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.
Just trying to stir something up? What's the point. You're getting a lot of comments, but it's meaningless.— dlscholt
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Still making predictions wiff? I thought you would give up on that after so many blown calls but hey, gotta admire your persistence. Oh, and when is the BrINT Facre's Green Bay retirement celebration? I want to get tickets. Gotta spend those Kentucky Derby winnings somewhere, right? BTW, did your horse finish yet?— tpizza- Comment removed.
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- It's nice #5 i a gentleman. The question is, is he still a quarterback ? There may be some tread left on his tires, but a blowout is still a great possibility. Mc Nabb is slow and sluggish. Time to change wheels...No I don't mean Vick !— phineas
- McInsecure once again. He lobbied to get Vick here and now he pouts. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?— psu05
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- You fools in the media are going to keep trying to stoke this fire all season.— Captain Awesome
- btw...My statements about Donovan's "concerns" about Vick IN NO WAY suggest that I'm for benching him totally in favor of Vick OR Kevin Kolb. Those claiming that Donovan looked slow and suggish weren't watching that game last night. His escapablity was impressive and he scrambled nicely for a 1st down. He really had the bad pass, but I attribute the overall out of sync feel of the offense to ARs INSISTANCE on Pass-Pass-Pass. I stopped following after they reached 80% passes. Those big roadgrader OL that he brought in can't get in a grove soft peddling backwards the entire game. Donovan came back and drove them to two TDs...that's a good nights work for him and a good platform to prepare for the season ahead...just no more pretending to be a WR. It means absolutely nothing other than the fact that it's stated by the announcers and sounds cool.— hope55
- I am originally from Syracuse, NY. But it was not until I moved to Jersey that I realized just how dumb eagle fans were....wow— orangewd44
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- Every year, same Eagle issues, no resolve. No pass rush, inability to score in the redzone, Mcnabb's lackluster completion percentagle, dumb penalties, and getting burned on all out blitzes. Does Reid ever learn from mistakes?— eaglegrn21
- You're a rabble-rouser. I had the impression during the game McNabb had a difficult time getting into a rhythm because the Eagles kept bringing in Vick and taking him out. McNabb confirmed this after the game.— jimqk
