.