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Reports: McNabb Sick During Crucial Part Of Super Bowl
AP ^ | February 8, 2005

Posted on 02/08/2005 11:49:37 AM PST by West Coast Conservative

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was so ill in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl that a teammate had to call a play in the huddle, center Hank Fraley said.

"He fought to the end," Fraley told Comcast SportsNet on Monday. "He gave it his all. He was almost puking in the huddle. One play had to be called by (wideout) Freddie Mitchell because Donovan was mumbling because he was almost puking."

Offensive lineman Jon Runyan also echoed Fraley's comments in the same interview aired on two local radio stations on Tuesday after the Comcast report.

McNabb was shaky in Philadelphia's 24-21 loss to the England Patriots on Sunday, throwing for 357 yards and three touchdowns, was also getting picked off three times.

McNabb misfired on several passes early, held the ball too long in other instances and made several poor decisions. One of the best scramblers in the NFL, McNabb had zero yards rushing on just one carry and was sacked four times.

An Eagles spokesman did not immediately return a phone call Tuesday.


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To: West Coast Conservative

...I thought the dog ate his playbook...


121 posted on 02/08/2005 12:36:24 PM PST by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual. If they sense scorn and ridicule, they'll flee..)
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To: lepton

Excess nervous energy will exhaust you faster than anything. Maybe he had been feeling just too much pressure. Waiting around for all the pre-game cr*p to finish and the game to start is enough to exhaust anyone interested in actual football.


122 posted on 02/08/2005 12:36:41 PM PST by expatpat
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To: dmellody

Mrs. McNabb!
Mrs. McNabb!


123 posted on 02/08/2005 12:37:39 PM PST by jjmcgo
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To: Cableguy
Beginning of the end for McNabb?

I just hope it's the end of the ridiculous McBadd media hype and ars kissing by people on ESPN and Chris Collingsworth.

124 posted on 02/08/2005 12:38:06 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: West Coast Conservative
Aww Geez. This is as bad as John Kerry giving us excuses about why he lost. Remember when losers were actually good losers?

We don't care why you lost. Get over it, McNabb, and do it better next time if you want to win. (I didn't care who won, I watched for the halftime show.)

125 posted on 02/08/2005 12:38:12 PM PST by I'm ALL Right! (Welcome to my addiction.)
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To: You Dirty Rats
The Eagles defense has carried the team for the last 4 years. Look at McNabb's stats. That's what Rush based his analysis on.
126 posted on 02/08/2005 12:38:23 PM PST by JonDavid
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To: 1Old Pro
The sun was in my eyes...

I tripped on a rock.
127 posted on 02/08/2005 12:38:56 PM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Must have been the Campbell's soup! Ummm Ummm good!


128 posted on 02/08/2005 12:38:56 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: SZonian

We should all refer to McNabb as McBadd


129 posted on 02/08/2005 12:39:14 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
3 touchdowns and 357 yards in the SuperBowl?!?

The last TD, and a lot of those yards were in garbage time against prevent defense. Same with a lot of Westbrooks yards.

130 posted on 02/08/2005 12:40:57 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: West Coast Conservative
This doesn't surprise me in the least.

McNabb got absolutely rocked late in the first half -- you could see him get up and shake his jaw with his hand.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that he had a concussion or something, and puking later on in the game is completely consistent with that. He obviously was not feeling right in the 4th quarter, and it wasn't just his passes. It was how slowly he was walking to and from the huddle, and he appeared "not well".

Doesn't detract in the least from the Pat's victory, because they were the ones who put the lick on him. But it explains a lot of things as that game was winding down.

131 posted on 02/08/2005 12:41:21 PM PST by XJarhead
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To: El Gran Salseron

The last I heard...granted...it was quite a few years ago...some sports show years ago did a "where is this person now" sorta thing...they had Dougie coaching at some HS where he said he was happy.....if you're following Doug Williams post football playing career...then you definitely know more about him than I do....


132 posted on 02/08/2005 12:41:36 PM PST by Getsmart64 (..)
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To: Callahan
He (Limbaugh) was a jackass for needlessly injecting race into the debate.

But it's fine when McBadd inserts race.

133 posted on 02/08/2005 12:42:41 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Non-Sequitur

And who can forget the classic 1982 AFC playoff game between San Diego and Miami, in which Chargers tight end Kellen Winslow made 13 catches in the overtime win (one of the greates NFL games ever played) despite exhaustion and dehydration? He also blocked an attempted field goal at the end of regulation that would have won the game for the Dolphins.


134 posted on 02/08/2005 12:44:30 PM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert.)
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To: MTD
Rush's comments were not so much about McNabb as they were the media.
135 posted on 02/08/2005 12:44:32 PM PST by OSHA (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: Zhangliqun
If your team makes such awful decisions that you're convinced they're throwing the game, just make sure that Martz isn't coaching.

If he isn't, they may very well be throwing it.

If he is coaching the game is legit... and unfortunately, it means you have Martz as your head coach.

136 posted on 02/08/2005 12:45:00 PM PST by baseballfanjm
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To: bvw
Why didn't the coaches replace him?

I don't know. Maybe they didn't know he was sick. Maybe they figured a sick McNabb was still their best option. He did throw a beautiful TD pass with what -- 3 minutes left? Whatever the case, the coaches could have managed the clock regardless of McNabbs condition. They call the plays, they knew they needed two scores, and they could have started running the 2 minute drill at 5 minutes instead of letting the clock run down.

Why didn't he ask to be taken out?

It's a rare player who ever asks to be taken out of a game --- especially the ultimate game. These guys didn't get to the bigs by underating themselves or not believing they could overcome anything. I don't fault McNabb for that. He's a competitor.

137 posted on 02/08/2005 12:45:56 PM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: sox_the_cat
I don't think McNabb is one of the best QB's, but he's definitely not one of the worst. He is young and he seems to be getting better every year.

Last year (2003), MacNabb was still pretty pathetic with throwing short passes. It was a big hole in his game. to that point he'd shown sparks of ability, but nothing deserving of the constant praise he'd been getting.

After the Limbaugh comments he had some games with good stats, but it was against pathetic defenses who played way off his receivers. Against the Giants, you could see his throwning come together. His receivers were still wide open against that defense, but near half-time he began to consistantly be on target. Since then, he has been a completely different QB - a much, much better one.

138 posted on 02/08/2005 12:46:41 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Zhangliqun
Wasn't McNair at QB for the Titans when the Rams beat 'em?

McNair and McNabb both lost Super Bowls.

Perhaps Rush will deduce that a team should never go into the big game with a black Scottish quarterback?

139 posted on 02/08/2005 12:47:12 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: expatpat
Maybe it was all of the media hype about how good of a QB he is when he knows he isn't THAT good of a QB...
140 posted on 02/08/2005 12:49:00 PM PST by Getsmart64 (..)
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