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.
Absolutely. I'd take Kelly in his prime over McNabb this year.
So in Super Bowl 8 if you switched quarterbacks you think a Griese led Viking team would have beaten a Tarkenton led Dolphin team that day?
Fine, but then what's this thread about?Others making excuses for McNabb?
Saw him on the post game, he looked fine.
"As a Browns Fan, all we have seen at QB since Bernie is a bunch of Playboy Playmate daters (Couch and Garcia)."
The question is: Do we believe T.O. about Garcia? (yeah, maybe I'm a bit jealous ;-)
Look up Kellys records, he threw for 5,219 yards and 44 touchdowns in one season.
He was misquoted. What he said was that a broken foot injury he had back at Miami of Ohio was re-aggravated.
Yes, after we win next February.
Second place is the first loser!
We hear the same sort of thing whenever Tiger Woods is playing poorly. Nike puts out the word that his knee, wrist, stomach, head - something - is hurting.
It doesn't matter what team you play on if lose confidence in the big games.
I'm just a football fan, and a guy who has had a concussion and seen other guys with them. McNabb, at the end of the 4th, looked to me like a guy who had one.
But rather than believe that McNabb's lethargy in the 4th was due to a concussion, we've got a bunch of people who get upset at the idea. They think its more credible to believe that other guys in the huddle would lie about McNabb vomiting, about him being able only to mumble his plays, and about a WR having to call one of those plays.
Pretty sad. They hate the guy so much -- for whatever reason -- that they'd prefer to think that his teammates are liars rather than believe he had a medical problem.
I agree 10000000000000000000000%!!!!! Which is why I am so sick and tired of endless discussions of a quarterback's race every time that qb happens to be black. He is a QB!!!!! Not a black qb, or a white qb, or anything else. BTW, you're not implying that Doug not being picked up was because he was black, are you? BTW, Trent D. was cut by BAL the year after winning the SB, and he was white, and mediocre. BTW again -- I'm a DC native and I LOVE the Skins, sorry as they are. Started watching them in 72 when I was 8. An amazing coincidence -- I just got my bill for my club seats in the mail today.
given the eyewitness account of someone who's known him personally for five years and was in the huddle, versus a collection of jackass armchair quarterback frontrunner-fan racists, I'll think I'll stick with the assessment of the former. but thanks.
So did your opinion of John Elway change when he finally won the Super Bowl?
In boxing, does it matter if you come in second place ? lol
I believe it. I'm no McNabb fan, especially given all his race blather over the past week, but it was quite obvious that something was wrong. He's not a great QB IMO but he's better than what we saw Sunday.
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Bad luck? I'm a Bills fan, but I'll be the first to admit that by-and-large Kelly played like crap in the Super Bowls.
B.I.L.L.S. - Boy I Love Losing Superbowls
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