I think you suck too!
Posted on 09/20/2007 5:49:52 AM PDT by randita
McNabb stands by what he says
Defends comment on HBO that black QBs face added pressures
By DANA PENNETT O'NEIL
oneild@phillynews.com
Donovan McNabb says black QBs' performances are judged by different standard from whites'.
DONOVAN MCNABB smiled as the first question came at him, some innocuous query about the Detroit Lions.
He smiled, because he knew what was next.
The day after HBO aired a "Real Sports" episode in which McNabb spoke about the criticisms lobbed at black quarterbacks, the Eagles quarterback sat in what he knew would be a hot seat inside the NovaCare auditorium (though contrary to reports, McNabb did not storm out of the news conference. Public relations director Bob Lange asked for a final question and once it was asked and answered, McNabb got up and walked out).
"No, no, no," McNabb told the Daily News last night, when asked whether he had left in a huff. "Bob cut it short, and I was, like, that's it, so I walked out. I wasn't angry. I was smiling."
During the news conference, McNabb said he knew when the story was taped in August that whenever it aired, it would be met with skepticism and criticism, but that even now, front and center to the backlash, he doesn't regret his comments.
"If a question is asked, I'm going to answer it," McNabb said. "I've been in this business a long time. If I don't answer the question, it's an issue. If I don't answer the question, it's an issue. It's just reality. I only speak on facts. It's only something I've been part of and other quarterbacks before me and after me have been part of.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
I think you suck too!
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.
two words....Jeff Garcia
McNabb needs to run to Mama so she can wipe his tears.
Completely agree. Also, the RAMS were a hell of a team that year.
Good one. But he is so ugly!!
McNabb is a baby and TO was obviously right. I predict retirement soon for this whiner.
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).
real first black QB ? don’t forget about Jamie Harris - Rams - decade or so before Williams.
And give him a bowl of soup - Campbell's Chunky of course!
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.
Liberalism is a fantasy, pro-sports are a fantasy, the two meld like no tommorrow. Rush was right.
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.
Rush Limbaugh
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.
You may be right. Don’t follow their personal lives. I like McNair because he produces and never whines.
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