Comments on: Did Donovan Diss His Defense? http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/ Not just another sports blog. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Makblunthttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343463 Makblunt Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:31:48 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343463 Chris Chandler Doug Johnson <blockquote>Micheal Vick Matt Schaub Chris Redman Joey Harrington Byron Leftwich</blockquote>Yes, The Falcons suck. The world is a better place when they do. Chris Chandler
Doug Johnson

Micheal Vick
Matt Schaub
Chris Redman
Joey Harrington
Byron Leftwich

Yes, The Falcons suck. The world is a better place when they do.

]]> By: Jakehttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343405 Jake Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:24:07 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343405 mcnabb has a point. their d stunk vs arizona mcnabb has a point. their d stunk vs arizona

]]> By: TheSportsHerniahttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343355 TheSportsHernia Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:45:45 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343355 Pistol Pete summed up McNabb perfectly. Nicely done. Pistol Pete summed up McNabb perfectly. Nicely done.

]]> By: bbryanhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343335 bbryan Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:23:07 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343335 <blockquote>Apparent rule #1 of being a quarterback in Philly — You can not make valid observations.</blockquote>That's the #1 rule of being a quarterback in any city. Manning was crucified when he mentioned his O line may have not done a good job when he was sacked about 10 times against the pats a few years back. QBs are paid to be the face of the franchise, not 20/20 vision color commentators.

Apparent rule #1 of being a quarterback in Philly — You can not make valid observations.

That’s the #1 rule of being a quarterback in any city. Manning was crucified when he mentioned his O line may have not done a good job when he was sacked about 10 times against the pats a few years back. QBs are paid to be the face of the franchise, not 20/20 vision color commentators.

]]> By: sportsdorkhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343312 sportsdork Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:49:06 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343312 Bottom line, it's a smear job by Gonzalez (again, he's a joke) that is classic off-season bullshit in that city (only a week after McNabb said "I want to retire an Eagle and make the people of Philadelphia proud like the Phillies").The former players commenting are a non-story. Douglas and Trotter are no different than another former player like Tiki Barber. They miss the attention and are self-promoting. If Trotter doesn't criticize McNabb he doesn't make the paper. Bottom line, it’s a smear job by Gonzalez (again, he’s a joke) that is classic off-season bullshit in that city (only a week after McNabb said “I want to retire an Eagle and make the people of Philadelphia proud like the Phillies”).

The former players commenting are a non-story. Douglas and Trotter are no different than another former player like Tiki Barber. They miss the attention and are self-promoting. If Trotter doesn’t criticize McNabb he doesn’t make the paper.

]]> By: sportsdorkhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343311 sportsdork Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:44:56 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343311 <blockquote>Donovan got the ball back and didn't do shit (surprise), so they didn't “keep our offense off the field”, they gave you the ball with the chance to win it. Roethlisberger was put in a worse spot against the same team and went out and won.</blockquote>Yes, we wouldn't be talking about this if the Eagles had managed to score a tying TD and won it in overtime.We also wouldn't be talking about this if the Eagles defense had managed to stop the Cardinals after the offense rallied from 18 points down.That defense had given up 11, 14, 6, 10, and 14 points the previous 5 weeks.

Donovan got the ball back and didn’t do shit (surprise), so they didn’t “keep our offense off the field”, they gave you the ball with the chance to win it. Roethlisberger was put in a worse spot against the same team and went out and won.

Yes, we wouldn’t be talking about this if the Eagles had managed to score a tying TD and won it in overtime.

We also wouldn’t be talking about this if the Eagles defense had managed to stop the Cardinals after the offense rallied from 18 points down.

That defense had given up 11, 14, 6, 10, and 14 points the previous 5 weeks.

]]> By: coop247http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343310 coop247 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:44:27 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343310 And I don't want/expect McNabb to come out and say "its all my fault we lost, put it on me," because thats obviously not true. However I don't think its too much to ask to not through teammates under the bus.And he didn't just toss the D under the bus for this game, he also blamed them for the St Louis game, which once again he had a chance to win and didn't.Via Wikipedia, "After forcing a punt, the Eagles got the ball back on their own 45-yard line with 2:20 left. But on a fourth down and 7 conversion attempt, St. Louis defensive back Aeneas Williams intercepted a pass intended for Freddie Mitchell and the Rams held the ball for the rest of the game." And I don’t want/expect McNabb to come out and say “its all my fault we lost, put it on me,” because thats obviously not true. However I don’t think its too much to ask to not through teammates under the bus.

And he didn’t just toss the D under the bus for this game, he also blamed them for the St Louis game, which once again he had a chance to win and didn’t.

Via Wikipedia, “After forcing a punt, the Eagles got the ball back on their own 45-yard line with 2:20 left. But on a fourth down and 7 conversion attempt, St. Louis defensive back Aeneas Williams intercepted a pass intended for Freddie Mitchell and the Rams held the ball for the rest of the game.”

]]> By: The Ruckmakerhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343307 The Ruckmaker Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:39:04 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343307 bbryan, I do disagree about scapegoat vs. leadership. I think a leader should take responsibility for when his team screws up and keep the heat off his members because it happened under his watch. However, with that said, McNabb doesn't play defense, so in a way, he's kind of defending his offensive unit. But that's overthinking. I don't think leaders have to go out of their ways to be martyrs is what I'm saying. You take responsibility for your people, but you don't have to be a scapegoat. bbryan, I do disagree about scapegoat vs. leadership. I think a leader should take responsibility for when his team screws up and keep the heat off his members because it happened under his watch. However, with that said, McNabb doesn’t play defense, so in a way, he’s kind of defending his offensive unit. But that’s overthinking. I don’t think leaders have to go out of their ways to be martyrs is what I’m saying. You take responsibility for your people, but you don’t have to be a scapegoat.

]]> By: coop247http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343305 coop247 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:36:09 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343305 <blockquote>But pointing out that the Cardinals wanted to run the ball to keep it out of the scorching hot Eagles offenses' hands (they had scored 3 straight TD's) is not showing leadership. Right. Apparent rule #1 of being a quarterback in Philly — You can not make valid observations.</blockquote> Donovan got the ball back and didn't do shit (surprise), so they didn't "keep our offense off the field", they gave you the ball with the chance to win it. Roethlisberger was put in a worse spot against the same team and went out and won.

But pointing out that the Cardinals wanted to run the ball to keep it out of the scorching hot Eagles offenses’ hands (they had scored 3 straight TD’s) is not showing leadership. Right.
Apparent rule #1 of being a quarterback in Philly — You can not make valid observations.

Donovan got the ball back and didn’t do shit (surprise), so they didn’t “keep our offense off the field”, they gave you the ball with the chance to win it. Roethlisberger was put in a worse spot against the same team and went out and won.

]]> By: sportsdorkhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/02/05/did-donovan-diss-his-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-343301 sportsdork Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:30:45 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=11309#comment-343301 The offense scored 25 points despite missing a routine field goal and an extra point. The defense, which was supposed to be "the best defense of Jim Johnson has ever coached" gave up 24 points in the first half (the offense made it up) and 32 for the game.But pointing out that the Cardinals wanted to run the ball to keep it out of the scorching hot Eagles offenses' hands (they had scored 3 straight TD's) is not showing leadership. Right.Apparent rule #1 of being a quarterback in Philly -- You can not make valid observations. The offense scored 25 points despite missing a routine field goal and an extra point. The defense, which was supposed to be “the best defense of Jim Johnson has ever coached” gave up 24 points in the first half (the offense made it up) and 32 for the game.

But pointing out that the Cardinals wanted to run the ball to keep it out of the scorching hot Eagles offenses’ hands (they had scored 3 straight TD’s) is not showing leadership. Right.

Apparent rule #1 of being a quarterback in Philly — You can not make valid observations.

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