May 01, 2007

The Word From Donovan's Dad

I think maybe Donovan McNabb needs to sit down with his parents one of these days and tell them to, you know, never talk to the media ever again. Reporters called Sam McNabb, the Eagles quarterback's father, last night, and he broke the family's silence on the Eagles' pick of quarterback Kevin Kolb:

"I'm not concerned about [the decision to spend the first pick on Kolb]," Sam McNabb told the Daily News. "My son works for the Philadelphia Eagles right now and when he doesn't any longer, there are 31 other NFL teams he can play for."
Yes, he's being honest, and yes, what he said is self-evidently true. But when the McNabbs talk like this, it just feeds Philly's obsession with everything they say and do- and no one more so than the town's legions of McNabb-bashers. You'd think they'd be cheering the drafting of their nemesis' eventual replacement, but I guess not.

I see two scenarios: McNabb stays one more year, at which point the team cuts bait with him and trades him to a QB-needy team (the Vikings? Please? Please?). Or, Kolb plays one or two games this year, making everyone in the league think he's a future star, and he turns into Matt Schaub, leading the Eagles to trade him for a boatload of draft picks. I like the second option better (well, except for the Vikings part), but that's just me.

Posted by Stephen Silver at May 1, 2007 05:03 PM
Comments

No coverage on the football player from the Redskins who suddenly died??

Posted by: A at May 2, 2007 02:36 PM
Post a comment









Remember personal info?