Posted on 02/07/2005 8:48:24 AM PST by gopwinsin04
It looked like Donovan McNabb saved his jitters for the Super Bowl. McNabb spent the week telling jokes, being loose and insisting that he felt no pressure leading the Philidelphia Eagles versus the New England Patriots.
But the five time pro bowl QB had a shaky performance in the most important game of his career Sunday, a 24-21 loss to the Patriots. McNabb turned the ball over three times, including crucial interceptions in the first and fourth quarters.
McNabb misfired on several passes early, held the ball too long in other instance and made several poor decisions. One of the best scramblers in the National Football League, McNabb had zero yards rushing on just one carry.
McNabb rebounded from his rough start with a strong second quarter, finally leading the Eagles into the end zone after sqandering several scoring opportunities. But he made a critical error midway through the 4th quarter right after the Pats took at 24-14 lead.
After he connected with Terell Owens on a 36 yard pass, McNabb badly underthrew his reciever Smith on the next play and was intercepted by linebacker Tedy Bruschi.
McNabb had the best season of his six year career, leading the Eagles to the Super Bowl for the first time in 24 years after three consecutive losses in the NFC title game. But McNabb couldn't deliver the Eagles first championship since 1960.
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I blame this much more on Reid than on McNabb. This is one thing I do not fault McNabb for at all.
Rush's comments were accurate. If he hadn't challenged McNabb, he never would have even gotten their team as far as they did. He is a classic under-achiever. Look at his numbers from yesterday, numerous interceptions, pathetically thrown balls and truly one of the worst performances in super bowl history. that was a game for the dumpster and sitting on top of the pile of lame crap exhibited yesterday was Donovan McNabb.
I wonder if there was wind in the stadium? McNabb was even having trouble with the shorter balls.
Yep, TO had guts to play last night. Severely reinjuring that leg could have put his career in jeopardy. And on the sidelines, he has the presence of mind to suggest to McNabb to "Relax"! He was focussing on his team winning, not on himself.
If anyone else deserved MVP, it was Rodney Harrison. He had 2 int, 7 tackles and 1 sack.
I agree, he's just driving the bus... But don't you think that was a massive mind f*rt??
Pardon the sports bar humor...
It may be stupid, but it was 100% truth.
Peyton who? Never heard of him...
As long as they play the way they are and don't showboat I hope they keep on winning. Sends a good message to kids. Any team that taunts or showboats or has TO's on the team I hope never win
I like the story of Bruschi doing his own contract and taking less than he could have gotten so he could stay and play on the "team".
Let's not get carried away here. No one in their right mind confuses Peyton Manning with Tom Brady. Put Manning on the Patriots and they probably never lose another game.
Tom Brady is a product of his system. He isn't asked to do too much - just don't lose the game.
Lots of decently good QBs win lots of games due to the team and system they are on. Bradshaw heads up the list. Danny White would be another. As a Dallas fan, I have to put Aikman on that list as well - as soon as the system changed he turned into a very mediocre QB.
The whole D should have. They will be the first to say the are a team and they win or lose as one.
The annoucers kept bashing Gay and his inexperience, it seems except for a couple of plays he schooled Mitchell, Owens and Smith pretty well.
I say that they needed a better running game so they did not have to throw the ball 51 times.
maybe...but that doesn't mean he's the great black QB failure that some folks harp on.
all this crap is like some albatross....has the guy done something tacky personally
like i said....i don't follow this stuff so much anymore
so enlighten me
it all looks like piling on to me.
Yuppers, running for your life and getting bounced off the turf repeatedly like a cheap basketball will make one shaky.
The comparison is right on. Aikman also sucked after he lost his deep threat WR (Alvin Harper) and his favorite tight end. He basically just handed off to Emmitt and threw to Irvin after that.
Brady will meet the same fate if the Patriots system ever breaks up.
You could say that about any QB, even Unitas, or Bart Starr, how did he do after Lombardi left the Packers?
With TO, the Eagles regressed to "McNabb-TO". Without TO, they played as a team.
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