Celek and Jackson were so inspired they used every word possible to say how happy they are with Kolb without actually saying it

sometimes it comes off like a forced sales pitch

It’s better than no effort at all, which is why I could still side with McNabb over T.O. or any number of thugs we didn’t draft, but the way I explain it to non-Philly fans is he’s like A-Rod. He tries so hard to come off looking good that there’s something about it that’s just not kosher. Whereas like Jeter, he seems like he’s just being himself and it all comes off legit. Maybe some people just have the knack and some don’t, but McNabb, whenever he was asked a question, you could see the hitch in his reply, “well, you know, [official good-teammate BS].”

Again, it’s a minor complaint. I’d rather root for A-Rod than Albert Belle, but we all kind of hope for Jeters. Brian Dawkins, his act never came off forced.

Dawk is the counter argument to anyone who says Philly doesn’t love its athletes. A lot of us would jump in front of a bus for that guy.

I could believe the first three, but it got ridiculous after that. I laughed so hard on the dunlap one haha.

I bought the “friend of mine works at The Post” line at the beginning.

The Post definitely would have printed those.

If Shanahan wants to spare McNabb’s feelings, he should have the Skins introduced as a team when they come to the Linc.

I back this.

I’ve had the feeling McNabb keeps this thing going with Philly to avoid a potential boo-fest when he returns to Philly. It’s like, he broke up with the girl but still wants to be friends.

He thinks about it too much. But again, the effort is there … it’s better than the alternative.

News like this will thankfully disappear when camp starts for the Skins in 2 days…then we can return to Haynesworth 24/7 coverage down here. ugh

Thursday is going to be a swarm. A madhouse. Big Al can squash this easy, by showing up in shape, saying Shanahan is the boss and I’m falling in line, and then keeping quiet.

Chances are highly unlikely, and as Eagles fans we hope for maximum debacle … but he really does hold the cards. Imagine if he just came in and blew up the middle for you guys the 65% of the snaps he plays. Would be nice, no?

He was asked a question and at least he didnt give a plain vanilla Andy Reid type answer. His words didnt seem too self-praising to me. I always enjoy hearing what Eagles greats have to say. And he was one of our best.

P.S. Man does that look weird having “plain vanilla” and “Andy Reid” typed out right next to each other above. We all know Andy is a Chunky Monkey type of guy.

I don’t see anything in that quote that suggest he was trying to overly kiss his own ass. Nothing wrong with that one. To me, the fact that he says he is ‘classy’ and legitimately acts that way is really cool. So many guys say things like this because of their huge egos. McNabb can say it because its true.

… if his worst crime in 11 seasons was trying to be media savvy and failing, I’ll take that.

I prefer a genuine-sounding athlete too. But McNabb’s non-knack for answering questions seems like an extreme thing to hate him for. That’s my view, anyway.

You have no credibility on this issue.