Rush's PERFECT comments Re: Donovan McNabb

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[Pukin Dog]

For those who missed it, Limbaugh performed the most perfect comments on Donovan McNabb this morning by not even mentioning his name.

Instead he contrasted the way that Payton Manning came out and took responsibility for his performance against the way that the media instantly set out to blame the Eagles' wide recievers for what happened to them.

It was the best revenge, because by not mentioning McNabb, no one in the media can say that Rush attacked McNabb, but to all us football fans, what Rush DIDNT say, was LOUD AND CLEAR. Thanks Rush!

[Lancey Howard]

Elway was also a great scrambler.

[wasp69]

Trying playing football with cracked ribs.

Been there, done that, already wore out the t-shirt. While we're at it why not throw in the two broken fingers as well as the knee injury. And to think, I was just a high school kid who was playing for the fun of it.

. Of course he might have played through the pain if Rush shared some of his medication....

Nice cheap shot. I doubt McNabb has a shortage of the people he could call to get much better stuff.

[dmzTahoe]

Agree...but Manning was man enough to shoulder the blame, and the media let him.

McNabb deferred to injury and the media blamed his receivers.

It will be tough for the troops to follow Leon McNabb into battle next time. A little respect has been lost.

[rintense]

I will agree. After around the 4th week, I also felt that not one NFL team had anything special. It was just down right boring to watch. I'll add to your theory by stating that rules that are in a constant state of flux will never foster an exciting game.

[Warren_Piece]

The Pats are a complete team. They don't dominate in anything, but they are very good at everything. As a Titans fan, they have made me a believer.

[pickemuphere]

I have to admit to being one of those "political" people that hates when Limbaugh discusses sports... His comments this afternoon struck me as bordering on childish. They were certainly cowardly -- if you've got something to say about McNabb, gosh darnit, come out and say it. Don't hide behind mock indignation and annoying sarcasm.

His discussion of the caucases, OTOH, has been spot on, so far.

[Tricorn]

"But the question should be: Why Rush more right than the other sportscasters?"

What seems to define our position is our adherence to the obvious truth. The other side (media types mostly) always take up the pie-in-the-sky dream world position: McNabb is a great QB, etc.

It's not even that much fun to be proven right anymore. It's too easy.

[1L]

The original point was THREE IN A ROW, not just three losses. I know my Raiders, buddy.

Dude, do you want to bet on this? I have Stabler's book, Snake, and checked this on the internet. Ken Stabler started the three AFC championship losses of the Raiders to Miami in the 1973 game, and both of the losses to the Steelers in 1974 and 1975.

In '73, Stabler played in 14 games (admittedly a few as a holder for Blanda) while Lamonica played in only 6. Lamonica played in only 4 the next year, and was playing in the WFL (Southern California Sun) the next year -- out of the NFL.

Oakland lost 2 AFL and 1 AFC championship games consecutively in 1968-70 to the Jets, KC, and Baltimore respectively, and Lamonica MIGHT have been the QB on all three of those losses -- not exactly sure. Then the Raiders lost 3 AFC games in a row again from '73-75, as stated, to the Dolphins and Steelers. The good thing about all that is they lost to the eventual SB champion all 6 times!

[Moby Grape]

Farve played with broken thumb...Years ago Sonny Jergerson played with torn ligaments...HOWEVER, we don't know if perhaps the COACH made the decision, and McNabb had no say.

[rintense]

I didn't even know the Pats had such an awesome record until the final week of the season! They flew in below all the commentator's radar- not surprising though when they try to make other teams (and players) look better than they are. I think the Super Bowl will be a fun one to watch, and will cheer for both teams.

[Bikers4Bush]

Thanks, that's what I've always understood the rules to be and it was not beyond the realm of possibility that McNabb could have gotten up and made a play.

It wouldn't have been the first time he'd managed to pull something like that off.

[Some hope remaining.]

I thought the replay clearly showed that a defender had grabbed his foot before he went down. The commentator (forget which one) said the guy practically pulled his show off. Technically that's down by contact. The refs just didn't see it.

[rintense]

In another thread, McNabb allegedly wanted to play but Reid said no. Whatever.

[Lancey Howard]

Rush seems to instead have a burr up his saddle about the sports media's kid gloves treatment of a quarterback because of said quarterback's race.

That is exactly right.
But it goes beyond "kid gloves treatment"; it actually turns into excuse-making and a palpable hopefulness among the sports media types that a black quarterback (or a black head coach) will succeed. Win it all. It's a liberal-guilt / political-correctness thing. Rush could sense it, and it rubbed him the wrong way. All that being said, he still should have played the game and kept his mouth shut, in my opinion. He was too clever for his own good.

[Petronski]

...if the refs saw McNabbit stumble over his own guy's feet, and thought him capable of getting up and making a play, they were duty-bound to let the play continue.

Can you imagine the stink that would have been raised had the refs whistled the play at such a moment: What a rip! McNabb wasn't down, and they whistled it dead! All because they know McNabb can scramble and didn't want him to have the chance.

[Alberta's Child]

I think the salary cap has a lot to do with it, too -- it basically keeps teams from keeping players together in cohesive units for more than one or two seasons in a row, and forces teams to settle for second-rate players at some positions just to keep talented players at other positions.

I've always been a huge NFL fan, but during the playoffs this year I haven't watched more than 30 minutes (total) of football.

[Tricorn]

"I REALLY wish they'd bring Kordell back. It was so much fun watching him run away from Kearse."

What I liked were his "skip passes" to wide open receivers. He throws them for the Bears now.

[Pukin Dog]

I would take your bet, but instead of taking your money, I will again stress CHAMPIONSHIP Games, not just playoff games. Go do your homework. You will find that not all three games were CHAMPIONSHIP games, one removed from the Super Bowl. When the Raiders lost to the Steelers, it was a normal playoff game, where the Steelers then played Miami, and Miami won because of that daring fake punt. Remember? We can go on all day on this, dude. The point is CHAMPIONSHIP games.

[LS]

True---and I don't follow Denver---but didn't Shanahan make him substantially a pocket passer?

[af_vet_1981]

Look, every football fan KNOWS that Brett Farve, Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana would NEVER have come out of that football game yesterday.

They would have found a way to lead their team back to victory.

McNab had the chance to become a great quarterback this season. He did not perform at that level.

It does not mean he is not a good quarterback, or that he won't reach that level in the future. It means he does not belong in that class of great quarterbacks now.