McNabb unhappy?; Herremans surgery
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McNabb unhappy?; Herremans surgery
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Is Donovan McNabb already at odds with the Wildcat and Michael Vick's role on the team? Before you start accusing me of being a rabble-rouser, take this response from the Eagles quarterback when he was asked if he thought the WildVick disrupted the rhythm and whether the offense needed to get back to basics during the first half of tonight's game with the Jaguars:
"Absolutely, Absolutely,” McNabb said. “I did. In that situation, it’s needed. I know what we were trying to do [with Vick] and we were able to get that done. And I thought it was time for us to kind of get our offense going. After the first play when I tried to go deep to DeSean [Jackson] and threw it out of bounds a little, we started to get positive plays. We got the drive going and I think that’s very important in a game, whether it’s in the regular season or the preseason, to get that rhythm going. If you’re going to show different looks make sure it’s the right time. That’s the what the preseason’s for to make sure you know when that time is, and we’ll get that time together. I thought it was important at that time to get out and run our offense.”
McNabb was then asked if he motioned to offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg and the Eagles' coaches to stop running the plays with Vick (all told, Vick was inserted six times). Donovan, naturally, dodged the question with a joke.
"Yeah, I sat all of them down and I told them, ‘That’s it,’” McNabb said.
Reid was asked if he saw McNabb gesture. "That had nothing to do with Michael," Reid said. "You can ask McNabb. He was fine with it."
Reid didn't think the Vick plays were much of a problem.
“If you're going to use that a little bit, then you have to work it in there," Reid said. "That's what we're going to do as we go down the road here. I expect the guys to make that part of the rhythm and make it work. I don’t see that as what happened there.”
Reid, meanwhile, announced tonight that Todd Herremans would have surgery on his left foot. The guard, who had a stress reaction, now has a stress fracture. Reid said he would miss a few weeks of the season. Nick Cole is the likely replacement at left guard.
Also, safety Macho Harris had an ankle sprain and guard Chris Patrick had a knee strain.
I don't think McNabb looked sluggish. He is not going to go out there and give 110% until he tosses in the preseason. I thought he played pretty good. He had a nice scramble for the first and threw some nice passes. I thought the whole team played well. This Jeff dude writing this stuff about McNabb, reminds me of the TO days.— ZOSO
Gotta love those pin point passes against the Jags who will be cut next week. That's one more TD than he has in any game that actually counts. And wiff, doesn't your calling Kolb "your man" cause domestic problems at home?— tpizza
Comment removed.- orangewd44, don't mistake Giant fans masquerading as Eagle fans on this site as a representative sampling of football acumen. Most Eagle fans are intelligent and objective. Then there are the few, the stupid, the clueless. They are easy to spot because they change their login name every week after being banned and drive Toyotas.— tpizza
when a Horse(Reid) mates with Mules(Banner & Lurie) the offsprings are jacka##'s(McSmiley the clown)(Charlie "Vick" Manson)! This year will be great, especially when one of the receivers catches a McWaddle ground ball for a TD so we can all experience a Wacko Jacko moondance. The above picture tells it all--PURE JACKA##'S !— jwatson- when a Horse(Reid) mates with Mules(Banner & Lurie) the offsprings are jacka##'s(McSmiley the clown)(Charlie "Vick" Manson)! This year will be great, especially when one of the receivers catches a McWaddle ground ball for a TD so we can all experience a Wacko Jacko moondance. The above picture tells it all--PURE JACKA##'S !— jwatson
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- I believe #5 had a decent game last night, he made a bunch of good throws, he scrambled out of pressure for a first down, he made a good pass to Basket in the end zone in tight coverage (Basket had 2 hands on it he needs to make the catch) and his overall numbers were good. I am not worried about #5, our downfall will be injuries!— aleman
- Line play will make or break the Eagles this year. What the idea of splitting out DM at receiver is for I have no idea. Does anyone see him being used that way? Why do it other than for a lateral? It's like taking a player off the field. Stupid.— tpizza
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- While everyone is falling in love with the backup QBs, the O-line and defense are huge question marks being overlooked. But, hey, it's a soap opera we want and it's a soap opera the writers are giving us. Enjoy.— tbone pickins
- Stop hating tools... All we do here is talk negatively.. Nothing is wrong with McNabb and Vick at all and McNabb is just fine.. He is going to dominate this year, as is DeSean Jackson..— gallen024
- Didn't take long for baby McGoofie to start carping about sharing snaps. What a bozo!
