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Posted on 02/01/2006 6:31:15 PM PST by Perdogg
DETROIT – Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb injected a race element into his rift with Terrell Owens on Wednesday, saying the receiver's criticism amounted to “black-on-black crime.” In an interview with ESPN, McNabb rehashed some of the low moments of his relationship with his teammate, making fun of Owens' driveway apology and bringing up the race angle.
In November, responding to a question from Michael Irvin during an ESPN interview, Owens said Philadelphia would likely be in a better situation if Brett Favre was the quarterback instead of the banged-up McNabb.
“It was like, it's unreal,” McNabb said. “That's like me going out and saying, 'Hey, if we had Steve Largent. If we had Joe Jurevicius. It was definitely a slap in the face to me. It was a slap in the face because, as deep as people want to go into it, it was black-on-black crime.”
Not long after that, an NAACP leader criticized McNabb for “playing the race card” in explaining why he didn't run the ball as often as he used to.
In November, the Eagles suspended Owens for the remainder of the season for his repeated criticism of the team, McNabb and several other issues. The team recently gave Owens permission to seek a trade, and this week he visited the Denver Broncos.
On Wednesday, McNabb brought up some of the criticism he had taken through his career, and said Owens was simply piling on with his statement.
“It's different to say, 'If we had Michael Vick or Daunte Culpepper or Steve McNair or Byron Leftwich,” McNabb said of four black starting quarterbacks. “But to go straight to Brett Favre, that kind of just slapped me in the face like, 'Wow ...'”
Owens apologized twice publicly – once after his preseason holdout and then again, in his driveway, after he was suspended.
“The first apology, that was to the organization,” McNabb said. “Then, I was thrown in there – 'If I offended Donovan in any way' – you know. Instead of that, you could have just told me, hey, I apologize for the way it came out. I didn't mean it that way. Just come talk to me.”
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Why haven't we seen the race buzzards, Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton doin' the low-down "reconciliation for sale" offer between these two brothas?
everybody just shutup, now.
Honestly Donovan, just shut up already, I no longer pity you, TO is out the door shortly. Move on.
Unfortunately, he decided to rehash the same tired BS that sports fans are sick of. McNabb, focus on your game. Who cares about T.O. You're still getting paid millions, right?
It's in the air...craziness, that is.
It's part of the liberalization of our culture.
Pure insanity.
Considering the cash that TO has stolen from himself with his immature antics, I think it's a "TO on TO Crime"
I'd say TO, since Ricky Williams doesn't like or want to go TV commercials...
McNabb STFU, quit acting like a victim.
Drama queen bump
I believe they have plenty of crazy between them to go around.
A crazy-on-crazy crime.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
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