The Linc - Was McNabb Benched For Not Wearing A Playcalling Wristband?
by JasonB on May 13, 2011 6:00 AM EDT
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the Sports Junkies are reporting through unnamed sources, who Lavar Arrington also validated through his sources (wait, they all work for the same radio station), that McNabb refused to wear a play-calling wristband:
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Can’t be true.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
by Mikesta on May 13, 2011 8:19 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
But its McNabb
I don’t think that’s a valid counter argument when McNabb is involved. He’s a magnet for the kind of dramas that are “just so silly”.
I almost posted the McNabb thing yesterday, but it seemed like one of those things where the story was going to change 30 times, and I really just didn’t feel like getting invested in it since he’s done in DC anyway. I really do love having the the Redskins in the NFC East though. Their unintentional comedy level is always high – They’re kind of like the Road House of football.
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I'm pro-owner
but that’s only because I’m more jealous of the athletes than I am of the owners, so maybe I’m not a good example…
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Bear Bryant
I’m pro-owner too. Right now, my primary reason for that is the players are trying to use the courts to force what they want.
Eagles next starting QB: "East-West Shrine Game Legend" Mike Kafka
Flyers: Sigh
Phillies:Gah enough with the injuries!.
If only we knew
That’s the reason people are pro-owners. We don’t know what the players want, they haven’t countered any of the offers or put their demands on the table. They said no to an 18-game season, got it, and it didn’t even phase them or make them sit down at the table longer.
All we do know is that the players are waiting for every court ruling to go their way until the Owners lay a golden egg for them.
“If only we knew” indeed. That’s exactly it. You know why we don’t know what the players are “demanding?” Because they aren’t “demanding” anything. This is not a strike. They were perfectly happy with the old agreement.
I think you’re forgetting one major point – The owners locked out the players.
The owners opted out of the old CBA 2 years ago (which was their right, I’m not going to hammer them for that), but after 2 years, they decided not to put an offer on the table until literally hours before the players’ deadline to de-certify. The players, by going through the courts, are merely reacting to the absurd tactics set in place by the owners.
To clarify, I’m not saying anyone should be “pro-player” by any means. I’m certainly not “pro-player.” But I find it mind-boggling that anyone can possibly approve of what the owners have done over the course of the last 5 months or so.
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by JimmyK on May 13, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
The owners certainly didn’t help themselves by more or less planning for a lockout with those TV contracts they made that guaranteed a several billion dollar loan from the networks in the event of a work stoppage. Don’t forget either that the owners dragged their feet in that initial round of talks. They didn’t show up. They were late. They sometimes didn’t even have a single owner in the room. It was only at the 11th hour that they showed up.
My problem with the owners is they signed a contract they didn’t like last time over the apparently prescient warnings of Mike Brown and Ralph Wilson. Then they decided they had somehow been hoodwinked – hoodwinked I say! – and have now come back not with an interest in getting a new deal but in “taking back our league.” You see that attitude with owners like Jerry Jones and Jerry Richardson. I think the owners have some valid points, but I think their valid points pale in comparison with the points the players have made. It also doesn’t help that at times, the owners have been extremely disingenuous with regards to projections for how much money the league will make in the next 5 years.
The bottom line is this: the players are trying to get the most money they can, the owners are trying to get the most money they can, and in the meantime nobody is actually representing my interests.
Let the beasting begin.
by TransplantedFan on May 13, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
If the premise of supporting the players is that the owners opted out of the current contract, I don’t really buy it. They had the right to opt out, it was something the players agreed to in the last CBA.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate both sides, but just because the owners opted out, doesn’t give the player’s the right to “cold shoulder” an offer that included a 16 game season. At some point, both sides have to make offers and meet in the middle. Right now it’s the players who are not trying to do that.
They didn’t “cold shoulder” anything. They barely had time to read the freaking thing before the deadline expired.
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Don't forget
Many owners skipped out of the initial negotiation sessions. And others (Jerry!) huffed out in a hissy-fit. If anyone was “cold shoulder”ing it was them. If they showed up, to be real adults about it, maybe they’d be able to get a proposal written with enough time for the players reps to look it over before the deadline. Instead they just wasted time and began the PR posturing.
Who is this Hopkins guy anyway ...
I am so sick of hearing about “black quarterbacks” … McNabb isnt black enough?!?!? … This Hopkins guy is an asshole… I dont hear anyone going around in the media saying Peyton Manning isnt white enough … or Tom Brady isnt Irish enough (or whatever he is) … is it me?!?! … maybe its me … i dont know.
by thePurpleLion on May 13, 2011 9:17 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
rofl
“I don’t understand why I need to know the playcall. Even if I DID understand what it was, I wouldn’t be able to make the throw anyway”
I would like to thank my hands for being so great, for allowing me to type this post.
by corn on the kolb on May 13, 2011 9:28 AM EDT reply actions
I wish McNabb would just retire.
His legacy was already tainted in Washington. I’d rather him go out as the multi-time probowl QB of the Eagles than as the guy who couldn’t play once he left Andy Reid, got shuttled around to DC, Minnesota, and Seattle before retiring because he couldn’t find a job.
Donovan was an amazing QB for us, but he never quite got the hang of quitting while he was ahead.
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or McNabb can stay in the league for a few more years and make anywhere from 5 -10 million.
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She passed wind, excused herself, and sponged off in the corner as I sat dazed and confused...
I can’t speak for DSmith but the reason I thought of it is because I don’t see a long term fit anymore for McNabb. Everybody thought it was Minny but I don’t know if he would want to go there when he knows he won’t be there long. Maybe Miami? Then again they suck at evaluating QBs so maybe they won’t even look at him.
I'm guessing we'll all forget eventually.
Nobody remembers that Unitas finished his career with the Chargers.
by Tracer Bullet on May 13, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
he got you there… lol
But, I’d rather that, than see McNabb get resigned and continue to fail miserably here.
Thanks Donny, hope you find a championship on Dancing with the Stars or something.
I would like to thank my hands for being so great, for allowing me to type this post.
by corn on the kolb on May 13, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
lolredskins
i can’t believe I’m the first
by Get Jackson a better nickname on May 13, 2011 10:19 AM EDT reply actions
And I love that he kinda/sorta presents the re-mock as an original idea, as if literally hundreds of other hacks haven’t been doing them for years.
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Yeah, I wonder if he even had a clue about some of the players. I could understand if he put Bunk in the 2nd or maybe the 3rd but the 7th? come on son
I’ve said it a million times, and I’ll say it again – It’s utterly impossible to write a piece on all 32 times without looking like an asshole to at least one fan base. 100% impossible. There’s just no way, even if it’s your job, that you can know all 32 teams as intimately as the fans of those teams. 4-5 teams? Definitely possible. 5-10? Eh, starts to get really difficult. 10-20? No way. But thirty-freaking-two? Impossible.
But there are different levels of how bad you can look. If Really were to do nothing more than google Bunk, he could have seen in 20 seconds that he’s been a starter for every year other than his rookie year. And there are 200-some players that are better from that ONE YEAR of draft prospects? I’ve been a football quasi-writer for like a year, and I’ve already figured out that once you try to write about something that’s outside your wheelhouse, it’s going to be junk. Reilly has been a writer for decades. How has he not figured that out by now?
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Well, I’m guessing his re-do mock drafts get a million views and generate a ton of discussion, which is probably the main goal of his articles. Even if most of the discussion is negative.
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Ridiculous
I have pointed out is other forums, Brady, P. Manning and Vick have all worn play call wristbands at some time or another. To think that McNabb would refuse to wear one for fear of being called dumb and then being benched for doing so is ridiculous. Brady and Manning are two of the most cerebral QBs in the league. I am pretty sure Warned wore one as well.
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When has McNabb not been over sensitive about issues like this? He takes his intelligence very seriously as much as he didn’t want to run on plays because he didn’t want to be labeled a mobile QB. Former players like Ike Reece have said before that McNabb didn’t want to wear the arm band and at the same time would call the wrong plays in the huddle or forget them entirely forcing him to use time outs. I don’t think its out of the realm of possibility that half the delay of game penlites or the time it took for the Eagles to use plays was McNabb and him not remembering the plays.
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the comments of the skins board about this are great!
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