Donovan McNabb

[PhillyPhreak54]

I was shocked that Reid pulled the plug on him yesterday. He certainly deserved to get some bench, but Reid should have told him himself.

And Donovan should absolutely be the QB on Thursday and the rest of the season. Hopefully the smack in the face he took yesterday will shake him out of his funk.

The real culprit here is Reid.

When he put Kolb in, against a defense like the Ravens no less, he pulled the SAME shtein as he does with McNabb...he made him throw like crazy. Run the ball and take pressure off the kid. But no, Andy put him out there coated in blood and raw meat and lets the wolves eat him alive.

Andy needs to go.

Hire Spagnuolo, keep Johnson as the DC and keep McNabb as the QB.

[Wingspan]

I don't get why anyone cares whether Reid told McNabb about the benching or not.

Are the same people that complain that he's been coddled his whole career, are now complaining that he didn't get special treatment?

I don't care who told McNabb he was benched...it was needed. Unfortunately you can't bench a head coach for a week too. The team is disgusting from top to bottom.

This team lost me yesterday...not for the benching (deserved)...and not for the playcalling (terrible)...but for the complete lack of team effort in the 2nd half. Once McNabb was benched the entire team gave up. That was inexcuseable and embarassing.

farg the entire roster.

[Butchers Bill]

Cower for coach!!

No thanks.

There has never, in the history of the NFL, been a coach to win a Super Bowl with one team, leave, and then win it with another.  Holmgren came close, as did Vermeil and Parcells, but no coach has ever won a SB with two different organizations.

I wouldn't mind seeing Fox from Carolina.

[rjs246]

Are the same people that complain that he's been coddled his whole career, are now complaining that he didn't get special treatment?

No. Both actions are bush league. Coddling a player for his entire career is laughable. Coddling him for his entire career and then benching him without even speaking directly to the man is a farging joke as well.

[Wingspan]

Are the same people that complain that he's been coddled his whole career, are now complaining that he didn't get special treatment?

No. Both actions are bush league. Coddling a player for his entire career is laughable. Coddling him for his entire career and then benching him without even speaking directly to the man is a farging joke as well.

So basically the answer to my question is "Yes"

This is not a top flight organization...it never was. This is the Philadelphia Eagles. The team that once gave a coach a "lifetime contract"...that promoted Rich Kotite over Jeff Fisher....that stuck with Ray Rhodes "for just one more year" after 6-9-1 instead of hiring Gruden...that players have bolted through their history...or have been embarassed to wear the logo on the sidelines (see Cunningham after he was benched).

This team is littered with 76 years of bad decisions...backstabbing players...horrible drafts...and ripping off fans. I can't think of any reason as to what would have led you to a different conclusion.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Hire Spagnuolo, keep Johnson as the DC and keep McNabb as the QB.

Sure
No
Meh


Why the hell would you hire Spagnuolo but keep old man Johnson?  Let Spagnuolo bring in some new blood.  Don't fall in love with keeping Donovan.  This team's going to go into all-out rebuilding mode soon, and you don't do that with an aging, expensive QB.

[SD_Eagle5]

I wanted Kolb to start the rest of the season because he gives us the chance to get the lowest draft pick and they might as well see what they got. Thursday is going to be ugly, not only on the field, but the boo's cascading down from the crowd. Happy Thanksgiving.

[rjs246]

Two teams that cannot run the ball to save their lives battling it out in an environment that is hostile towards both teams... Now that is Philadelphia football.

[Rome]

Jim Johnson's defense is about as antiquated as Reid's chuck & duck philosophy is stupid.

Fire everyone and start the hell over.  Enough dilly-dallying already.

PS: LOL @ Reid starting Donovan on a night when the fans are going to be drunk as balls and literally screaming for blood.  What a POS.

[hunt]

turkey dinner = more pregame yawns for #5

[Rome]

lmao

[PhillyPhreak54]

Spagnuolo runs the same defense as Johnson for the most part. Obviously it is a little different, but the same philosophy. So keeping him as the DC makes sense to me. Unless Spags would promote a guy like McDermott to run the exact scheme that he does. I'd be fine with that too.

I just want Reid gone. Thanks for 10 years, now get.

As for keeping McNabb...it makes sense to keep him and let him have a go with a new head coach.

He will likely be gone...and think about what he is going to do in Minnesota or Chicago next year with a team that has Peterson/Taylor or Forte and a commitment to the run.

[Rome]

Remember the last time the Eagles went with a new head coach and the veteran quarterback balked at the move?

Good times.

[Father Demon]

I really, really wish I could go to the game Thursday.

[rjs246]

I really, really wish I could sew about 7 middle fingers onto each of my hands and go to the game on Thursday.