As bad as it gets
stevek
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Getting blown out by the stinkin' Titans...and after an easy win after a bye-week rest. And losing the starting quarterback. Where's the hard liquor at? No ice.
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<< <i>I'm going to start going to church so I don't have to watch the Falcons play... >>
Thanks for the laugh man...I needed that!
<< <i>Im considering grabbing the bottle as well watching my team make mistake after mistake every week >>
Seems most of our teams are stuck in pathetic mediocrity.
Eagles QB McNabb done for the year with ACL tear
By RANDY PENNELL, Associated Press Writer
November 19, 2006
AP - Nov 19, 4:17 pm EST
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Donovan McNabb tore a ligament in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season, the third time in five years the Eagles will finish a campaign without their hard-luck quarterback.
McNabb was rolling to his right and was bumped out of bounds after throwing an incomplete pass Sunday when he grabbed his leg in pain early in the second quarter of Philadelphia's 31-13 loss to the Titans.
He was immediately tended to by trainers, carted off the field and later taken to a hospital. The Eagles said McNabb, a five-time Pro Bowl selection in the midst of a possible career year, tore his anterior cruciate ligament.
"That's normally an eight-month-to-a-year injury," Eagles coach Andy Reid said, "so he's done for the year."
McNabb came into the game tied with Peyton Manning for the league lead with 18 touchdown passes and was second in the league with 2,569 yards passing.
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Titans defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch, who bumped McNabb out of bounds on the play, said he was trying to get a hand in the quarterback's face as he was trying to get off the pass.
"I really feel bad for him," Vanden Bosch said. "You know I never play with the intent to get anybody hurt and I've been through two ACL injuries myself and you know my thoughts and prayers go out to him."
McNabb was replaced in the lineup by Jeff Garcia, who finished the game 26-for-48 for 189 yards and threw a touchdown pass to L.J. Smith.
"You never think he's not going to get up and come back on the field," Garcia said. "He's a great player and he was having a great year. And he is a leader on this team and he will be missed in many ways."
The Eagles fell to 5-5 with the loss, but Reid said he would expect the team to bounce back.
"He's a great player," Reid said. But "we can still win football games with the guys that we have."
McNabb missed the final seven games last season with a sports hernia and Philadelphia finished 6-10, a frustrating follow-up to the Eagles' Super Bowl run. McNabb also sat out the final six regular-season games of the 2002 season with a broken ankle before returning for the playoffs.
The Eagles were 2-5 with Mike McMahon filling in for McNabb last season and went 5-1 with Koy Detmer and A.J. Feeley starting the last six games in '02.
McNabb was 6-for-13 for 78 yards and threw an interception in the end zone before leaving the game.
Reid said he would determine later whether Garcia would start in place of McNabb against Indianapolis next week. Feeley was re-signed by the Eagles in the preseason and is the team's third quarterback.
Updated on Sunday
nevermind. HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is fitting for Eagles fan who was soooooooo concerned with who the #2 guy was in TB....Its Bruce Gradkowski..and he punked you
all and your QB, who is now on ice.
It will be fun seeing the Eagles flounder around like a fish with its guts hanging out. You can thank the Bucs today for beating the
Skins and saving you the embarrasment of the cellar position in the softest divison on football....at least for this week!
not only did you get beat, but Vince Young took you all to the cleaners!! You can't blame that on Jeffy Garcia. Charilie Whitehurst just
called, he wants a shot at your defense!
LOL
Lets Review:
1) Bucs trounce you all
2) McNadd goes down and out for the year
3) Girly man is now your QB and wants to change the team colors to pink and the Eagle to the Energizer Bunny
4) Bucs Roll behind a solid defense to move just 2 games behind
JS
It doesn't get much worse.
The rest of the season would (like you guys) best be seen thru an amber haze of crowne royal.
Anyone seen Culpepper playing lately? Its an injury you just can't speed along, no matter how hard you try.
The knee injury Culpepper suffered however was much severe than just an ACL
Hey interchanges, I think we're in the same therapy group. Monday evenings?
I can't imagine adding the Raiders to the mix of MSU and the Lions.
<< <i>Probably the first half of next year, too, as an ACL tear is a good year long recovery.
Anyone seen Culpepper playing lately? Its an injury you just can't speed along, no matter how hard you try. >>
Yea, they're saying not until around mid next season will McNabb be back. Certainly not a good injury for a "mobile" quarterback who has relied a lot on his speed and flexibility outside the pocket throughout his career.
Just basically bad luck. Something that can't be anticipated even though McNabb has been hurt in the past. I like McNabb but it may be time to start looking past McNabb a little bit. Will be a very interesting off season with the Eagles as to what they do with the quarterback position.
No way McNabb gets released or traded...that's not in the equation, but I think drafting a quarterback with their first pick is a distinct possibility. Definitely with their second pick at the latest. But do they sign a top flight free agent quarterback? Maybe.
This sure isn't a good time to be an Eagles fan right now. Oh well, nothing good lasts forever, the Eagles had a good run for a number of years but it would be foolish at this point not to admit that it's over for the near future. All teams go through this sooner or later after a good run of years...you just always hope the bad times for your team never get here, but they always do.
Well, there's always plenty of whiskey available for Sunday afternoons.
<< <i><<I'm a Michigan State fan for college, a Raider fan, and a Lion fan for pro.>>
Hey interchanges, I think we're in the same therapy group. Monday evenings?
I can't imagine adding the Raiders to the mix of MSU and the Lions. >>
I'll see you on Monday, Tom. Apparently our group leader is bringing in some Patriot fans to attempt an intervention. Hopefully their efforts bear fruit, and we can all be reprogrammed.
<< <i>As much as I hate the Eagles, I hate the fact that Mcnabb was hurt and out for the year. I was looking foward to a Romo v.s. Mcnabb matchup on Christmas. I agree with the fact that the Eagles need to draft a Qb to be groomed for the future. Don't worry it will get better, all good organizations make it back to the top eventually. >>
And bad organizations stay at the bottom.
ONLY 5 MORE MONTHS OF WAITING UNTIL THE DETROIL LIONS STAGE THEIR APRIL SUPERBOWL! I already feel terrible for Brady Quinn.