The question every NFL betting nut job should be asking themselves this weekend is simply, “How pretentiously of a dick can Donavan McNabb be?” It’s easy to assume that McNabb, who was traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the division rival Washington Redskins after ten seasons, require be rattled in his first game back against his former work together, but history speaks otherwise.
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While the Eagles are home favorites at -6.0 on the NFL betting job, and the fans in Philadelphia force already started drinking, these “return games” don’t exactly have a great winning streak in the NFL. Three notable examples are when:
- Drew Bledsoe gives Bill Belichik and Tom Brady a proper vengeance punt in the debris when he plays against the New England Patriots as a fellow of the Buffalo Bills and throws for 230-yards on 17-of-28 completions with a touchdown in a 31-0 romp .
- Jon Gruden gives Al Davis the finger after leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers outstanding the Raiders after being traded (yes – traded) away over the summer. The Bucs ravaged the hapless Raiders 48-21 with Tampa stealing a Super Spin record setting 6 interceptions.
- Joe Montana was ousted in San Francisco when the Niners certain to go with his recent backup Steve Uninitiated. A season later, the Chiefs played the Niners at Arrowhead and Joe Montana throws for 203 yards and 2 touchdowns in 1994 during a 24-17 success for the Chiefs. Not too many said the timing of Montana’s departure was the wrong paraphernalia to do in San Francisco, but he certainly proved he wasn’t done despite being approximately 40-years long-lived. McNabb’s trying to do the same thing at the soothing age of 32.
- We all know that Drew Brees is one of the best quarterbacks in the 2010 NFL betting season, but five years ago the San Diego Chargers decided to exile him in place of Philip Rivers. In 2008, Brees hosted the Chargers and threw 339 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 37-32 win.
You want to look at other leagues? How about the NBA? There’s no team that gives hell to a former star like the Toronto Raptors, and who could forget Shaq’s outset game back in Los Angeles after being traded to the Miami Fervour?
- Vince Carter has averaged 27.5 points and 7.4 rebounds in 10 games while visiting his former team, the Toronto Raptors. That includes dropping 39-and-10 and an game winning, alley-oop dunk in his first trip back, 42-and-10 his second game back, and he also slapped Morris Peterson in the face when visiting Toronto in 2006.
- Shaquille O’Neal is banished from L.A. to the Miami Heat in 2004 and returns to the STAPLES Center that year to drop 24 points, grab 11 rebounds and steer his team to a 104-102 victory over Kobe Bryant.
Of definitely, it doesn’t unceasingly chef-doeuvre out well for the jilted star and his different team. Fitting ask The Great One:
- Wayne Gretzky gets traded to the LA Kings from the Edmonton Oilers in the biggest robbery every, and returns to a four-minute prominence ovation from his old team in 1998. The Kings lost 6-8 and Gretzky managed two assists.
See? It isn’t always so cosy to welcome a inimitable you’ve either discarded to free-agency, or traded, back in to your house. McNabb’s Redskins don’t have much of a occasion likelihood against the Eagles this weekend if you look at their rosters, or the fact that Washington has only beaten Philadelphia 6 times in 25 visits.