May 06, 2007

Quote of the Day

The Inquirer's Phil Sheridan, on how Philly's reaction to Donovan McNabb's, uh, non-reaction should make Kevin Kolb very, very afraid:

If everything goes just right for Kolb in the NFL, he'll be fortunate to have a career anywhere near as good as the one McNabb is having. The odds are against him; nothing personal, it's just the cold reality that more young quarterbacks fail in the NFL than succeed. So if he overcomes those odds, if he has a certifiably brilliant career here, if he conducts himself with class, stays out of trouble and gives back to the community - if he does all that, he can look forward to being ridiculed and scorned.

Kolb can avoid that fate, of course. It is simple.

All he has to do is complete every pass, win every game, hoist a Lombardi trophy at the end of every season, wear the correct facial expression at all times, get along with every teammate no matter how horrible, never accept a single endorsement that might irritate a single Eagles fan, and be sure his parents, wife and agent never express a single thought of their own.

That, or Philadelphia could change. Which do you think is more likely?

Those people would all be all over McNabb if he'd said anything in reaction, but instead, they're all over him for... not reacting.

Posted by Stephen Silver at May 6, 2007 05:12 PM
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