UPDATED: No Heart Chump Also a No Class Chump
I just heard on WIP that Donovan McNabb blamed the Arizona loss on the defense in an interview.
I’m looking for a link right now
It wasn’t a recent interview. It was from his rambling post NFC championship game interview and it is being discussed now because McNabb wants another Ga-zillion dollar contract extension.
Not enough was made of McNabb’s rambling comment about how frustrated he was watching on the sideline while Kurt Warner methodically drove the Cardinals down the field for the winning score. McNabb said the primary goal of every defense is to keep his offense off the field, and he just felt so helpless watching the season go down the drain.
When I played that sound bite for Jeremiah Trotter on my WIP radio show, the former linebacker bristled.
“Well, he kind of threw the defense under the bus with that statement,” Trotter said. “Donovan had his opportunities, too.”
As little as I like to defend Donovan McNabb, he’s right on this one. It was the defense which gave up the early points, and, after the offense came back and gave Philadelphia a lead, it was the defense which allowed Arizona to go on a long drive and score the winning touchdown.
It could be argued that he should have just kept his mouth shut, but he was still right.
Please.
Imagine if the defense had said the same thing about McNabb in all those games when McNabb couldn’t find the end zone.
No class.
Guess McNabb found a way to put the
‘you’ in team.
I was just talking to my 11yo son about this. He said, “Well I would kinda blame the defense for the loss, but if I was the quarterback, I wouldn’t go there.”
Not worth a comment
Dana, what game were you watching? The Eagles defense was intermittently confused by a clever scheme, and it tackled very poorly in the first quarter.
But McNabb threw 5 or 6 uncatchable passes to open receivers in key spots. That is a bad game for any supposedly excellent quarterback. And these bad games always seem to happen in big games.
There’s a perspective issue here. I’ve watched this guy since he got here and I’ve loved him. But there’s a difference between a quarterback who doesn’t lose the big game and a quarterback who wins the big game. And the Eagles have hitched their star to the former.
If you need or want to have a rooting interest in the Superbowl, this should put you over the edge:
James Dobson goes with Arizona today, especially Kurt Warner
If your stomach can handle it, click on link to see picture:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/james-dobson-go.html
Blech…James Dobson. Think I just lost my breakfast. Thanks for that, A1!! You done really pissed me off now!
Sorry, Mike. Collateral damage.
Tomorrow’s Headline:
Warner & Jesus Connect For Championship!
or
Jesus Turns Back on Warner: Steelers Win!
Or:
Jesus Drop Kicks Warner Through the Goal Posts of Life
or
Jesus Kicks Warner’s Ass Back to the Desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XePepJvvcjY