Ten Non-Statistical Things I Don't Like About Mcnabb

Posted April 09, 2009 on meatgoat's Blog:

  • 1
    His mom

    She made it clear that the Mcnabb family wanted the Eagles to lose with Jeff Garcia.Obviously misinterpreted fan support of Garcia as a threat to Mcnabb's future.

  • 2
    Too candid about lack of faith in the offense

    Imagine being a wideout on the Eagles and having to read 50 times a season about how the QB thinks you suck and wants someone else to take your job.

  • 3
    Ungrateful for Westbrook

    Never,ever shows an appreciation for the man who may be most responsible for his own success.

  • 4
    Refuses to run a hurry up offense

    Regular season,pre-season,post season,messing around in the backyard, Mcnabb just will not move his ass with the game on the line.

  • 5
    Black on Black crime

    Aside from being the dumbest quote ever regarding poor team chemistry this quote proves that the only outcome Mcnabb wanted to see from the T.O. debacle was an outpour of fan sympathy for his "hurt" feelings.

  • 6
    Sideline behavior

    Rarely seen looking over play charts or discussing previous series with coaches and players.Usually seen laughing about an interception or sitting alone with a towel over his head.

  • 7
    Concept of leadership

    Or lack thereof.Seems to think excuse-making and woe-is-me attitude are the hallmarks of a great teammate.Westbrook didn't agree when he stated to the media that HE was the leader of the offense.

  • 8
    The draft

    The beleaguered attitude began here.Maybe it was over before it began.The source of the river of tears that flow following any criticism of his play on the field.Just can't believe people were booing the decision to not take a RB and NOT the man himself.

  • 9
    Dumb plays

    When it's fourth and 10 and Andy Reid calls an option run...just audible out of that bullshit,man.

  • 10
    Doesn't know what kind of QB he wants to be

    Got hurt,got scared,put on 40lbs of muscle and became immobile.Then said he wanted to prove he's a "pocket passer" despite his greatest asset being his mobility.Threw many balls at people's feet,over their heads,whatever.Started taking sacks he previously would have avoided.Seems to have finally reached a good balance of styles but looks weak for having to re-invent himself three times over the course of his career.

Comments 1-50 (of 91):
  • would you rather have bobby hoying, kobb, pete, peterson, ryan, or some other sub-par QB.

    or do you think that the eagles should get the AFL philadelphia soul's QB to play for the birds. with the AFL not going on, they are fre to join.

    what do you think?
  • No,I understand he's the best QB we've had and I think we can still win a championship with him at the helm.That said, I don't like the guy.
  • Have you ever went to the bar with him and had a beer talking about things? No? Thought not. So, how can you say you don't like the guy? You don't even know him. There are just some things you don't like about the guy. I'm sure there are some things about you and me people don't like either.
  • Semantics.OK,fine.
  • 5ivefan is comletly right. You dont kno him. You just watch him on TV and on other websites. How would you feel in his position that if you make one bad play you get booed. And not a leader? He led them to the playoffs, and then on throughout the playoffs. Also to dislike him for his mom? Dude, are you serious?
  • This is exactly what they want. 3 and 13 years and 10 td 25 int Qb play. Then we will have something to boo. I also hear that Kotite is looking for a job. We can always bring him back and he can sign Ken Obrien and Brad Goebel again. I think I saw Jeff Kemp the other day. He looks like he is in shape. Better yet let's go get Tim Couch or Akili Smith and sign Ricky Williams! Then we will really be a good team. We should have traded McNabb and all of our picks for Jay Cutler and his 18 INTs. What were the Eagles FO thinking !?!
  • Funny but all valid points.....LOL Rich Kotite!!!! The Dark Years for Eagles football....Hey while your at it bring back Ray Rhodes too!!!LOL
  • His mom didn't say that she wanted the eagles to lose with Jeff Garcia, She said that them winning is bitter sweet. Meaning that the win was good but she wished that it was her son that was playing QB. She doesn't have to be a eagles fan her son plays for the eagles she is a fan of him, If he went to play somewhere else then she would be a fan of that team or still her son that plays for that team, Don't you think that your mother would do and say the samething???????
  • Garcia hadn't even removed his cleats from his first game before Momma Mcnabb was all over the media telling us how horrible we were for forgetting her son and spouting off about how we all needed to remember who the team's real QB was.
  • What? I don't recall her saying that. All I rember her saying is that the victory was bitter sweet.
  • ungrateful for westbrook? apparently you havent seen or heard the quotes Mcnabb made when Westbrook was holding out for his new contract. Apparently you haven't heard Westbrooks latest quotes regarding Mcnabb. Check out philly.com and you can read them there. He is most definitely not ungrateful for westbrook.
  • Maybe so. But I feel like all the talking he does about not having the right tools to get the job done over the span of his career is demeaning to BWest.Without him, I don't know where Mcnabb would be in the ranks of starting QBs.We'd probably have an entirely different offensive philosphy that might not compliment Mcnabb's skills nearly as well.
  • Some people will never be happy with McNabb no matter what he says or does. He smiles after a play and he is too playful. He does not comment on the contract situation of a player and he is not a leader. He does comment on the contract situation of a player and now he is demeaning the payer? If McNabb had the type of year Westbrook had last year everyone would want to run him out of town. Two years ago everyone said Westbrook was the best player on the team and that team did not get as far as last years team. Let's cut 5 some slack, cause the Eagles have shown over the years that they could do a lot worse at the QB position.
  • all of these with exception of #1 are dead wrong, and #1 doesnt even have to do w/ him. he never called out anyone on his offense, he always shows appreciation for westbrook and even players that arent or werent that good like kevin curtis and todd pinkston. he wanted in the TO drama b/c it wasnt his fault at all, yet he ddint ask for it. his sideline antics r hilarious, he is a leader as westbrook recently said. mcnabb is one of the samrtest qb's in the league and everyone will have a stupid or bad play. reid is just a control freak. plus sometimes he doesnt have time to call audibles like in the skins game when lj lined up on the wrong side. he always from day 1 wanted to be a pocket passer. he knew that he would be praised as good great athlete instead of a great qb if all he did was wat vick or cunningham did. when he got hurt he wasnt immobile b/c he gained 40 lbs, it was b/c he was just coming off an acl. all the years prior to last year he was very mobile. this year he was also mobile. so like i sadi, all but #1 r wrong. i guess #6 is more of an opinion but thats about it
  • The whole list is my opinion. For example, I think Mcnabb had a responsibility to explain to his Mom that the team was trying to get into the playoffs and the backup QB really didn't need to hear all that crap.And I still think his response to injury has made him change his approach to the game with varying degrees of success.I wonder what effects that has had on the offense as a whole.
  • Lets see if brady plays the same way this year after a major injury?
  • like i said, some is opinion, but most is fact thats just wrong. the only aspect of his game that changed after his injury was he was going to throw the ball up to let his guys make plays like other qb's do. eventually we all saw our wr's arent good enough to do that
  • also, how much sense does this line make in number 10? "Got hurt,got scared,put on 40lbs of muscle and became immobile.Then said he wanted to prove he's a "pocket passer" despite his greatest asset being his mobility." So you're saying in one sentence that he became immobile and in the next sentence his greatest asset is his mobility?
  • I'm summing up the last ten years.He put on the weight because he felt it protected him from injury but it also made him less mobile.Shortly after, Mcnabb began talking about the "incorrect" assesment that he is a scrambling QB. I don't know why he thought that. His single greatest ability is making plays on the run. I will say that the Mcnabb of the past two seasons has been a well balanced one.
  • i have a problem with numbers 1,2,3,4,6,and 7. #1- You dont know his mother personnaly so you cant judge her and correct me if im wrong but i dont remember her ever saying "I dont want the team to win with Jeff Garcia" and lastly if you dont like his Mom that isnt a reason to dislike the man. #2- The guy has a right to be candid about it, the FO has been screwing him over for years by giving him the Todd Pinkstons of the world, and he never openly criticized a reciever that they had he just asked for more weapons, they are 2 different things. #3- What do you mean he never shows appreciation for Westbrook??? Dony you listen to the post-game prss conferences? When ever Westbrook makes a contribution he praises him. he says things like "Brian was a key to our success today" or something like that. #4- This is just a poor choice of words on your part. He doesnt "refuse" to run a hurry- up offense he just runs a bad one. But that is more the coaches fault then the Quarterback. #6- Unless you are on the sideline with Mcnabb than youhave no idea what he does on the side lines. thecamera probably shows about 10-20% of what players do on the sidelines. How do you that he isnt looking over plays When the camera is focused on the defense?#7- This kinda goes back to my previous point. Unless your in the locker room with Mcnabb than you have no idea what kind of leader he is. And as far as excuses correct me if im wrong but i have never heard him make an excuse for himself. Its always the fans that support that make the excuses for him. I think that everyone in that locker room looks up to Mcnabb. Didnt you hear westbrook on ESPN go to bat for Mcnabb and say that he DOES need more weapons and that he should get that new deal? So basically what im saying is your list has alot of flaws
  • No one forced his Mom to run her mouth to the media.When you make assinine public comments people are allowed to judge.I'm not judging her as a person, just what she said.As I stated above,Mcnabb should have seen this as detrimental to the team, but instead he used it as another oppurtunity to garner sympathy and boo-hooing from his biggest fans.Also, I don't see how you can take the constant belly aching for more WRs as anything other than "my WR corps is bulls*it." While it may be true, it is NOT in the interest of being a good team leader to make this statement over and over and over and over year after year after year.And the sideline stuff,well there must be a concerted effort on the part of every TV network to make him look like an a** because whenever I see other QBs on the sidelines they are usually doing something constructive with their time.
  • Well what is he supposed to do? comeout and speak out against his Mom just becausesome fans are unhappy about what she said? The comments she made are her own comments not Mcnabbs. And in terms of the weapons, Mcnabbs has done more good for the WRs than bad. Ok so he asked for some more playmakers, but that doesnt mean that he is a bad teammate. Is inviting your Recieving corps out to your camp in Arizona to give them an oppurtunity to make themselves better being a bad teammate? The guy wants to win and everyone knows (including the current WRs) that bringing a big name play maker in will acheive that. Im sure the WRs would be willing to drop a spot in the depth chart to win a super bowl. And I dont know about you but I do see Mcnabb looking at pictures of the defense just asmuch as other QBs and i see other QBs fool around justas much as Mcnabb does on the sidelines. Plus id rather have him cracking jokes with teammates and not studying plays than sitting on the other side of the bench alone not studying plays.
  • number 4 needs to be moved to number 1.. How many times has he drove us down the field with 2 minutes left? I cant think of one time! and dont forget 11. He always blames it on other people, never takes the heat on himself.
  • Zunky1 are you serious? When has he ever openly blamed someone else?
  • Blame is implied ever time he complains about who he has to play with.
  • i gotta agree with all of the reasons but he is a gr8 QB still. i know ur not hating on him but other people are retards and cant see u still support him but have a problem with his charactere we all do. everyone gets angry at him for the reasons listed. n if i was a WR i would be pissed at DMAC for calling me a bad WR. maybe the WR dont try to get open cause they have no faith in their QB. YO DMAC its called positive reinforcement.
  • Right.Bottom line: I don't care who the QB is (unless it's Vick) if he helps us win a superbowl. Mcnabb has some issues worthy of minor criticism on the field but he is still talented and a lot better than the majority of NFL QBs.I think he has some major issues with how he handles off field pressure and he should probably avoid the media all together.
  • Half of these things aren't true, You can't get 5 to shutup about how great B-West is. McNabb has never publicly said he wanted better receivers either.
  • You've got to be kidding about the WRs!! It's all he talks about every off season since T.O. left.
  • He says we need playmakers on all the phases of the team, but has never said anything about WR's... technically.
  • blaming one man for the faults of the whole team is ludicriss.positive reinforcement my arse,it is called constant nagging of one person! i have said many times that there are some things he could do better,but it is not all his fault,it is like talking to a freaking rock sometimes the more you talk,the more you realize no one is listening!!! go eagles!!!
  • noby said its all his fault but when reggie brown got here he looked capable of being a #1 WR but after years of hearing McNabb say he wants more playmakers also known as skill position players or WR, TE, n RB the team doesnt look to him for leadership he only gives a little support to BWEST cause if he doesnt he will get looked at as a jack@ss by the entire country i think DMAC is possibly the second best QB in the league ON the field but off he isnt a team leader
  • nobody*
  • i have to disagree ,i am glad you think he is one of the best qb's in the league because he is!! but people always put the blame on him and i mean always!!! just some more than others.i watched starting 11 all year when the season was in and i always when they showcased the eagles,seen him on the sideline trying to rally the troops,so please don't tell me he is not a leader,because he is!!he always compliments his team mates even the defense,i watch all of his press conferences and i hear him give accolades to westbrook,g-lew,r brown,kevin curtis and even l.j. smith and the defense!!! where i work we deal with alot of the public and when the whole staff screws up they only blame one person and that person is me,because i have been there for 16yrs. i am always the scapegoat no matter what happens!!! so i know how he feels!!! so what i am saying just give the man some slack,he can't be the only one to blame and he can't be the only one who gets the accolades that is why it is called a team sport!!! just for once give the man some love and let him know you appreciate him!!!
  • i never put all the teams failures on DMAC but he isnt a team leader the last person he tried to "rally" was TO in the Dallas game after the game at PIT with the sideline bull. i dont know what player ur watching trying "rally the troops" but it was probably DAWK he even went onto the field during a timeout to get the offense going. he never gives respect to g-lew, reggie brown or curtis the best he says is he played good. but he never owns uo to throwing in the ground or over everybodys head. if he hit our wr in stride they can break the big plays look back at the Detroit game or either cowboys game this year. and as for giving respect to the d he needs to because they have carried the team his entire stay in philly when our d isnt top 10 we have a sh*ty year.
  • The most important non-statistical thing is that he still gives the Eagles the best chance to win games and that's what it is all about.
  • And that's all that counts.
  • If you have been around long enough, I have always said that McNabb gives the Eagles the best chance to win. Doesn't mean I have to like Philly to have respect for a football player, unlike some on here. Have I ever said anything bad about him? Sure, I have, but only in rebuttal for some boneheaded statement that someone else put out there. I have a lot of respect for him as a football player. He's done a lot in Philly. No, he hasn't brought home a trophy, but it doesn't mean he hasn't given it his best shot and I DO respect that part.
  • that is because the coach doesen't practice it,for him to get into the rythym of running a two minute drill ,just ask runyon!!
  • I agree his mom should stay out of his business. (football) I also think he needs to call some of his own plays.
    If he did, I think more fans would consider him a better leader. He is talented, but I think Reid has him handcuffed and has lost some of his desire to be creative.
  • AWESOME LIST THIS LIST IS THE PERFECT 10. THIS IS WHY YOU ARE THE #1 BLOGGER.
  • This post is useless.
  • Wow! Not one person called you a Hater!
    4,5,6,and 9- I'm with ya! The rest ...you're just being a...disliker? lol
  • Wonder what the new anti mcnabb article will be today? Thanks for summing up the true negadelphian argument....Looking way to much into everything that does not matter...Keep listening to 610 to get your talking points!
  • What offends me about your comment is that I don't even get 610 where I live.
  • So who would you rather have as the quarterback?
  • No one we have right now.I am forced to agree that Mcnabb is the best current option.I'm disappointed with Reid's selection of Kolb as the future(?) QB.
  • Another thing, I don't know what ethnic background you are, but me as being a black american, myself and many others tend to use the phrase of black on black crime for many situations, some probably out of context, but that being said when some blacks get mistreated or dissed, or abused by another black person we sometimes say that could be black on bladk crime. (like i said could be out of context but we say it sometimes). The funny thing to me was that more whites were offended by what his dad said then most blacks were, maybe cause we hear and use that term alot more than you think!!!
  • It wasn't offensive as a racial remark in and of itself.But that term is generally used to describe societal problems that go way beyond a quarrel between two pro athletes.What "crime" was committed?It was foolish and just plain ignorant to describe the situation that way.
  • Meatgoat I feel for you man these are a portion of the Eagles faithful. You, Eagles77, and others are a portion also. I like the way you bring up a provacative post then responding respectfully and eloquent even when derided. I'm learning from you sir. How do you do it and be calm in rebuttal?
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