Yahoo Sports: Reid Wanted McNabb - Shakedown Howie and Joey B Wanted Kolb

[PhillyPhreak54]

He wasn't respected from day one.

Care to dispute that?

[SunMo]

yeah, the farging standing ovations he got every single time he was introduced will refute that pretty much

and the fact that you honestly believe that is what's so ridiculous.  after the dirty 30 bullshtein, he was looked upon as the savior, the man to finally win a Super Bowl...AND HE BLEW IT.

iverson, lindros, mcnabb...all the "next" ones and none of them got it done.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Who disrespected him?

Cataldi and the dirty thirty
Rush Limbaugh
T.O.

He always perceived that he was being more disrespected than he was.

[Drunkmasterflex]

yeah, the farging standing ovations he got every single time he was introduced will refute that pretty much

Not to mention all the 5 jerseys in the stands. 

[phillymic2000]

He wasn't respected from day one.

Care to dispute that?

puff puff pass man!!

[PhillyPhreak54]

yeah, the farging standing ovations he got every single time he was introduced will refute that pretty much

and the fact that you honestly believe that is what's so ridiculous.  after the dirty 30 bullshtein, he was looked upon as the savior, the man to finally win a Super Bowl...AND HE BLEW IT.

iverson, lindros, mcnabb...all the "next" ones and none of them got it done.

He had a part in blowing it, but he did not do it by himself. That's what grates on me the most. That the blame lies on his shoulders the most when in fact it was not entirely his fault.

Spare me the standing ovations and 5 jersey sales crap. The media and a lot of people hated the guy from jump street.

Why the cries for leadership and the ridiculous obsession with vocal leadership?

Why the pot shots about his zipped up PCs?

Why the man love and obsession and the want to keep Garcia over him because that old sonofabitch was fiery?

He was overwhelmingly under appreciated in this city and it sucks.

People got all worked up over stupid shtein and it sounded petty...oh his mom says this, oh he said that, oh mygod donovan won't have a good press conference.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

And he's going to be booed like hell when he comes back.

[SunMo]

this is just subject you can't discuss rationally...it's a shame

when you say "spare me the standing ovations and jersey sales", the absolute proof that he was loved and appreciated and then go on to rant about minor little things that happened over 11 years..it just shows you want everything to fit your agenda.

[MDS]

5 got no less hate than any non-other wordly qb has gotten

its been the to drama and rush limbaugh stuff that has been so upfront

he was non stop cheered from day one pretty much and to nitpick and cry and about minuscule stuff shows how delusional you are with the 5 love

[PhillyPhreak54]

Look, the majority of the fans liked him. And I don't put much stock in the jersey sales because they only sell a few name ones unless you get 'em customized.

But the things I have named and seen on MBs, written in newspapers, listened to on the radio over the years shows an underlying hatred for him by many. Its undeniable.

And I am jaded because I am a huge fan, but as stubborn as I am in my support, its equally negative the other way. People are enjoying the trade too much for my liking. If he was so beloved why in the hell is he being run out of town?

[SD]

He was loved in this city...then his act got old. It's not all his fault but when you're a qb you have to take the bad with the good. The city never fully embraced him because his personality wasn't a good fit for Philly...not to mention - to this very day - he's still bitter over the draft day crap. To say he wasn't appreciated is a crock. Jay needs rehab.

[Drunkmasterflex]

If he was so beloved why in the hell is he being run out of town?

Because it is time to move on.  They have a guy waiting in the wings, it is time to find out if he is going to do it or not.  McNabb has come close many times but has never gotten over the hump, why not give the other guy a chance?

[SunMo]

i think there were pockets of people who hated him and never gave him any credit, just like randall and jaworski.  and there were groups that blamed all his failings on others and think he's a hall of famer. 

i'm in the middle, i know he was a good to great quarterback who didn't do what he had to do when it came to winning a championship.  i thought he would be the guy to break the streak, but it took Tampa, Carolina, and the Super Bowl for me to see that he didn't have what it took.

now, i'm ready to move on because i don't think he'll ever win one, Kolb might be awful...but he could be great too, we don't know yet and i'm willing to take a step back next year to find out.

[MDS]

think about like this, j

don is a girl you are dating. shes crazy, has her good moments and bad moments. usually when things go bad, you have great makeup sex and she lets you do stuff to her she normally doesnt. but over the course of 11 years the makeup sex starts to get stale. the bad stuff, the petty fights, the crazy antics, they start to appear worse than they actually over. pretty soon you cant take it anymore. things are at their breaking point. you cant go through another up and down year where shes awesome and open to anal and stuff then two weeks later she breaks your flat screen tv because you forget to take out the trash.

so youre at a breaking point, the holidays are coming up, its do or die. youre going to her folks place. if things go right, then maybe you can convince yourself to keep it going. if things go terribly then you know its over. it has to be, even though you might be able to work it out, you just need a clean break and to start fresh.

so you get to her folks place and she loses back to back weeks to the cowboys in utterly embarrassingly horrific fashion and throws in a dorky banjo dance to boot. 

when that happens, its over. you get yourself a young new thing that might or might not be The One, you dont know. but you know the old one aint worth it anymore so this is at least something that could, maybe, be better.

[Sgt PSN]

todd comparing football and women.....like he knows anything about either. 

[Tomahawk]

todd comparing football and women.....like he knows anything about either. 

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Regardless of how you feel about McNabb, trading him to the taterskins was at least 93% fargtarded. The Eagles could barely beat them when they had McNabb; guaranteed the Eagles drop both games to them this year.