Rush Limbaugh said it back in 2003 and was pilloried, mostly by ESPN. Limbaugh who often talks out of both sides of his ass, infamously commented that Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was “overrated.” Pissed a lot of people off, but was he ever correct on that one.
“… what we have here is a little social concern in the NFL,” Limbaugh continued. “The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback can do well—black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. There’s a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team.”
Let’s take black out of the equation. As a pro quarterback, McNabb is a chump- the Eagles equivalent of Tony Romo. He’s never won the big game and has floundered in games the Eagles should be winning handily.
Case in point came yesterday when Philadelphia made the oafish Oakland Raiders look like Super Bowl contenders. McNabb got sacked an incredible six times, but, of course the bigger bum in that hobo conclave was kicker David Akers who shanked two field goals.
After the game, McNabb said he was “embarrassed.” Gee whiz, an uncanny analysis, but it’s coach Andy Reid whose head should be put on the chopping block for not taking McNabb out of the game. Reid’s do or die fealty to McNabb will cost Philly with its otherwise powerhouse offense another run at the championship this year.
But that game was only the caboose in another derailment of upset after upset.
This is how the AdultFYI football pool made out to where 8-5 was the best record of the day. Sharing that glory were 0&16 Chuck, Steve Seidman, Danny from Foxxx Modeling , Jeff Mullen, Sean Quick and Steve from Magnus. John Gray, who had an off day, is back to sharing the lead with Danny from Foxxx Modeling. Depending who wins tonight’s game when Denver and San Diego square off, we could be back to a threeway face off since Scott David has picked the Broncos with John and Danny going with San Diego.
from www.latimes.com, read ’em and weep:
Houston 28, at Cincinnati 17: Bengals’ plan to win every game in the last two minutes finally backfires on them.
at Minnesota 33, Balt. 31: Favre so excited about win he announces he has almost, but not quite, made up mind about returning next year.
at Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 14: The DX effect? Roethlisberger is undefeated since co-hosting “Monday Night Raw.”
Kansas City 14, at Washington 6: Longtime Globetrotters opponent the Washington Generals ask if they can play Redskins next.
at Green Bay 26, Detroit 0: Packers win, but the victory does nothing to help their strength of schedule component in BCS standings.
at Jacksonville 23, St. Louis 20 (OT): Rams fans try to find a way to use “Lemon Law” to force L.A. to take Rams back.
at New Orleans 48, N.Y. Giants 27: This is why Eli Manning’s name never shows when talking about the best quarterback in the NFL.
Carolina 28, at Tampa Bay 21: Somewhere, Jon Gruden is sitting at home smiling. Well, as close as he gets to smiling.
at Oakland 13, Phila. 9: A confused Al Davis, thinking it’s 1981, wants to know why Pete Rozelle hasn’t given him his Super Bowl trophy.
Arizona 27, at Seattle 3: With the Arena League no more, where will the future Kurt Warners come from?
at New England 59, Tenn. 0: Brady completed only 29 of 34 passes. What happened on those five incompletions? Patriots should bench him.
Buffalo 16, at N.Y. Jets 13: See, Pete Carroll knew what he was talking about. So much for the Mark Sanchez era.
at Atlanta 21, Chicago 14: OK, Jay Cutler vs. Mike Ditka, who do you have? But wait, Cutler has to wear a Ditka jersey.
Open date: Dallas, Indianapolis, Miami,