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Thursday, June 11, 2009
McNabb deal is done

The Eagles and Donovan McNabb have agreed on a deal that will restructure the final two years of the quarterback's contract, a league source said tonight. The team has now confirmed the deal.

Details of the restructure were not immediately available, but the source said McNabb received a bump in pay with a portion of the money guaranteed.

McNabb, who is entering the 11th season as the team's quarterback, had been scheduled to make $9.2 million this season and $10 million next season as part of a contract that he signed in 2002.

"We are thrilled that this all worked out," Eagles president Joe Banner said in a statement. "He is a great football player, a great person and someone who gives back to the community. We are lucky to have him in Philadelphia."

Added coach Andy Reid: "The Philadelphia Eagles organization and the entire city of Philadelphia are fortunate to have a quarterback the caliber of Donovan McNabb. He has proven himself to be a talented player on the field, a caring member of the Philadelphia community and a winner."

Reid and McNabb are scheduled to meet with the media tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

Four days after being benched in a game against the Baltimore Ravens last season, McNabb led the Eagles to a Thanksgiving night victory over the Arizona Cardinals and said afterward that there were some things he wanted to discuss with Reid and Banner.

McNabb, honored tonight as the Father of the Year by the American Diabetes Association of Greater Philadelphia, never did specify exactly what he wanted to discuss, but he admitted shortly after the season that he wanted to discuss his contract.

Reid was asked about McNabb's contract today after the Eagles completed their final offseason camp at the NovaCare Complex.

"I stay away from the contract things," Reid said. "We'll see how things go down the road here. I think everybody knows we are very honored to have Donovan here."

Reid said he hasn't noticed any change in the way McNabb has gone about his business in this camp.

"He's been no different ...," Reid said. "I'd like to make it a little more dramatic than that, but he's out there messing around with everybody and when he's in doing the offense, he's cranking it and being serious and knocking out the things he needs to knock out. It's really no different. He seems happy, if that matters. He seems to be in a great place right now, but I can't say I haven't seen that before."

Posted by Bob Brookover @ 10:13 PM  Permalink | 49 comments
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Posted 10:28 PM, 06/11/2009
Joseph060701
Who cares. The Philles beat the Mets and are the defending world champs. They are the only winners in the city.
Posted 10:38 PM, 06/11/2009
gpicaro
5isaKing... You obviously don't pay serious attention to the Eagles. It has been reported numerous times in the past few weeks that he's not getting more years. They just restructured his remaining 2 years so that he would get more money.
Posted 10:38 PM, 06/11/2009
Bill1966
At least they didn't extend his contract, but dumb move throwing money away... but its not my money...
Posted 10:40 PM, 06/11/2009
franknbeans
He had 2 good quarters in the playoffs and now he wants more money
Posted 10:43 PM, 06/11/2009
sillybilly
I can't believe the Eagles reside in the same city as The Phillies. How do y'all put up with the engineered obsolescence. Eagles are now 5 years from a Super Bowl.
Posted 10:45 PM, 06/11/2009
Earl J
And they could not working something out with Dawkins, the true heart and soul of this team ever since McNabb has been here???????
Posted 10:46 PM, 06/11/2009
scars73
I actually like Donovan but I don't get this at all. They were willing to bench him and let Kolb take over as the qb against the Ravens, but because Kolb was so bad, McNabb got another shot. If Kolb had a good game that day, he would be the starting qb now. Then they got lucky and made the playoffs. Why wouldn't they just let him play out his last two years(or at least one more year) and see how thing went? Isn't he getting like $9 mil per?
Posted 10:47 PM, 06/11/2009
emilia b
Rauuuuulllllll! What about Dawk?
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Posted 10:54 PM, 06/11/2009
rustypop58
To all the Donovan bashers-- SUCK ON THAT!!! (LONE WOLF- go do something to nasty yourself)
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Posted 11:01 PM, 06/11/2009
Onlineps2beast
Ok, there you go. The circle is now complete, when he left he was but the learner now he is the master. Good health, god willing, will give the team a superbowl berth, the John Elway Saga is about to be topped, nobody thought that John Elway could beat Brett Favre in the bowl, 14 point underdog. Now, the qb who got booed on draft day, had Mora challenge his 1st career td pass, broke his ankle but threw 4td's in a rain storm vs the cardinals, lost 4 nfc title gms, lost to cheaters in a bowl, will get the last laugh. Sorry u haters, Super5 not goin anywhere!!!!
Posted 11:02 PM, 06/11/2009
aintezbeingreen
I think people are missing the point here. It's not all about just more money. He has guaranteed money coming to him now over the next year or so. Which means if he has a bad game and the cry babies who don't know much or understand the game of football start screaming for his head, he doesn't have to worry about his job being in question. He won't have to answer a million questions over and over to the media about will he be back next year. They can't cut him if they owe him over 10 mill that year.
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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.
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