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Barkley thinking Eagles Super Bowl
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
Count Charles Barkley among the many who love what the Eagles did this offseason.
Sir Charles joined Howard Eskin and Marc Farzetta on WIP Monday and predicted a Super Bowl for the Birds in 2009.
"Good luck to my Eagles too," he said near the end of the interview. "I think the Eagles are gonna win the Super Bowl."
"And I'm glad Donovan got his contract cause y'all have not been treating him well here Howard," Barkley continued. "You know I've been on your ass all the time. McNabb's the greatest quarterback in Eagles history and y'all have not gave him the love he deserve here."
Speaking of which, let's get to some more Eagles links that we missed while I was on vacation...
** SI.com's Ross Tucker shared Barkley's view on McNabb in a column last week. He wrote more on the topic in a mailbag, where a reader took exception with Tucker's assertion that fans here are too hard on McNabb:
When Donovan McNabb wins three Super Bowls, I think he will get the same respect from the fans as Tom Brady would if he got hurt again. As what happens with most national media, you need to be here week in and week out to know that 80 percent of Eagles fans love the fact that Donovan McNabb is our quarterback. Focusing on the negative 20 percent is more convenient because it is a story you can write. Same as 'they boo, they threw snowballs at Santa, yada yada yada...' Come to Philly and do a poll of people walking the street and find out the facts before you write an article. Don't ask your family either; they must be nitwits not to like him too.
--Craig Hanlon, Wayne, Pa.
[Tucker's response] Judging from my e-mails, it seems like it is more like 50/50 in terms of the Eagles fans and their feelings towards McNabb. I am from near Philadelphia and have a pretty good sense of the arguments both for and against McNabb, I just think the people that want to run him and Andy Reid should be careful what they wish for. And the people in my family actually like McNabb for the most part; it is my friends who dislike his "phony" (their word, not mine) personality and think he comes up small in the biggest games.
However, another reader took the opposite view on McNabb:
The answer to your question is easy. I will take one championship every 12 years and no wins all the other years vs. losing the NFC championship each year. McNabb creates his own problems by being an arrogant, conceited jerk.
--Rod Speiss, Reading, Pa.
[Tucker] Yeah, that is what most people said, and I can imagine if you have never won one that would pretty much be the sentiment. But I'd like to talk with you at the end of those 12 years and see if you really felt that way. Ostensibly, that title would last forever but my guess is by midway through the next season it would be just a thing of the past.
And so the never-ending McNabb argument goes on.
** Tom Curran of NBCSports.com calls the Eagles' offensive additions one of the 10 best moves this offseason.
** This is an old one that I never got to. Scout, Inc's Matt Williamson said the Eagles' biggest weakness is at No. 1 receiver:
To be honest, I had a hard time coming up with something to choose for Philadelphia. Obviously, I am very high on this team and yes, the Eagles are my current pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Of the 32 articles I did about each team's biggest weakness, this one was the last I wrote. I just couldn't really come up with much. That doesn't mean the Eagles are far and away the top team in the league right now, but they are the team with fewest holes.
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Charles needs to keep his trap shut about Philadelphia sports. When he was here, he did his best to try to get the Sixers over the hump by himself. Now that he's gone, he's only a mouthpiece for that idiot Howeird Espin. They should get married to each other since they are always patting each other's behinds. McWhiner will get the love he deserves when he WINS A SUPER BOWL FOR PHILADELPHIA!! He is appreciated for being the QB here but that is all! He has to win the BIG game and put it all out there like he did when he won a regular season game on a broken ankle. If he puts that kind of effort out there to win a Super Bowl for this team, he would be in higher regards that the President!- Charles is a fan of the NFL and of Philly teams.The difference between him and us is that Charles has a closer relationship to the players because of his athletic background and his position. Charles opinion is only that though just his opinion. If you look at all of the football experts predicting games they are wrong at least half of the time and if you look at football novices like lonewolf they are wrong 75-90% of the time. As far as the drinking and driving that was totally inexcusable but I can tell you from my perspective that the majority of people on Friday and Saturday night could get busted for DUI/DWI. So Lonewolf who are all of the people we should listen too? I guarantee if you name anyone I can give your numerous instances where they fall short.— I would have taken another name but lonewolf beat me to it
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- I'm not sure about #5. He hasn't brought us back to win a game late in a long time. But the wideouts he's had to work with other than to have been average at best. Until now. I think Curtis, Jackson, maclin, avant, baskett, and brown will give opposing teams major problems. I sure wish they had gotten gonzales. Cause on 4th and 10 against the cards in the NFC championship game, Curtis couldn't hang on It will be interesting— CaptainCrunch
- No Charles, the greatest QB's in Eagles history are those who won Championships. Not the whining basket case without any heart.— Voytas
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- I have an issue with fans who rip McNabb his whole career, but will love him when he wins a Superbowl. That is the definition of fair weather, and is pretty embarrassing to be associated with. I think every player should be judged on his body of work, and his is pretty impressive. It particularly bothers me when fair weather fans alienate the athlete with this kind of mindset. Rather then appreciate a solid player while we have him, they push him to the point where he doesn't want to even talk to the media. Charles is right. At the very least, he should be acknowledged as an above average player and treated with the according respect, if not as a future HOFer which is what he likely is.— VicFromLA
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- Lonewolf you are a sorry excuse for person. I bet you are horrible at your job. I mean how can you be good at whatever job you do (I personally think you work at Dunkin Donuts) as you are always on here adding your dumb comments to this blog. Lonewolf can you name 1 accomplishment that you have done in your life that is of any significance? and no winning a Super Bowl in Madden on xBox doesn't count— I would have taken another name but lonewolf beat me to it
- Lonewolf you are a sorry excuse for person. I bet you are horrible at your job. I mean how can you be good at whatever job you do (I personally think you work at Dunkin Donuts) as you are always on here adding your dumb comments to this blog. Lonewolf can you name 1 accomplishment that you have done in your life that is of any significance? and no winning a Super Bowl in Madden on xBox doesn't count— I would have taken another name but lonewolf beat me to it
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- Hey, what's wrong with working at Dunkin' Donuts? It's honest work!— dlscholt
- We have all of these yada yada yada nonsense people on here talking about heart and dedication. None of yall have played any sport at a high level. I bet most of yall didn't even play at a high level in high school. Who in here if they made 10 million a year would put in extra work at their job? If 90% of yall made a 10 million a year if anything happens that you don't agree with you would tell give your boss the business. The truth is yall are mad because you have to scrap for your little bit of change while others seemingly do not. That's just a sad existence. SAD SAD SAD SAD! lonewolf 4 & Panthro22 and all of the other nitwits are a bunch of wannabe's and jokers. Just make sure you have my donuts fresh and my coffee hot this morning when I stop by the Dunkin Donuts yall nitwits are working at.— I would have taken another name but lonewolf beat me to it
- Person wrote 50/50 on love of McNabb, it is 90/10 10% don't like him and all the readers on this website are in the 10%.— Deschak
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