McNabb on NFL Network, NFL Live, SportsCenter, etc.

[Feva]

they all had ILL Defense's that caused turnovers and dominated.  OH and a RUNNING GAME to take time off the clock!

[IGY] None of that matters dook... it was all on the QB's. [/IGY]

[LBIggle]

and it's not even the official off season yet.  woo hoo.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

[PhillyPhreak54]

Brown: That McNabb-T.O. scrap nearly did get physical

Daily News Staff Report

Sheldon Brown remembers that game when Donovan McNabb says his relationship with exiled receiver Terrell Owens went sour.

The Eagles cornerback told the panel yesterday on Comcast SportsNet's "Daily News Live" that if teammates had not intervened, the two might have come to blows.

As the quarterback recalled in an ESPN interview this week, he and Owens argued during the Eagles' win over the Giants on Nov. 28, 2004. McNabb had thrown an incomplete pass toward Brian Westbrook, Owens returned to the huddle and squawked that he was open, and the spat continued into the locker room.

Rumors surfaced that McNabb and Owens nearly began duking it out that day.

"There was not a physical confrontation, because players did not allow that to happen," Brown told the panel. And Brown didn't necessarily take McNabb's side.

"The thing was, Terrell felt disrespected as a man out on the football field, because it happened in front of his peers and other teammates. The bottom line is if [McNabb] wouldn't have made the comment he made the other day, we wouldn't be talking about this, so he's bringing it upon himself.

"It should be over with," Brown said. "[McNabb] should be ready to move on to 2006 and helping the team go to the playoffs."

As McNabb elaborated in the ESPN interview, Owens supposedly came back to the huddle after the incomplete pass and said: " 'Hey, I was open, throw the ball!' Me, being into the game, [I said], 'Hey, get in the huddle man.' In different words, obviously. He continued to talk about how he was open, throw the ball." It wouldn't end and McNabb said, "That led to us talking in the locker room."

That was the big question for Brown. If teammates hadn't intervened, would that locker-room "talk" had ended in fisticuffs?

Brown paused for a second, thought about his answer, chuckled nervously and said, "Probably so."

And what of McNabb's alleged leadership shortcomings?

"I think that's a bunch of baloney, because I think the best leadership quality you could have is the way you perform. The way you perform means more than anything you could say."

Interestingly, if T.O. puts Brown on his resume as a reference for another team, it would be mixed.

"He would be a great teammate as to what he brings to a football field, but there are going to be some guys who are going to be uncomfortable being around him in the locker room, may not feel comfortable talking to the guy," Brown told the panel. "If they can handle that, then that's fine and dandy. But if you really want everyone to be of the same accord as one team, then it eventually will be a problem."

As a general manager, would he steer clear of him? "It all depends," Brown said. He laughed and added, "If you're trying to sell jerseys, sell tickets, make a lot of money, I would probably try it."

Meanwhile, in Denver, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen told the Denver Post that his team has not ruled out the possibility of signing Owens. Several Broncos veterans recently met to discuss the team's pursuit of Owens. The consensus was that it is a good idea because the team has enough veterans to keep the disruptive star in check.

[pinoyboy2pt0]

5 is going to slaughter someone.  It's always the quiet ones.

I would have taken Don in that brew-haha

[ice grillin you]

TO is an effin a-hole

donovan is not a leader off the field

donovan needs to shut the hell up about all this

TO would have smashed donovan in his face and stabbed his brain with his nose bone


yep

[hunt]

sheldon ripped mcnabb to shreds on dnl & pretty much said he's a bitch. 

[PhillyGirl]

No, he didn't hunt. 

[hunt]

he sure did.  i watched the entire interview live & he was very critical of mcnabb.

[ice grillin you]

sheldon ripped mcnabb to shreds on dnl & pretty much said he's a bitch.

pretty much hes saying yeah you a bitch...which everyone knows anyway...but please throw lots of touchdowns passes when youre playing...oh and RUN THE BALL!...if you do that and win a superbowl it doesnt matter how bitchmade you are


sheldon got a man in him (no homo)...team needs more of that...

[Beermonkey]

5 is going to slaughter someone.  It's always the quiet ones.

I would have taken Don in that brew-haha

I disagree, I think TO would have bitch-slapped him. TO has crazy retard-strength.

[SD_Eagle5]

5 is going to slaughter someone.  It's always the quiet ones.

I would have taken Don in that brew-haha

Nah man, as hunt mentioned before, TO has that whole retard strength (BM just mentioned it too) going for him.

Here's a good question: Where was all this 'McNabb is not a leader' talk last season? Convenient that this comes up now. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Here's a good question: Where was all this 'McNabb is not a leader' talk last season? Convenient that this comes up now. 

That's BS.  Plenty of people were questioning his leadership after watching how he was running the "hurry up" offense at the end of the Super Bowl.  Down two scores with 5 minutes to go, and they're huddling up.  Unacceptable.

[hunt]

i'm not sure what you mean by convenient that it comes up now.    but i think it's coming up in the media now because of hugh's comments.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I think he's saying that the Eagles finally threw up a complete stinker of a season in which McNabb was never healthy or looked to be particularly dominant, and this is the *first* time anyone's questioning his leadership.

The problem with that is that this is not the first time.