On McNabb, I thought for sure he was out of there at the end of last season but I think for some reason he’s going to show and prove again this year that he’s a Top 5 QB in the NFL . I don’t know about the Bowl but I see a division crown and a deep playoff run so that he’ll make it hard for the team to cut him loose. I believe him when he says he wants to retire an Eagle but more because I get the feeling he wants to rub it in the pundits and fans who criticize him faces that he was tougher than them and earned his spot. Since that HBO interview, I’ve been noticing more a trickster persona in him where he’s let that stuff go and is just going to have fun and damn what kind of team they put around him.

Thanks for giving the Flyers some love, Michelle, because I went and bought a black home sweater this past weekend and had it on when the eliminated the Habs on Saturday. I would love to see them go from worst last season to hoisting the Cup this year because if they can get past the Penguins and then most likely the Red Wings believe me they will have earned it.

Detroit is my team but we need a parade!

Duante Culpepper can’t get a job, but Joey Harrington still gets a NFL check. Chad Johnson is screaming to get out of Cincy, but management will not let Carson’s playmaker go. Just like Indy will wipe out that entire neighborhood in Philly before they let Marvin Harrison get caught up. Meanwhile, Donovan is expected to make lemonade out of prunes….and I read an article in the Washington Post that actually stated “how long does Jason Campbell have”?? I tell ya….we not only don’t make the rules…they don’t even tell us what the rules are.

Not to change the subject but how about those Flyers? I’m shocked they are still skating. I still think the Red Wings are going to win it all though.

Man..you always know just what to say and how to say it.In true Origin like fashion. LOL!

As for Mcnabb he is F&^%ed just like most Black QBS in the good old boy league of the NFL. The only hope of any of these black QBs winning a ring is with Oakland and Washington because their owners actually believe in surrounding their black QBs with talent.

Its hard for these brothas because they often are drafted by teams that have cheap ownership and have no intent of trying to win. As far as what sista CoCo said she is right these guys win with nothing then management feels there is no reason to surround them with talent. The messed up part is if they didn’t win in the first place they would have been benched. They don’t get the 2 and 3 chances that their white counterparts get. Their black @sses better win or the fans and media will be on their @ss. Ain’t no getting chance after chance like Kyle Bowler and Rex Grossman. If those dudes were black they would be out of the league.

Another thing most of he time these guys only get chances if black QB has had previous success with the teams. See Houton/Tenns (moon, mcnair) , Philly (Cunningham), Minnesota (Moon, Cunningham, Culpepper)

Thats why I believe that it will be 40 years or longer before you see a Black QB drafted high in Detroit, ATL and Dallas. Because of the issues that they had with their highly drafted black QBs.

And yes this is my boy Mcnabbs last season in Philly. I just pry that the rotha doesn’t get hurt. Hopefully next year he goes to Minnesota and wns a ring.

The way that black Qbs are treated in the NFL has just soured me with the league.

By the way whats the odds that Culpepper never plays in th league again????

Yet watch Grossman play 15 years in the league.

1. The Stadium is owned by the City of Philadelphia, but I believe the Eagles put up half. I’m almost certain of that.

2. Temple University pays the Eagles $1 million a year to play their home games at The Linc.

3. As for personnel decisions, rarely is a player offered a new contract after age 30, Brian Dawkins was the first player in the Andy Reid era to recieve one.

4. Rarely is a player re-signed during the season, this was common during the Ray Rhodes regime, but since Reid has been here it has rarely if ever happened.

5. Young players are signed to multi-year deals (3+ years) and will have to outperform that contract to even be considered for and expension.

6. The Eagles use ‘voidable years’ in some of the bigger contarcts because it allows them to fit under the salary cap.

I was wondering about that. The management knows how good they have to be in order to retain their fan base. I’m sure they do “sensitivity analyses” and run focus groups to determine what the elasticity of demand is for any given seat. (I hope they do…if they don’t, it’s no way to run a business.) Who paid for the new stadium? Did the Eagles’ ownership pay for part of the stadium and the land or all of it or none of it? Did the city lease the space to them? Seems like the Eagles have a solid philosophy to field a team that’s one step below the best in the game.

The Owens gamble was considerably hedged by the franchise, though. They did not take on a great financial risk and accrued a great deal of benefit. It’s funny that while Owens, McNabb and the players were roundly criticized for various failings (not all on the field), Eagles ownership and management has remain relatively unscathed in the national press.

Guys like Fouts, Bradshaw, Staubach, Anderson (Kenny), Marino, Favre and others were fortunate to avoid this conversation for their better years.

He’s going to deal with whatever he has to deal with this season with a smile and move on.

The last time he lobbied for a player it was Owens.

I used to think the T.O. debacle scared Reid off from the high profile receivers. To be honest with you if they would’ve gotten a Joey Porter or a Javon Walker I would’ve been cool with that.

Brown and Curtis are good receivers, a third player of their caliber would be good, a stud wideout would be great.