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!

[Alberta's Child]

Buffalo beat Phoenix, Philadelphia, and the Giants that year in the regular season -- their only NFC loss was to Washington on the road in the last game of the regular season.

[Alberta's Child]

The cap isn't about the number of good players, it's about not letting teams go bankrupt trying to get good players.

I think you're wrong about that. The whole purpose of the salary cap is to ensure that teams can go from 1-15 to the Super Bowl in two years. It has nothing to do with finances for struggling teams -- because most of the big revenue is shared among the teams anyway.

[expatpat]

We've had three superbowl wins, after a loss to Miami. The current owner has finally done something right -- hired Joe Gibbs, who I believe had all three of them.

[dmzTahoe]

The game never shopuld have been at the mercy of Norwood's leg. Again, poor preparation, coaching and play calling. Bills were out coached and under prepared.
But bottom line is, when called upon to kick a 47yarder, he should have made it. He had more than enough "leg strength". He was not accurate. Was it the pressure, was it a bad hold? He missed it, should have made it (and probably would eight out of ten times). And the rest, as they say, is history. Kinda like the kicker in Ace Ventura :^)

[discostu]

That's the point of the draft. The cap is to keep free agency sane, you're a hockey fan you've seen the havoc unchecked free agency can inflict on a league (Rangers salary is more than the NFL salary cap, 8 Dallas Stars making more than Troy Aikman ever did, it's insanity over there). The cap still needs to be tweaked to allow loyalty (although the franchise tag helps a lot) but the other sports show that it's not inherrently a bad idea.

[dmzTahoe]

You're right...the cap works. Lack of it is a disastorous (see hockey)
Because of the cap, Football is sound finanically (that and a good product). Each team gets about $80Million from TV revenue, which covers payrolls of the teams. In hockey, each team gets $4Million from a soon to be lowered TV deal, not enough to cover the salary of one premier player.

[Alberta's Child]

Check out my idea in Post #240. I have no problem with a salary cap (in fact, I'd love to see one in the NHL) -- but I have a real problem with how such a cap is implemented. My interest in the NFL declined considerably once it got to the point where half the players on a roster one year would not even be around for the following training camp. What kind of idiocy is that?

The NFL is paying the price for its disgraceful approach to the game of football. In any other sports league, a player who signs a five-year, $10 million contract can expect to see a total of $10 million in his bank account by the end of Year 5. In the NFL, though, his team has the option of basically terminating his contract at will after a certain period of time (if they are willing to accept a portion of the salary against their cap). What a joke.

[discostu]

Of course part of that is following. The NHL has two low rent national TV deals (Canada and ESPN) and a bunch of local deals (entirely managed by the teams) where-as the NFL has 3 mega-buck national deals in America alone. But the NHL could still handle things under that situation if it weren't for a few owners that are willing to spend millions on photo-ops. The NBA isn't much better. And MLB's "luxury tax" is the biggest joke of them all (reference Steinbrenner's comments when the new CBA got signed and how much the Yankee payroll increased the following off-season).

As a person living in the Cardinals blackout zone one change I'd like to see to the cap is adding a "floor": teams that don't spend at least 90% of the cap should be heavily fined (like the entire gap between their payroll and the cap). This will discourage cheap owners from fielding XFL teams under the wrong banner. I also like AC's idea of limiting the cap footprint of players the franchise drafted. It's not a perfect system but it's hard to argue with the only major sport having an increase in ratings attendance and revenue.

[Alberta's Child]

That's the point of the draft.

And that's part of the problem. There's no way in hell a 1-15 team would be able to "draft" its way to a Super Bowl in two years. But the way the salary cap rules are set up, they have to try. If you draft a player today, he had better be able to perform for you right away with almost no learning curve -- because by the time he's been around for three years you may not be able to fit him in under your salary cap. That's another reason why the quality of play in the NFL is so bad -- because you've got young players starting today who would have been learning the ropes for a couple of years as a reserve in the pre-cap days.

[discostu]

I saw your idea and I like it. I'd like to add a 90% floor because i'm in the blackout range of the cheapest SOB to ever own a sports team.

I'd rather the NFL's pretend long term contracts than the MLBPA not allowing A-Rod to renegotiate. I see the NFL's long term contracts as ego strokes, telling the player he's a 10 million dollar player to shut his agent up and then deciding later if he really is.

[Alberta's Child]

Norwood was successful on fewer than 70% of his FG attempts in 1990, so I don't understand how you could say that he should have had an "eight in ten" chance of kicking a field goal that would have been (if I remember correctly) the longest of his career on grass.

[thesummerwind]

Rush was the BIGGEST winner yesterday!!!

Rush didn't play yesterday.

[discostu]

Heightened expectations have forced a lot of player insertions to early. I blame a lot of that on overrated coaches, teams stink that shouldn't stink and when you get a new coach in there's a big turnaround (the Falcons should be the shining example next year). A lot of short term ownership that's not interested in giving the team to their children when they die doesn't help, they want to have their picture taken with the trophy so they can sell the team in two years for a profit.

All of sport has a lot of problems right now, the NFL is in slightly better shape because they're getting along with labor.

[Poser]

"I'd give you 25% on the receivers, they did drop balls. 25% each on McNabb and the play calling."

McNabb didn't scramble and threw 2 interceptions that were *his* fault *before* he was injured. He was just plain bad and the Carolina defense had him stymied.

[thesummerwind]

Same here!

[Hot Tabasco]

Rush hates McNabb for some reason

No, he just dislikes a racially biased media who attempts to place an average quarterback on a pedestal of excellence......

[thesummerwind]

Donovan McNabb has no lost three straight NFC Championship games.

Donovan McNabb's TEAM has lost three ............

Got it? And this is from a Steeler/Bradshaw fan who thinks McNabb is JUST AVERAGE!!!!

[AGreatPer]

McNabb can be, and is sometimes, the best QB. He is also average at times. As a coach I have never understood that process but it still can drive you nuts.

Don't tell me players don't get up for the games at this or any level. There is just something that says, you ain't gonna play good on this or that day. It happens in all sports.

[Moby Grape]

I have read here, and please correct me if this is not true, that McNabb did NOT blame the recievers in interviews after the game...it was the MEDIA (the same ones that Rush said were giving too much credit to McNabb) who were blaming everyone but McNabb.

[AmishDude]

I saw this with Kordell Stewart. The sports media in Pittsburgh were apologists for Stewart and the fans wanted him replaced after every interception.

The funny thing about Philly is that Donovan McNabb is supposed to win Randall Cunningham's Super Bowl.