Posted: Friday, July 9, 2010, 11:57 AM | 37 comments |
 

LeBron, McNabb and a shot at Eagles fans
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I was about to call it a night when this link caught my eye on Twitter, courtesy of The 700 Level.

It's a video on ESPN.com by Rachel Nichols titled LeBron Breaks Hearts in Cleveland.

So why in the world am I writing about this on an NFL/Eagles blog? Especially when I know how sick most of you are by the LeBron coverage?

That's a good question. Go ahead and watch, or just fast forward to the 46-second mark. You'll see a familiar face: Donovan McNabb. Here is part of the monologue from Nichols:

James was one of them. And if James was the greatest basketball player on earth, then fans whose only reflection had been failure could finally too claim some greatness. It's the reason people here never turned on him the way other cities have turned on their sports stars, even when James didn't deliver a title over seven years.

That part about people in other cities turning on their sports stars? Yeah, that's when they throw in a still frame of McNabb.

All I could do was crack up when I watched it. The video is only 1 minute, 33 seconds long. There is only ONE non-Cleveland-related image, and it is of McNabb in an Eagles uniform.

My only conclusion is that whoever edited the piece lost some kind of wager where he/she was forced to somehow take a jab at Eagles fans, despite producing a video that is so unrelated it's comical. It's the only thing that makes sense.

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Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 11:57 AM  Permalink | 37 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:28 AM, 07/09/2010
    Why did you crack up, then? I'm one of the few who held out in favor of McNabb until the end, but you have to admit, those who did not might have been a numerical minority, but they were an audible majority, and that's all ESPN needs to cook up a story.
    — IgglesFan79
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:50 AM, 07/09/2010
    Sheil, "it's the only thing that makes sense" is thinking about it all wrong. When, and this is open to anybody, when does B.S. in this world EVER MAKE SENSE? Credit card companies made Billions of dollars in 2008, and because of a financial crisis they invented, abused, and failed to correct, recieved 750 Billion in tax dollars in 2009. BP blew up an oil rig as a result of cost-cutting manuevers they had been practicing for years and have polluted the Earth's global water system, probably for forever, all because they refused to just blow up the pipe and permanently close the oil leak. All so that they can eventually retap the deposit and go back to making billions every year. And of course, there's Lebrongate, which has literally hijacked the sports world for months and months in a row. And just because he stands 6'9", 265 lbs, jumps 12 feet in the air, runs down and blocks shots from behind, but still can't seem to manage to win the big one. Making sense of this world, even something as stupid as DMac being included in a stupid video, is a waste of time, intelligence, and effort.
    — Bleue
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:12 AM, 07/09/2010
    thats unbelievable... and just shows how the national media takes every chance they can to take a shot at philly fans... they can all rot in hell I love philly
    — GillyKingofPhilly17
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:17 AM, 07/09/2010
    SOME fans turned on Mcnabb. A thousand score didn't, but who did the media cover to make a story? And good for Lebron. I feel sorry for Cleveland, but owners' break hearts everyday for their OWN purposes. So Mr Cav's owner can stop his whining.
    — SemperAugust
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:49 AM, 07/09/2010
    Why are people so upset about this? Truth hurts I guess...Anyway, that Cleveland owner is scumbag crybaby...the PR person fro the Cavs should be fired immediately for letting him post that message on their website. What player would want to play for a guy like that? Congrats LeBron, you deserve better than that worthless organization and owner.
    — EaglesBleedMoney
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:10 AM, 07/09/2010
    Like a lot of people, I didn't like McNabb from Day Number One, therefore who really turned on him? My only conclusion is that Rachel Nichols was turned down by a drunk Eagles fan.
    — Voytas
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:14 AM, 07/09/2010
    Why didn't you like him from day 1 Voytas?
    — EaglesBleedMoney
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:03 AM, 07/09/2010
    In my experience, it became quite fashionable to bash McNabb around here -- on any and every ground imaginable. I never bought into that, and I remain a huge McNabb fan,even if that was/is unpopular --even when he played here, and performed at a HOF level. Although I'm a Philly guy (all sports), I just don't subscribe to the curious psyche of so many of our fans. As easy as it is (seemingly) for the national media to dump on Philly fans, it's even easier for members of the Philly media to feed into the tired backlash against these horrible indignities visited upon us. In many respects, (many) Philly fans have a curious double standard. We reserve the right to kill/rip apart our superstars (or would-be superstars), but God forbid people from outside of here notice. Then we bellyache, "They said what about us/how dare they/what do they know?" Again, I don't respect lazy journalism from the national media or from the local media and fans. I'd much rather stake out intelligent (and passionate) positions that I would represent, not only on a semi-anonymous site but also in-person, or with a byline.
    — MG44
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:36 AM, 07/09/2010
    Another example of media explotation. The vast majority of Eagle fans are McNabb fans and appreciated what he did for the team and don't blame him for not winning a SB. The media focus is on the loud and obnoxious, WIP knuckelheads, that the media "thinks" will drive ratings. The only question left is if this is just complete explotation or laziness in reporting by the media?
    — craig123
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:45 AM, 07/09/2010
    LBJ is a young guy. In 5 yrs he could return to the Cavs after a couple of rings. Then help his hometown win one. Well I guess now the owner has destroyed that. Like the owner didn't enjoy all that money LBJ made him.
    — eastboogieillinois
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:09 AM, 07/09/2010
    Who exactly would want to play in Cleveland now? That owner made Cleveland the least desireable team, as if it already wasn't.
    — EaglesBleedMoney
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:23 AM, 07/09/2010
    Well, LeBron has weapons now. Let's see if he can succeed with weapons. 5 couldn't.
    — Richard Saunders
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:54 AM, 07/09/2010
    nobody of any importance "turned their back" on donny. He became way too big and goofy for his britches. He did not really do it at the end there making it hard for the team to diagnose and correct the problem. So the team decided to try another route to the championship. Its on them now
    — scranton
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:03 AM, 07/09/2010
    When kolb turns into a big bust, who will the McNabb haters have to scapegoat for the team's failure?
    — josh moneyman
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:03 AM, 07/09/2010
    Richard Saunders wrote; Well, LeBron has weapons now. Let's see if he can succeed with weapons. 5 couldn't.___________Rich, what 'weapons' did McNabb have? Yeah, there were a couple of decent receivers, and T.O. for 1 1/2 seasons, but no rushing game plan thanks to Coach Reid. The defensive coordinators for opposing teams had easy prep work in the days leading up to a game against the Eagles - just focus on passing defensive schemes. Until the Eagles adopt a BALANCED OFFENSIVE GAME PLAN, Kolb, Vick(?),... are doomed to the same fate.
    — snad264


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