McNabb And this Weeks Game

by NickPampani on Sep 14, 2009 3:59 PM EDT

OK so we all know about the injury this weekend and the unpunished late hit. We all know that the "cracked" rib is now "fully Broken." This could be good because as Big Red said, you dont want to injure something worse and with this injury it cant get worse "that suckers broken." this means that if McNabb plays he cant get injured more. so it comes down to how well he can play with the injury and how well we can protect him.

So weather or not MicNabb can play hinges on a few things...... First is how bad his injury is. Second is his protection in the game. and the last thing is the team were playing and would our back-up cut it.

Lets start off with the injury. Bad yes can it get worse not likely. Furthermore He has played hurt before. Like Andy Reid said "McNabb has a linebackers mentality" he has played with injuries before and done it well. weather its his ribs, groin of leg he has played smart and well. The key is Smart though. He could sit there and use his legs to make time and make sure he wont take any unnecessary hits.

Now protection. I was overall very happy with hoe the line played together. Jason Peters played like he did two years ago and McNabb had PLENTY of time. and thats against the panthers Not the saints. the panthers are alot more aggressive and will put more pressure than the offensive oriented team like the saints.

That leads us into weather Kolb would cut it. if this was going to be a defensive game i would put some faith in Kolb but its not. The Saints score big, often and early and Kolb i do not trust to keep up. and since i dont feel McNabb will be rushed as much i would be pressed to take my chances with #5.

Now Andy Reid said Kolb will be practicing with the first team as they evaluate McNabb. This could go either way. this vary easily could be a ploy to throw the saints off but i tend to believe Reid knows that this will be a tough game and we need all the starters we can get. And then to add to that McNabbs toughness i feel we could atleast see McNabb playing a bit on sunday.

What are your thoughts?

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nope..

sit him this week… i think we can afford to lose this game.. let him come back week 3 strong and almost a 100 percent

by bclancy15 on Sep 14, 2009 4:11 PM EDT reply actions

i think we can afford to lose this game.

Nope. This isn’t baseball.

Bye, Big Stew and JJ :(

by JimmyK on Sep 14, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I would rather have McNabb healthy for the rest of the season. You play him on Sunday and people will be out for him, he gets hit, his ribs get worse… we lose him for more than just one game. I think we should sit him for at least a game so he can heal. Don’t get me wrong, I would rather have McNabb in OBVIOUSLY but would you rather he get hurt worse and be out the rest of the season, relying on Kolb? Eh, not to rain on Kolbs parade but we have too many weapons and too good of a defense to not make the playoffs because our QB is out. We had an amazing offseason with the draft and trades, you dont want them going to waste.

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt

by Eaglesgrl5 on Sep 14, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

Hahaha I agree with Bye Dawk…. we can’t "afford " to loose any game unless we’re already heading to the playoffs and resting the starters. We need to win.

Gonna miss Dawk a WHOLE lot next year..

by xEdge_Camx on Sep 14, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions

the point is, if you get McNabb hurt worse, he won’t be playing in any games (less games) and we’ll lose even more games!

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt

by Eaglesgrl5 on Sep 14, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Broken ribs CAN get worse

From The Mayo Clinic

Many broken ribs are merely cracked. While still painful, cracked ribs aren’t as potentially dangerous as ribs that have been broken into two or more pieces. In these situations, a jagged piece of bone could damage major blood vessels or internal organs.

Also, Whenever you favor an injury, you open yourself up to other injuries. Trying to protect them when going down, he could damage a wrist, elbow, or shoulder. Changing his throwing motion to compensate for discomfort could damage ligaments.

Sit himn for the next two game sand start him fresh after the bye.

I bleed green and I piss silver and blue

by oldasquick on Sep 14, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions

This is all about McNabb's pain tolerance

And I’ll bet anything he wants to play and tries to play this week. The question becomes does Big Red take the long view and hold him out.

I hate to play it too safe because I’d love to beat the Saints (not to mention conference wins are a key tiebreaker in the playoff chase), but I think the sitting him the next few weeks and having him 100% when the schedule gets really brutal midseason is wise.

Plus we should be riding high from Week 1. I’d love to see another game like Sunday’s on defense and special teams.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Sep 14, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions