McNabb stands by what he says

Phillynews.com ^ | 9/20/07 | DANA PENNETT O'NEIL

[Jigajog]

Hey, I had to listen to that game driving from upstate back to DC with intermittent reception on the radio. Drove me crazy. Finally got to see it in replay. Amazing game. Maybe not so much a comeback as an Oilers collapse. Too bad, the Oilers were a better team that year and should have gone to the Super Bowl.

[7thson]

I am also a Skins fan and I regard McDrabb as maybe slightly above average. No one seems to take note that he has propered in the NFC East during its weakest moments. I have said it before and I’ll say it again - I cannot understand this rational that you just can’t criticize him. Hell, you can criticize all the other black QBs - Vick, McNair, Culpepper, Peete, Campbell, et al - and nobody raises a stink. But somehow it seems the NFL laid their money on this guy and people go berserk when he is criticized.

[7thson]

You named two of what I think are part of the three outstanding QBs that never won a championship - Tarkenton and Marino. The third is Sonny Jurgenson. Fran and Dan had the teams but couldn’t get over the final hurdle. Sonny had the knowledge, arm, leadership ability, and offensive firepower - he just lacked a defense and than later in his career, had a coach who hated him. I know what if’s are for bums but just imagine what the 70’s would have been like had Lombardi not passed away from cancer.

[Jigajog]

I agree with you. Why the media got hot and bothered by McNabb when they had McNair is a wonder to me. If a black QB thing is news, and with the media it seems to be, why pick McNabb over McNair? McNair produced in Tenn and Baltimore. He plays through injuries and continues to be successful. McNabb to me is something of cry baby, who always finds fault with others. BTW, the Philly success over the last six years was due to their killer defense rather than their offense. They had their shot at a Super Bowl and failed. That team does not exist anymore, someone should tell McNabb and the media. Did you notice that 8 out of 9 analyst on ESPN picked the Eagels to win. We were not more than 10 minutes into the game and the analyst were making excuses for Philly.

[JZelle]

I think you suck too!

[A Texan]

Everyone in Houston has a story for that day and that game (no offense intended). I went to work a little before half time. I kept going into the managers office to get updates and would be like “oh it’s just a touchdown, no worries this game is a lock” then “oh another touchdown, we’re still good” then “What? They scored again” then “Oh crap, we need to put some points on the board” then “mother %$#&(*$, @$$K!%*, $#S%#&*”. My boss sent me home early, not for disciplinary reasons, but he knew I was going to be useless for the rest of that day.

[7thson]

McNair is a better QB. Not quite an Iron Man but he does play through injuries - which a lot of fans admire - but he is one hell of a compitetor. Like someone said on another thread, almost won the Super Bowl. Tennessee lost not because the QB choked and barfed in the huddle but because the Rams defense made a hell of play on the receiver. McNair delivered in that Super Bowl and though he lost, he showed himself to be the better field general than McDrabb.

[donnab]

two words....Jeff Garcia
McNabb needs to run to Mama so she can wipe his tears.

[Jigajog]

Completely agree. Also, the RAMS were a hell of a team that year.

[Jigajog]

Good one. But he is so ugly!!

[normy]

He's right except that black QB's get far more leeway than white QB's.

McNabb is a baby and TO was obviously right. I predict retirement soon for this whiner.

[Rummyfan]

Marino always had the arm and the smarts but he never had a Terrell Davis as Elway did when he finally won his two championships. Marino was so good I don’t think Shula and the Dolphins management thought they needed anything else. He came close - losing to a monster 49ers team in the Super Bowl (it wasn’t Marino’s fault that Montana picked apart the Dolphins D that day) and the Pats team in the AFC championship (the Pats team that then got flattened by the Bears).

[stylin19a]

real first black QB ? don’t forget about Jamie Harris - Rams - decade or so before Williams.

[Rummyfan]

McNabb needs to run to Mama so she can wipe his tears.

And give him a bowl of soup - Campbell's Chunky of course!

[Jigajog]

Your right, but I don’t look at football players by race, thats something the media likes to do. I watch performance like all other sports fans.

[junta]

Liberalism is a fantasy, pro-sports are a fantasy, the two meld like no tommorrow. Rush was right.

[normy]

McNair is a country boy who plays in a small market. He hunts deer, drinks beer and lives his life. He also is truly a tough guy whereas McNabb pretends to be one.

He also has never been involved with Rush in a way the liberal media could rally around him and make themselves feel good because they defend him.

[normy]

Hell, you can criticize all the other black QBs - Vick, McNair, Culpepper, Peete, Campbell, et al - and nobody raises a stink. But somehow it seems the NFL laid their money on this guy and people go berserk when he is criticized.

Rush Limbaugh

[Alberta's Child]

In my opinion, Dan Marino was the best quarterback of my generation (basically from the late 1970s on). Miami's problem in those days was that it was a very one-dimensional team -- as you've pointed out with regard to their lack of a running game.

I don't know why that team has always been like that. If you go back through their history you'll be amazed at just how few good running backs they've ever had.

[Jigajog]

You may be right. Don’t follow their personal lives. I like McNair because he produces and never whines.