The 2007 Offseason Thread

[Magical_Retard]

gotta agree with king on this one...you put anyone in mcnabbs position where he broke his ankle or the rib hit and they get hurt as well.

thats like saying ben rothlisburger (i dont know how to spell his name) is injury prone because he rode his bike into a car.

but that last injury mcnabb suffered was just odd and if he suffers another like that then yeah he is injury prone.

[Geowhizzer]

Roethlisberger rode into a car and was injured ONCE.

McNabb has been injured more seasons than not in recent memory.

If you don't want to use "injury-prone," the other adjective that comes to my mind may be worse.

Fragile.

[Munson]

Whether we want to call him injury prone or not, the fact still remains the Eagles need to run the ball more to help prevent him from taking as many shots as he used to dropping back 40-50 times a game, every game.

[rjs246]

And just like that, Munson says something that makes sense. He must have drank himself past key-board smashing and into some sort of indescribable metaphysical state. I don't expect it to last.

[Munson]

I've been screaming at Reid to run the farging ball for years now.


Unfortunately I'm sober tonight.

[Father Demon]

Dear God, help me, but King Cole and Munson are spot on with this one.

Yes, "injury prone" is a label, but the connotation is that if you smack McNabb wrong he's going to sprain his pinky finger.  Wrong.  To me, injury prone means that same injury, a lot.  McNabb has been more "unlucky" in the past five years with his injuries.  Accidents that caused injury to anyone in that situation.   If you look at McNabb throughout, he's a tough sunuva bitch.  We all STILL tell the story of 4 TDs on a broken ankle.  But, freakishly weird shtein happens to him.  Maybe it's because the goblin at the hill saw his granddaddy make it with the prize goat or some shtein, but I wouldn't rule out a curse of some sort.

Fact is, McNabb gets hurt a lot, but they are not related injuries.  Is he injury prone?  Nope.  Is he injury-caused-by-Ried/MW-play-calling-philosophy prone?  Most definitely.  Can he dance?  Doubt it -- too white.

But dammit, King Cole and Munson are 100% correct this time.

[Munson]

Dear God, help me, but King Cole and Munson are spot on with this one.

Yes, "injury prone" is a label, but the connotation is that if you smack McNabb wrong he's going to sprain his pinky finger.  Wrong.  To me, injury prone means that same injury, a lot.  McNabb has been more "unlucky" in the past five years with his injuries.  Accidents that caused injury to anyone in that situation.   If you look at McNabb throughout, he's a tough sunuva bitch.  We all STILL tell the story of 4 TDs on a broken ankle.  But, freakishly weird shtein happens to him.  Maybe it's because the goblin at the hill saw his granddaddy make it with the prize goat or some shtein, but I wouldn't rule out a curse of some sort.

Fact is, McNabb gets hurt a lot, but they are not related injuries.  Is he injury prone?  Nope.  Is he injury-caused-by-Ried/MW-play-calling-philosophy prone?  Most definitely.  Can he dance?  Doubt it -- too white.

But dammit, King Cole and Munson are 100% correct this time.

See I've tried explaining this to rjs and the like many a time, they just don't get it.

Injury prone is Buckhalter. Continually tears his knees up, even when contact isn't involved. Guys like Westbrook, looking at his injuries in the NFL, they're all pretty standard for a running back in the NFL. Busted ribs, a swollen knee...the only one that was "rare", a Lis Franc Sprain, would happen to even the toughest of RB's (ie. Duce Staley) if they get their foot rolled over a certain way in the pile. Then the torn triceps tendon...anybody who gets tackled like he did and comes down with all his weight on his arm like that, it's got a good chance of not turning out good. That's why they teach you not to put your arms out to stop your fall if you're going down, just leads to broken bones, elbow/shoulder dislocations, and torn up muscles. You get some bad breaks with the way you fall/get body parts rolled over and twisted up, and you'll get injured. I don't care who you are or how "injury prone" you may be.

To put it simply; McNabb's coming off a torn ACL. Keep him healthy, don't drop him back so damn much, run the ball. End of problem.

If Reid and the rest of the idiots can't follow that simple formula, then expect McNabb to be out by game 8. He's not going to last dropping back and throwing the ball as much as he has been asked to do in years past. Not on a bum knee.

[ice grillin you]

mcnabb gets injured A LOT...just about every year now you can expect him to not finish the season...that is mother fargin injury prone...the homeresque spin on this one is huge...hope for the best and expect the worst people...the guy is injury prone and if he isnt then no one is

[rjs246]

call me crazy but to me someone is injury prone if they get injured all the time

[phattymatty]

you put anyone in mcnabbs position where he broke his ankle or the rib hit and they get hurt as well.

or last year with the running out of bounds.  always a dangerous play.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Injury prone or not injury prone - the bottom line is that he needs to get his ass back on the field. I'm about as big of a McNabb homer as there is, but he needs to be out there. And Reid needs to let Morningwhatever call the shots as he did last year because that dumbass runs the ball more than Andy.

I'm just happy that football in 1 week away. Boner.

[hbionic]

I still think its one of two scenarios.

The White Mafia Conspiracy

The White Mafia has threatened McNabb and if McNabb doesn't find a way to injure himself every year they'll injure him White Mafia style.

or

McNabb Is A Robot Experiment

Which would explain lack of emotion and why he keeps short circuiting and why he played on a broken ankle and why he has perfect white, shiny teeth.

[Magical_Retard]

mcnabb gets injured A LOT...just about every year now you can expect him to not finish the season...that is mother fargin injury prone...the homeresque spin on this one is huge...hope for the best and expect the worst people...the guy is injury prone and if he isnt then no one is

how is that being a homer? spin?

maybe injury prone to you is just anyone who gets injured. hell manning would be injury prone too if he took the shots mcnabb took (ankle and ribs).

anyway it doesnt really matter...injury prone or not reid is too dumb to realize that mcnabb is not a superhero and i bet he will revert back to his throwing ways this yr. i mean they say we are going to run more but we hear that every offseason leading into camp. in fact some camp reports even claim how the running game is being more implemented with so and so getting so many reps. it doesnt matter since reid doesnt care.

[ice grillin you]

how is that being a homer? spin?

i said its homeresque....not being able to admit that your favortite teams qb is injury prone when he unquestionably is

if the cowboys qb had the identical injury history as mcnabb you same people would go crazy if a dallas fan tried to say he wasnt injury prone

[Diomedes]

if the cowboys qb had the identical injury history as mcnabb you same people would go crazy if a dallas fan tried to say he wasnt injury prone

what's more, you'd be right to say so.  both morally and factually