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.
Isn't there a Chunky Soup Joke in here somewhere?
Maybe he was sick after throwing those 2 INT's near the goal line!
Wonder how the backup quarterback felt sitting on his butt while McNabb was playing while not 100%.
LOL!!!!
At the time Rush said it, he was correct. After all, it was Eagles fans rumbling about trading him. Since then, however, McNabb has definitely been much more than mediocre.
here come the excuses
Neither of us have depth at QB. Rohan Davey sucks.
You know what they say about excuses...
Or how about Tom Brady having a 104 degree fever the night before the AFC Championship game against the Steelers then going out the next day and simply decimating them? That's the difference between a winner and loser.
This is being used as justification for the Eagles deliberate style of play in the fourth quarter.
The night before the AFC Championship game in Pittsburg tom Brady had a 103 temperature and a IV in his arm.
Another excuse, like last year and his rib injury.
Should of had the Chicken Noodle...
This is an incredibly lame excuse. There were guys out there playing in pain that would make most of us pass out. He had a bad game, end of story. Making up "the-dog-ate-my-homework" excuses just makes him look worse.
Yes, well I guess they need some sort of excuse for their inexplicable decisions in the last five minutes of the game.
Couldn't help but laugh at that. I shouldn't have but I coudln't help it.
True enough, and more recently the Brady of the Pats reportedly had a 103 degree fever and required IVs the night before the Pittsburgh game, I think it was. He came out the next day and got 'er done.
And I agree with the poster that said that McNabb's illness might have been football related.
Bottom line for me is that two good teams faced off last Sunday and on that day the Pats were 3 points better than the Eagles. That's really all you can say and all you should say. The rest is just... well Monday morning quarterbacking. There's a lot of woulda, coulda, shouldas to go around but all that matters is the final score. That's it.
"Limbaugh was right
Limbaugh was right
Limbaugh was right"
Absolutely RIGHT!
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