good/bad news on McNabb, by Eagles fans for Skins fans

well, it's small sample.... and i'd argue they are in SOME way reflective, as "no way reflective" seems a bit too strong. they are obviously part of the fan base.

also, i weeded out the ones that weren't insightful. "pukes during superbowls and cant win the big one" kinda stuff. there was still plenty of "cant win the big game" senitment that i did include.

I completely expected to see some posts about him puking or not being able to win the big one (despite the 5 NFC Championships, 1 SB appearance).

Philly fans have been spoiled rotten. Sure they haven't won the big one, but when you listen to some of them you would think they've been the worst team in the NFL over the last 10 years. I hope for their sake Kolb is the real deal, cause if he's not that city will chew him up and spit him out really fast.

I never thought about it till now, but many say that his short game is inaccurate.
McNabbs low throws have been a trademark since his rookie year, but the short passes I never thought were that inaccurate per se. Just seemed to me that when he was off it didn't matter what the route was.

If indeed he's consistently inaccurate on short throws, wouldn't he be a bad fit for the west coast O? Yet he's run it for 11 years & done well. I think for those that are criticizing Reid in this regard, remember that they run screens well & McNabb's completion pct. & stats have been bolstered by that.

Rainy, I literally thought you were a Raider fan. Perhaps a beat writer or someone trying to make a name for themselves trying to get a job as a beat writer, except I thought you were in Oakland or something. I was kinda supprised to see you pulling a "Turn around is fair play" on us.

Nice that you did it though. I think they pretty much said what some us fans who were not psyched about the McNabb deal already thought about him. I think it's funny though that only one person felt he might have lost his step in the scramble department and we might get stuck with leaning on his accurracy or lack there of.


well i am a writer looking to make a name for myself. but i grew up a redskins fan in rockville.

i also write about the Raiders cuz RF365 has a built in raider audience (and a syndication thru a raider site) so they asked me to do so. i'll occasionally writer about the Ravens cuz i live in the baltimore market and the Steelers cuz my wife is a steelers fan and they have a large national following which is good for pageviews.

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Philly fans have been spoiled rotten. Sure they haven't won the big one, but when you listen to some of them you would think they've been the worst team in the NFL over the last 10 years. I hope for their sake Kolb is the real deal, cause if he's not that city will chew him up and spit him out really fast.

My sentiments exactly. On talk radio, they complain all day about McNabb in interviews and how he's disingenuous with the media, his casual/joking nature on the sidelines even when losing, and how he always seems to shift blame from himself.

Talk about losing sight of what's important. They don't talk about how Desean scored 8 TDs of 50 yards or more last year, McNabb's deep ball might have just a little to do with that. (And you can't tell me Desean's skill set is any different than Santana Moss's, by the way.) They don't talk about the numbers McNabb put up despite having a miserable WR corps for most of his career (yes they're buoyed by screens, but also buoyed by his accuracy down the field). They don't talk about how he did all this despite other teams knowing he'd be dropping back to pass 70% of the time. And they don't talk about how his tendency to miss low is actually an asset when it comes to avoiding INTs. I'd much rather have a guy missing low than sailing them high, worms can't make interceptions.