McNabb gets his revenge
The Philadelphia Inquirer Blog - Eagles
McNabb gets his revenge
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Donovan McNabb was anything but perfect but the former Eagles quarterback did enough to lead the Redskins past his old team, 17-12, upon his return to Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.
McNabb, cheered during his introduction, essentially clinched the game when he scrambled 18 yards for a first down on third-and-four from his own 22-yard line. The Eagles had narrowed the Redskins' margin to five with a little over four minutes left, but McNabb guided his offense into Eagles territory and milked the clock down to close to a minutre left.
Kevin Kolb, who replaced the injured Michael Vick in the second quarter, could not drive the Eagles to the winning touchdown. He had 1:07 to work with and had to travel 74 yards with no timeouts left.
After a roller coaster first half, but defenses ruled the day as McNabb struggled and Kolb and the Eagles offense failed to generate a spark.
McNabb completed only 8 of 19 passes for 125 yards. He threw a beauty of a 32-yard score to tight end Chris Cooley in the first half, but tossed an interception in the third quarter.
The game took a dramatic turn when Vick left with a rib/chest injury after he ran for a near-touchdown. That play, however, was reversed when Eagles guard Max Jean-Gilles was called for holding.
The game-turning moment, however, had to be when Eagles coach Andy Reid failed to realize just before the half when the officials had re-started the game clock after he called a timeout on fourth-and-one on the Washington 1-yard line. The Eagles were pushed back five yards and had to settle for a field goal and a 17-6 deficit at the half.
Unless Vick comes back... It's going to be a looooooong season— Eaglesfan804
Ladies and gentlemen of Philadelphia... introducing your version of the Buffalo Bills. Man this sucks. You are right about that Eaglesfan804.
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Kolb is still a very cute girl!- McNabb scrambles for the game clincher...sweet!— no mcnabb=no more playoffs suckers
- Our coach is wearing no clothes.
- now we see— sizaleo
- McNabb and Kolb both blow. This was a terrible game.
- McNabb can't crow about this victory, he was lucky the Eagles kept shooting themselves in the foot every time they did something right. They easily threw away 10 to 16 points. If it hadn't been for the redskin running game, which everyone said before hand was washed up, it would have been just another McNabb loss. The Eagles have been on a downword slide Johnson got sick and no longer controlled the defense, neither Reid nor McNabb were whet made this team successful.— atp2007
McBlow still stinks.— Richard Saunders- MCNabb was terrible. What revenge? Wish I could seek revenge against those who give me over $100m— hipdaddy
Two things were decided besides the outcome of the game. 1]The Eagles did the right thing in trading McNabb. 2]Vick is the only hope the Eagles have. Kolb has no idea what he is doing and when the receivers leave the field shaking their heads in disgust, well, that says it all.— tpizza- Wasted 3+ hours watching that "game". What a joke, both teams sucked.— 69chargerse
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- True that I dont think I want either QB
