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cowboyjoe
06-30-2010, 02:13 PM
Donovan McNabb: "I was loved in Philadelphia"
I wonder what zoners think about this! Especially DC, Hostile, & Slade!
:D
Posted by Michael David Smith on June 30, 2010 2:54 PM ET
Donovan McNabb was booed by Eagles fans the day he was drafted and shipped to the Redskins this offseason, but for the 11 years in between, he says he felt that Philly fans treated him warmly -- and that he won't feel motivated for revenge against the Eagles when he plays them this year.
"I was appreciated in Philadelphia," McNabb said in an interview with ESPN's Adam Schefter. "I think a lot of that is overblown. I was loved in Philadelphia."
McNabb said he has no hard feelings toward Eagles coach Andy Reid, who decided this year to replace McNabb with Kevin Kolb as the Eagles' starter.
"Andy and I are good friends, we've been good friends over 11 years," McNabb said. "I wish him luck."
McNabb said he hopes "the excitement, the big plays, the smile" are some of the memories he and the fans of Philadelphia can share -- even if many of those fans were smiling more when McNabb left than when he arrived.
big dog cowboy
06-30-2010, 02:14 PM
:trophy:
Sure you were.
cowboyjoe
06-30-2010, 02:14 PM
:trophy:
Sure you were.
well, he said he was; :D
CowboyMike
06-30-2010, 02:16 PM
This only confirms my thought that McNabb has always thought very highly of himself. He's pompous, arrogant, among other things, and less of the team player the media has always praised him for.
Alexander
06-30-2010, 02:21 PM
This only confirms my thought that McNabb has always thought very highly of himself. He's pompous, arrogant, among other things, and less of the team player the media has always praised him for.
That should not be a secret to anyone who has paid attention and not listened to the nearly decade-long media apology for when he was "attacked" by Rush Limbaugh.
HoleInTheRoof
06-30-2010, 02:38 PM
That should not be a secret to anyone who has paid attention and not listened to the nearly decade-long media apology for when he was "attacked" by Rush Limbaugh.
Exactly.
And he's full of it when he talks about there not going to be any revenge, etc. During his intro PC with the Skins he tried to say playing the Eagles would just be like every other game.
Just more of fake McNabb acting like he's taking the high road.
Fakest person in the league.
This only confirms my thought that McNabb has always thought very highly of himself. He's pompous, arrogant, among other things, and less of the team player the media has always praised him for.
I don't agree. McNabb is no more arrogant than your average NFL quarterback.
AMERICAS_FAN
06-30-2010, 03:55 PM
Well hey Donovan, we love you here in Dallas as well. Especially after that air gutar dance that electrified all of Philly's gayla community.
Hey Demarcus, please go show our good freind Donovan some love by welcoming him to Washington with your signature "I Love You" hug.
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/01/10/sports/photos_stories/Cropped/demarcus_ware--300x300.jpg
McNabb is not one of the good guys. My cousin built custom million dollar homes right in McNabb development...and he would drive by every morning not wave at anyone with his seat reclinded way back and hand overtop steering wheel like u might see teen drive a car. All the eagles in the area were polite and personable....it was common knowledge even amoung eagle players that McNabb was pompous.
My experience with McNabb was working out at LA Fitness in Mount Laurel NJ...and McNabb was doing shoulder presses right next to me. He didnt make eye contact or even say hi to single person....now why he would pick such a main stream place to work out and want to be left alone is beyond me.
FuzzyLumpkins
06-30-2010, 05:03 PM
I am sure that they will love him quite a bit when he returns this year.
percyhoward
06-30-2010, 05:32 PM
"the excitement, the big plays, the smile"
:hotdog:
McNabb is not one of the good guys.
My experience with McNabb was working out at LA Fitness in Mount Laurel NJ...and McNabb was doing shoulder presses right next to me. He didnt make eye contact or even say hi to single person....
I hear this nonsense a lot.
Don't you get it? If a player says, hi, then all the sudden he's in a conversation with someone. Then more people are encouraged to come over to say hello. Then he/she is swarmed and can't enjoy a dinner, a movie, a date, a workout...whatever.
Celebrities (including top football players) sometimes just want to be able to be out in the world like anyone else...and not feel obliged to everyone in the world.
You have some people that are outgoing and like all the extra attention...like a Jerry Jones or Michael Irvin...and you have some people, like a Marion Barber, that are more private.
Maybe a star player goes into an everyday gym to track a pretty woman he met. Maybe he was trying to promote the gym...he doesn't owe it to you to have any reasons that make sense to you.
AsthmaField
06-30-2010, 06:24 PM
He was mistaken, I think. The smiles he saw in Philly were from the Dallas, Washington and NY fans who live there.
casmith07
06-30-2010, 06:25 PM
I'm glad he's staying classy when talking about Philadelphia. It would be easy for him to throw the entire city under the bus, and he'd be completely justified in doing so.
HoleInTheRoof
06-30-2010, 06:31 PM
I'm glad he's staying classy when talking about Philadelphia. It would be easy for him to throw the entire city under the bus, and he'd be completely justified in doing so.
I'm sorry, but if my quarterback has a chance to win the Super Bowl, but he's literally choking on the field and hack receivers like Freddie Mitchell have to call plays . . . then he deserves all the grief he gets.
McNabb is the epitome of a player that comes up small when it matters most. Keep clinging to that false "elite" lable, and fake "classy" attitude.
Fletch
06-30-2010, 07:12 PM
He's trying to say all the right things. But you know week 4, Skins at Philly, the Philly fans are going to be rowdy and ready to pounce.
McNabb just doesn't want to stir the pot before that particular game.
Muhast
06-30-2010, 07:17 PM
The truth is his most memorable moments consisted of: walking down the sideline joking with T.O.
Having that 13 second scramble and completion against us.
Throwing up in the SB.
wileedog
06-30-2010, 08:24 PM
I don't agree. McNabb is no more arrogant than your average NFL quarterback.
I disagree. I think he is way more insecure than your average NFL quarterback.
And he tries to hide it by to over-compensating the other way.
Seriously, what other QB in the league does that ridiculous dance crap coming into a playoff game?
Hagman
06-30-2010, 09:51 PM
What does it mean to be "loved" by Philadelphia fans? Do they throw AA batteries at you instead of those big D cells? When they boo you for a bad play do they extend only one middle finger instead of both? Or does it mean that they drop an "F-bomb" only every other time that they mention your name?
I've browsed the Philadelphia News Eagles forum for many years, and the opinion on McNabb among their fans is very split. Many have wanted to get rid of him for years and are happy to see him go.
I'm glad he's staying classy when talking about Philadelphia. It would be easy for him to throw the entire city under the bus, and he'd be completely justified in doing so.
I agree. Sincere or not...he's saying all the right things.
I have no idea what kind of person McNabb really is, and I don't think we posters have any clue.
When we play against him he is a demon that I want to bottle and burn to a crisp. As a person I have nothing 'gainst the man.
What does it mean to be "loved" by Philadelphia fans? Do they throw AA batteries at you instead of those big D cells?
Good gawd that's the truth. I'll never forgive them for cheering when Irvin lay motionless. Some of that fanbase is missing the humanity gene.
I disagree. I think he is way more insecure than your average NFL quarterback.
And he tries to hide it by to over-compensating the other way.
Seriously, what other QB in the league does that ridiculous dance crap coming into a playoff game?
wileedog, that was an awfully ridiculous little 'jig' he did and I really liked our chances after I saw him do that.
And I agree that over-compensating is often what you see with insecure people. But still fragile egos are common throughout sports...and that's no crime.
CowboyFan74
07-02-2010, 02:49 AM
I am sure that they will love him quite a bit when he returns this year.
With the same "Joy" when he was drafted...
ladiewolve
07-02-2010, 09:31 AM
What does it mean to be "loved" by Philadelphia fans? Do they throw AA batteries at you instead of those big D cells? When they boo you for a bad play do they extend only one middle finger instead of both? Or does it mean that they drop an "F-bomb" only every other time that they mention your name?
I've browsed the Philadelphia News Eagles forum for many years, and the opinion on McNabb among their fans is very split. Many have wanted to get rid of him for years and are happy to see him go.
LOL...I completely agree with you...Philly Fans don't know how to love anything...its different degrees of hate.
They are truely some of the worst Fan base in America.
Doomsday101
07-02-2010, 09:50 AM
Let see that Love Philly Fans
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zrinkill
07-02-2010, 10:42 AM
He is not as loved as Rocky Balboa ...... and that guy is not even real.
Hagman
07-02-2010, 10:48 AM
LOL...I completely agree with you...Philly Fans don't know how to love anything...its different degrees of hate.
They are truely some of the worst Fan base in America.
As Cowboys fans, we are familiar with the miserable scumbags who cheered when Irvin lay hurt on the turf. And, yes, they did boo Santa Claus. But as I indicated earlier, they also don't appreciate their own. The best example to me is from another sport. Mike Schmidt was the best 3rd baseman of his day. An obvious Hall of Famer while he played. Yet he was booed all the time by the fans there. Schmidt himself referred to their fans as out of control and the stadium as a mob scene. They build statues to guys like him in Chicago and St Louis. In Philly, they boo his rump off.
And if they don't respect a guy like Mike Schmidt, no way do they give love to someone like Donovan McChoke.
HoleInTheRoof
07-02-2010, 10:52 AM
He is not as loved as Rocky Balboa ...... and that guy is not even real.
Rocky Balboa had heart.
Joe Rod
07-02-2010, 11:03 AM
Rocky Balboa had heart.
Yeah, but he lost it briefly in Rocky III and Mr. T put the whoopin on him for it. Racing on beaches with Carl Weathers was all McNabb really needed to succeed.
casmith07
07-02-2010, 11:06 AM
Rocky Balboa had heart.
Rocky Balboa was a fictional character.
zrinkill
07-02-2010, 11:20 AM
I said it before and I will say it again ....
It is sad that the most famous athlete in Philadelphia was make believe.
HoleInTheRoof
07-02-2010, 11:39 AM
Rocky Balboa was a fictional character.
So is Donovan McNabb.
Fakest guy in the league.
Blast From The Past
07-03-2010, 05:07 AM
Exactly.
And he's full of it when he talks about there not going to be any revenge, etc. During his intro PC with the Skins he tried to say playing the Eagles would just be like every other game.
Just more of fake McNabb acting like he's taking the high road.
Fakest person in the league.We'll see if he plays his air guitar before the game against Philthy. He'll be extra motivated you can bet that!
Mansta54
07-03-2010, 10:03 AM
This only confirms my thought that McNabb has always thought very highly of himself. He's pompous, arrogant, among other things, and less of the team player the media has always praised him for.
Very much so!!!!
zrinkill
07-03-2010, 11:51 AM
We'll see if he plays his air guitar before the game against Philthy. He'll be extra motivated you can bet that!
:laugh2:
tyke1doe
07-04-2010, 07:28 PM
This only confirms my thought that McNabb has always thought very highly of himself. He's pompous, arrogant, among other things, and less of the team player the media has always praised him for.
What should he say? "The fans hated me in Philadelphia."
Then people/posters are criticizing him for being a whiner, and he gets a warm booing reception when he returns to Philadelphia.
McNabb is just trying to be classy and say the right thing. I don't see why he should be criticized for that.
Maikeru-sama
07-04-2010, 07:31 PM
What should he say? "The fans hated me in Philadelphia."
Then people/posters are criticizing him for being a whiner, and he gets a warm booing reception when he returns to Philadelphia.
McNabb is just trying to be classy and say the right thing. I don't see why he should be criticized for that.
This.
Donovan McNabb is extremely annoying but I think he take a lot more crap then he should.
casmith07
07-04-2010, 08:29 PM
What should he say? "The fans hated me in Philadelphia."
Then people/posters are criticizing him for being a whiner, and he gets a warm booing reception when he returns to Philadelphia.
McNabb is just trying to be classy and say the right thing. I don't see why he should be criticized for that.
This.
Donovan McNabb is extremely annoying but I think he take a lot more crap then he should.
I'm glad to see there are a couple more people that can take the homer glasses off temporarily and look at this objectively.
Bob Sacamano
07-04-2010, 08:30 PM
There's a difference in between being humble and making crap up.
tyke1doe
07-11-2010, 04:22 PM
There's a difference in between being humble and making crap up.
So how does your statement apply to this situation? :huh:
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