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.
...I thought the dog ate his playbook...
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.
Mrs. McNabb!
Mrs. McNabb!
I just hope it's the end of the ridiculous McBadd media hype and ars kissing by people on ESPN and Chris Collingsworth.
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.)
Must have been the Campbell's soup! Ummm Ummm good!
We should all refer to McNabb as McBadd
The last TD, and a lot of those yards were in garbage time against prevent defense. Same with a lot of Westbrooks yards.
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.
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....
But it's fine when McBadd inserts race.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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