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Who will Donovan blame this year when they suck again?
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Eagles QB McNabb: I'm Here To Win, Not Make Friends
CHRIS McPHERSON
5/13/2006
Quarterback Donovan McNabb on Saturday held his first press conference since the end of last season and was confident that this camp is the first road towards the team's goal of winning the Super Bowl.
"I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win ballgames," said McNabb. "The only way we'll be able to win ballgames is by playing together and playing well. My whole mindset coming back is to work out, train, get stronger, get faster, push each other, motivate each other and have fun."
When asked if he thought he might have to win back the locker room after a tough 2005 season, McNabb said that wasn't the case. He said he felt he had never lost his teammates last year, and that he had full trust in the guys this season.
"If you can't trust your family, then who can you trust," said McNabb.
It was McNabb's first mass media press conference since tearing his sports hernia injury and missing the latter part of the 2005 campaign. If there are any scars, McNabb didn't show them. With his closely-cropped hair, he seemed to be the same McNabb who has been in five Pro Bowls in seven seasons.
Indeed, McNabb said he won't change anything about his approach to this year, although it appeared to most observers that he had lost some weight since last year.
"I'm always a nice guy. I'm not going to change who I am," said McNabb, who has spent more time in Philadelphia in this off-season than he usually does, both because of his injury rehab and his interest in sending the message to the players that "this is serious business. I take it very serious what I have to do to train. I just wanted to send a message to the guys and let them know that with everything that happened I'm still focused,
I'm still looking forward to getting back out on the field and I kind of wanted them to have that same attitude as well."
Don't get the idea, though, that the light-hearted side of McNabb is gone. He will still laugh and joke and try to keep the players loose.
"People don't think it's funny now, well I'm going to continue to laugh. I'll have to entertain myself, I guess," said McNabb. "I love everyone. I'm a loving guy. If they don't, they respect what I do."
McNabb joked later in his press conference that he wasn't worried about the upcoming Terrell Owens tell-all book that is due out in June -- in fact, McNabb said he would get a copy and hope to have it autographed by Owens -- and he wasn't concerned about the team's receiving corps. McNabb, in fact, complimented Reggie Brown and Jabar Gaffney, as well as rookie Jason Avant.
The eighth-year quarterback said last year's 6-10 record caused the team to re-evaluate itself, and that much of his self-evaluation centered on the idea of remaining the same McNabb he's always been.
So, does it mean that all of the past hitrionics involving McNabb are over? Let's hope so. McNabb said he had no need to clarify statements made prior to the Super Bowl when he compared the Owens situation to "black-on-black crime" and that he just wants to focus on football and getting the Eagles back on the winning track.
It is time to get back to the top of the NFC East, he said.
"I'm excited about getting back out on the field with the guys and taking another step towards our goal," said McNabb. Throughout the off-season, guys have communicated just awaiting the opportunity to get back out on the football field. Obviously, it's a change. A lot of the things they were doing, the training methods, have preparedus in many ways for what we are faced with now."
http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com
Who will Donovan blame this year when they suck again?
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Eagles QB McNabb: I'm Here To Win, Not Make Friends
CHRIS McPHERSON
5/13/2006
Quarterback Donovan McNabb on Saturday held his first press conference since the end of last season and was confident that this camp is the first road towards the team's goal of winning the Super Bowl.
"I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win ballgames," said McNabb. "The only way we'll be able to win ballgames is by playing together and playing well. My whole mindset coming back is to work out, train, get stronger, get faster, push each other, motivate each other and have fun."
When asked if he thought he might have to win back the locker room after a tough 2005 season, McNabb said that wasn't the case. He said he felt he had never lost his teammates last year, and that he had full trust in the guys this season.
"If you can't trust your family, then who can you trust," said McNabb.
It was McNabb's first mass media press conference since tearing his sports hernia injury and missing the latter part of the 2005 campaign. If there are any scars, McNabb didn't show them. With his closely-cropped hair, he seemed to be the same McNabb who has been in five Pro Bowls in seven seasons.
Indeed, McNabb said he won't change anything about his approach to this year, although it appeared to most observers that he had lost some weight since last year.
"I'm always a nice guy. I'm not going to change who I am," said McNabb, who has spent more time in Philadelphia in this off-season than he usually does, both because of his injury rehab and his interest in sending the message to the players that "this is serious business. I take it very serious what I have to do to train. I just wanted to send a message to the guys and let them know that with everything that happened I'm still focused,
I'm still looking forward to getting back out on the field and I kind of wanted them to have that same attitude as well."
Don't get the idea, though, that the light-hearted side of McNabb is gone. He will still laugh and joke and try to keep the players loose.
"People don't think it's funny now, well I'm going to continue to laugh. I'll have to entertain myself, I guess," said McNabb. "I love everyone. I'm a loving guy. If they don't, they respect what I do."
McNabb joked later in his press conference that he wasn't worried about the upcoming Terrell Owens tell-all book that is due out in June -- in fact, McNabb said he would get a copy and hope to have it autographed by Owens -- and he wasn't concerned about the team's receiving corps. McNabb, in fact, complimented Reggie Brown and Jabar Gaffney, as well as rookie Jason Avant.
The eighth-year quarterback said last year's 6-10 record caused the team to re-evaluate itself, and that much of his self-evaluation centered on the idea of remaining the same McNabb he's always been.
So, does it mean that all of the past hitrionics involving McNabb are over? Let's hope so. McNabb said he had no need to clarify statements made prior to the Super Bowl when he compared the Owens situation to "black-on-black crime" and that he just wants to focus on football and getting the Eagles back on the winning track.
It is time to get back to the top of the NFC East, he said.
"I'm excited about getting back out on the field with the guys and taking another step towards our goal," said McNabb. Throughout the off-season, guys have communicated just awaiting the opportunity to get back out on the football field. Obviously, it's a change. A lot of the things they were doing, the training methods, have preparedus in many ways for what we are faced with now."
http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com
