McNabb answers "controversy"
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McNabb answers "controversy"
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Well, that didn't take long.
According to Michael Irvin, who hasn't been to one Eagles practice or game this preseason, the Eagles have a quarterback controversy.
Apparently, Irvin -- a long time Donovan McNabb hater -- and local radio yakker Howard Eskin are simpatico. Eskin tried to whip up a storm today when he asked the Eagles quarterback about his supposed conversation with offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg when it was fairly clear the occassional inserting of Michael Vick in the last preseason game was disrupting the flow of the offense.
ESKIN: "Marty said he didn't remember your discussion on the sideline. Do you remember it and, if so, have you talked to him about what you apparently told him in the sideline about Vick."
[Mornhinweg, in fact, said he did remember the discussion. "We did have a quick discussion about that," he said Sunday. What he said he didn't see was McNabb waving his hand under his neck, apparently calling for the Mornhinweg to cut out the Vick plays.]
MCNABB: "Well, I remember the conversation. That's kind of talk of everything right now. But I thought the conversation was very productive and very important. It's a communication between quarterback and coordinator that I think we came up with answers and we were able to go out and execute. As far as anything else, I don't remember any of that."
ESKIN: "Did you talk to Marty?"
MCNABB: "Yeah, I talked to Marty."
ESKIN: "Did you figure out how you could make this better?"
MCNABB: "Just play football. That's over. You have to understand with everything that's going on right now everybody is making a big deal out of our whole situation. We communicate every game. We communicate in practice. We communicate here in the building. So it's no different than what we've done in the previous years. Now I know that with everything going on people are searching trying to find something."
McNabb was asked if he would be more comfortable with Vick coming in for successive snaps or for a whole series as opposed to the new quarterback jumping in for a play here and there. McNabb evaded the question, with something like, "Before you can come up with gimmicks, before you can come up with something else, you got to get your base offense going."
UPDATE: The Eagles announced that they released tackle Chris Patrick. They roster now stands at 79. Teams need to be at 75 players by tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Check back for more from today's practice.
Maclin back at practice
After leaving Sunday's practice with an undisclosed injury, rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin is back at practice today. Maclin left the field Sunday after catching a pass from quarterback Michael Vick.
Andrews moves up depth chart
Eagles offensive tackle Shawn Andrews is back with the first-team offense today, just three days after returning from a back injury that had prevented him from practicing through training camp and most of the preseason.
He returned to practice Saturday and worked with the scout team, then ran primarily with the second-team offense Sunday. The two-time Pro Bowl guard who has made the move to tackle also said before practice that he has some new music material about to be posted on You Tube.
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Anyone who's ever seen Eskin in person knows immediately/intuitively that holmes is obviously coked.— Leegles
Eskin and Irvin- there is a combo....— capemayfan- Comment removed.
- Is this journalism or idiocy?— joe19131
- I did cheer when Irvin took the hit that ended his career. I'm not apologizing for it either.— dansdigs
- Ellishorse, just because you've decided to dedicte your life to making your own blood pressure rise by dwelling on your imaginery doggy horror stories doesn't mean the rest of us do...LOL...its time for football, so you can go huff and puff all day long, those are your emotions to deal with. LOL That you've decided to feel that way all on your own is funny though..thanks for sharing!— mlr710
- forget about the crack smoking and the lack of brain cells, just reading Michael Irvin's name makes me furious. dear philly.com- PLEASE STOP what this idiot says or does. (basically, same can be said for howard 'queen of bling')— drumminge6
- Philly media blows everything out of proportion. The birds wanted to get Vick in the game to try some things out. McNabb wanted some productive series before the regular season starts. No big whoop.— Remember Tim Kerr
- What an utter waste of time. The ENTIRE LOCKER ROOM is FINE WITH VICK BEING ON THE TEAM! McNabb even lobbied to get him. Try as they will to create a QB controversy, there just isn't one, and no potential for one, either. I actually think the "distraction" of having to talk about Vick so much is a positive distraction, since there are some serious negative issues this team has that get a little less attention than they otherwise would. Vick is here, and he's being incorporated into the offensive schemes. The media and the fans need to accept this, get a grip on their sanity, and move on!— montgomeryhopkins
- ellishorse, worry about something that affects the human race and get off the sport section. a few dogs got killed, the world didn't end. there are worst things happening in the alleys in philadelphia every night. go away, please. irvin, smith and sanders are loved by almost half the sports fans. of course the other 30 million can't stand them. eskin, can't believe he's still employed.— JACK V
- i'm happy to be back.— JACK V
- mike vick should start, and howard eskin is the man— lj23
- Mcnabb should be worried when a talent like Vick is on the bench.— mongoS
