Donovan Speaks

[StevieLeftCollege]

Hes fine on the field rjs, its off the field.

[Beermonkey]

Hes fine on the field rjs, its off the field.

What's he done off the field? This guy has been unfairly attacked from every conceivable angle &  the harshest thing he's said is "keep my name out of your mouth". I've never seen him angry, combative or disrespectful, yet fans keep trying to drag him down.

If people want to criticize his play, great, there's a lot to talk about.  But trying turn aspects of his play into some kind of social/racial issue has become the ticket to media notoriety.

[StevieLeftCollege]

Hes fine on the field rjs, its off the field.

What's he done off the field? This guy has been unfairly attacked from every conceivable angle &  the harshest thing he's said is "keep my name out of your mouth". I've never seen him angry, combative or disrespectful, yet fans keep trying to drag him down.

If people want to criticize his play, great, there's a lot to talk about.  But trying turn aspects of his play into some kind of social/racial issue has become the ticket to media notoriety.

The line within the last month about people who dont go along with him and the FO getting fired.  That speaks volumes.  Hes a pretty stand up guy and great QB but dont you think he getting babied along by Reid?  They do all the dirty work while he just sits there. 

[rjs246]

I don't think that, and I think it's a pretty ignorant assumption based on speculation and a lack of evidence.

[rjs246]

Like beermonkey said, I think there's a whole hell of a lot more to talk about with McNabb ON the field, than off.

On the field he's a leader who for several years took an offense with nothing and made it work, but he's got a ton of faults as a QB. Inaccuracy, inability (or unwillingness) to run when there is wide open field in front of him, a lackadaisical approach to late-game situations, blah blah blah. Off the field the guy is a role model who has never said a bad thing about his team, his teammates or anyone else.

If players on the team can't respect that then they are punks. Period. Too young and too rich and too full of themselves to know how lucky they are to have a guy like him as their teammate and leader.

[Beermonkey]

The line within the last month about people who dont go along with him and the FO getting fired.  That speaks volumes.  Hes a pretty stand up guy and great QB but dont you think he getting babied along by Reid?  They do all the dirty work while he just sits there. 

You mean this one?

Q: Are you amazed at some of the things said about you?

A: "I am. We were laughing and joking about it a couple of days ago. It seems like everybody who seems to take a shot at me either loses their job (laughing) or more things are found out about them that they don't want people to know. So (laughing), I think now people are hesitant about bringing my name out of their mouth now. Hey, I tried to tell them ..But you know what? We can sit back and laugh about that but it doesn't have to be like that."

If so, I think you're drinking too many car bombs & are taking it way out of context.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Even if what Donovan said was malicious then shouldn't he get a free pass? I mean, that would be the first ridiculous remark that the guy has made in his tenure in Philadelphia. Contrary to what some other players have done and said I'd say that one stupid comment in 7 years doesn't make him a bad person.

And so what if he's "babied" by Reid? Peyton is babied. Brady is babied as well as other star players.

But I do not believe that is the case. It appears as if he's babied because he doesn't bite on the controversial stuff. He just lets it go most of the time. Thats the way the guy is and I cannot fault the guy for being like that.

[fansince61]

And so what if he's "babied" by Reid? Peyton is babied. Brady is babied as well as other star players.

Being babied is good...remember "life is uncertain..eat desert first"

[ice grillin you]

mcnabb is too nice...and thats the problem...he lacks something inside that can take him from very good/great player to a special player

[Diomedes]

He's just not hard.  Never was, never will be.  Peyton is pretty hard at times.  You're a Colt, you know who's boss.  Doens't mean he acts like it all day, but you understand the situation.  It may be similar with the Eagles--obviously it's McNabb's team--but its certainly not because Donovan ever smacks a bitch.

[Feva]

mcnabb is too nice...and thats the problem...he lacks something inside that can take him from very good/great player to a special player

Yet... you're one of the main people who screamed about getting rid of T.O.  He wasn't nice at all.  He was infact, the opposite of nice.  He was a farging icehole this year.  That didn't make you happy?

[ice grillin you]

Yet... you're one of the main people who screamed about getting rid of T.O.  He wasn't nice at all.  He was infact, the opposite of nice.  He was a farging icehole this year.  That didn't make you happy?

TO has everything mcnabb needs but unfortunatley he also has a lot of what no one wants

mcnabb is the better human being TO is the better pro athlete...in a nut shell their difference can be summed up with TO doing the ray lewis dance and mcnabb doing the michael jackson dance

[General_Failure]

The age-old murder vs molestation debate.

[ice grillin you]

pretty much

i mean do you want someone on your team killing the opponent or tickling them

[General_Failure]

I'd rather all the murderers be on the defense. Get Simatickler outta here.