I love Sheldon Brown and if there were one person on this planet that I would expect to be brutally honest it would be him. The MSM is bored and needs to stir up controversy, the rational people in this world understand this and don’t get caught up in the hype.

Brown is right though, McNabb shouldn’t need to and doesn’t have to defend himself.

Donovan doesn’t owe the media an explanation for every little thing he does. He doesn’t need to defend himself after every game or justify every quote.

Agreed, but you have to admit, it’s got to be tough to hear some of the things he hears and not respond. If it were me I’d personally be calling up John Gonzalez with death threats. Don’s pretty good about it most of the time, but should definitely let a lot of other stuff go. Gotta be tough though…

as the only black quarterback who has stayed on a team and has been a top rated quarterback for the last decade in a city where we over-use tough love. a team riddled with controversy with the TO ordeal and who hasnt won the big one. I think he has treated everything well- how often is there something positive in the news about the guy. Sheldons got a point but there arent many stand up guys getting this much negitive attention in the NFL

MeanGreen5 agrees with Ajay

Just noted this from the article:

“He [Sheldon] said he has no clue how many years he has on his own contract…”

Haha, this guy cracks me up!

thats typical Sheldon- He literally does not give a damn
you know what he says is true, so McNabb still has the locer room in his corner
brutaly honest

he’s not in the newspaper every day…sheldon’s a class act…but not the face of a franchise or a city’s superstar…so he can give out advice all day…mcnabb…you don’t owe the media nothing…easy for #24 to say….

if mcnabb doesn’t ‘take the bait,’ if mcnabb doesn’t ‘defend himself’……

THE MEDIA AND THE FANS WILL KILL HIM MORE THAN THEY ALREADY DO

And Jason, another excellent post.

But I disagree with the “all that matters is the teammates respect and the fans” because that isn’t the case with mcnabb.

Since 1999 – which teammates have ‘questioned’ McNabb’s leadership in the locker room? Who? (Terrell Owens…last time I checked…he’s lost 2 playoff games in Dallas and won zero)

He has always been the unquestioned leader of this team.

And he has reiterated that to the media time and time again….but that has NEVER been good enough for the fans. NEVER

Teammates from a disgruntled Lito Sheppard to an oft-injured all-pro brian westbrook to an out of football mcnabb-made pro bowler Chad Lewis…have SUNG MCNABB’S PRAISES FOREVER.

But that doesn’t matter to the media. Or the fans. It really doesn’t. Or we wouldn’t be having these non-stories come up every day in the off-season. Heck, during the season for that matter.

If McNabb doesn’t talk, if he continually only ‘takes the high road,’ – it will never be good enough

The same media that criticize his post-game comments about his contract (after pressing him to answer whether or not he is happy, wants to be in Philadelphia, etc.) will be the same media that criticize him for ‘avoiding questions,’ or ‘hiding his discomfort.’

McNabb, until he wins a ring, is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.

And b/c McNabb is a stand-up guy…he’s not going to go down or get slammed for being “damned if he doesn’t.”

PLEASE GIVE US A RING #5. This will all go away…..

i cant stop thinking of the Reggie Bush Hit by Sheldon Brown, and when Sheldon Brown Jacked Up Steven Jackson that was good to

that is awesom that he would stik up 4 mcnabb like that