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I read the entire McNabb interview at the team website, and was put-off by some of what Donovan had to say. IMHO, he's getting a real victim mentality... Here are some excerpts that bothered me:

Q: How much of a hit has your reputation and stature taken this year?

A: Obviously I probably wouldn't be able to name one player who has been through what I've been through the last five, six, seven years. I don't think I've taken a hit on my name or my reputation at all. Maybe I'm optimistic with it, but I think one thing that it has done is, it's obviously made people pay attention to a lot of things that I do and what I say. I've had so many compliments on how I've handled a lot of situations, but that's just being me.

Q: Are you amazed at some of the things said about you?

A: "I am. We were laughing and joking about it a couple of days ago. It seems like everybody who seems to take a shot at me either loses their job (laughing) or more things are found out about them that they don't want people to know. So (laughing), I think now people are hesitant about bringing my name out of their mouth now. Hey, I tried to tell them ..But you know what? We can sit back and laugh about that but it doesn't have to be like that."

Q: Is it disappointing when someone makes remarks about your race?

A: "Especially being the same color I am. Obviously if it was someone else that's not African-American descent, to talk about your race, then it's a racist type of statement. But when it's someone of the same race as you that talks about you like you're selling out or whatever because you're not running the ball, it goes back to, what are we really talking about? When you go deep into that or you go statistically into what I've been doing, or how come I didn't stick up for so and so, or say why didn't I give a little bit of my (salary) to somebody else making money, you know, you still try to find an answer. And there's no answer that I've found.

"If you're talking about my play, that's one thing. If you're talking about my race, now we've got problems. If you try to make a name off of my name, I hope your closet is clean, because something is going to come out about you, too."

Plus the whole "I haven't lost the locker room but if I did lose the locker room"... and "I won't do anything different to gain it back" (the locker room he didn't lose). Have they interviewed him yet about the 19 Eagles that went to T.O.'s birthday party? Are they racist too? I don't get this type of thinking.

Obviously if it was someone else that's not African-American descent, to talk about your race, then it's a racist type of statement. But when it's someone of the same race as you that talks about you like you're selling out or whatever because you're not running the ball, it goes back to, what are we really talking about?

McNabb is dumb as a stump, and racist to boot. Luckily, for him, he's not white or his playing days would be over. Contrast his statements to Rush Limbaugh's.....

Well, let's face it, no other QB with as much success that McNabb has had over the last 5/6 years has had to put up with so much sh*t. His WR's are third stringers on any good team, his RB's are fragile, the Front Office treats every other player like an interchangeable Wal-Mart employee and his coach is this Generation's Marty Shottenheimer.

And it's always McNabb's not good enough? What's wrong with McNabb?

He's QBing the most successful run in the Philadelphia Eagles History (and the second most successful run in Philly history) and his pilloried by a bunch of Know-Nothings.

Finally, if the LIEbral critics had the same bad luck like McNabb's critics, we'd have a great deal laughing about it as well.

Have they interviewed him yet about the 19 Eagles that went to T.O.'s birthday party?

That is another sign that the players didn't dislike Owens like we were led to believe. Attending Owens' birthday party was a slap in the face to McNabb and 19 Eagles player did it.

I guarantee that you wouldn't see 19 players from the Patriots or Colts show up at a receivers party that was thrown off the team for battling Brady or Manning. In those cases, the players would tell the banished receiver that they are still his friend but that showing up at his party would not be appropriate during the season.

It seems like everybody who seems to take a shot at me either loses their job (laughing) or more things are found out about them that they don't want people to know.

Anyone have any idea about who McNabb is referring to when he said "more things are found out them that the don't want people to know"? Maybe Rush with his painkiller addiction? If so, real classy move there Donovan.

And why would a classy guy be laughing about people losing their jobs?

So far I count three guys that lost their jobs: Limbaugh, Freddie Mitchell and Owens. Anyone else?

We were laughing and joking about it a couple of days ago. It seems like everybody who seems to take a shot at me either loses their job (laughing) or more things are found out about them that they don't want people to know. So (laughing), I think now people are hesitant about bringing my name out of their mouth now. Hey, I tried to tell them ..But you know what? We can sit back and laugh about that but it doesn't have to be like that."

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I'm disillusioned and disappointed in McNabb. He's not the man I thought he was.