Donavan McNabb seems certain that the Philadelphia fan base ordain shower him with nothing but love on Sunday when he visits his former city as a Washington Redskin, and a road dog. The fact that he’s even remotely optimistic of that whack means he’s more delusional than I thought he was.
The Eagles host the Redskins this weekend as -6.0 favorites on the NFL betting short-listed for, and the fact that Washington has not only gone 1-5 SU and 1-3-2 ATS in their last 6 games isn’t their worst nightmare. Donavan McNabb cladding his former team is going to be the biggest story this week, which is a good attitude because it completely overshadows the Redskins’ blowout loss to the St. Louis Rams. Don’t expect anything less than a gong be noticeable when McNabb hits Lincoln Financial this weekend.
It’s easy to assume that Philly fans longing boo the torture out of McNabb on every offensive spell, and that could fuddy-duddy Washington’s chance of putting a dent in their 6-13 SU souvenir in road games at Philadelphia. You have to deem that the drunken fury of Philadelphia will bring into focus on their erstwhile hero, especially since they have a new one in Michael Vick.
Does McNabb deserve to be given the house by his prehistoric fans in Philadelphia? Abso-freaking-loutely. I’m not completely discrediting what he did for the Eagles, but it’s also important to reminisce over what he didn’t do. Since 2000, McNabb’s first full year as a starter, the Eagles went an impressive 103-57 SU over ten seasons and only won the NFC Championship once.
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The Eagles went to the playoffs eight times with McNabb at the helm, missing the playoffs in 2005 (where McNabb managed just 9 games with injury) and in 2007 (the post-Terrell Owens year). That includes five trips to the NFC Championship game and one Wonderful Bowl berth in 2004 where they astray to the Patriots.
Preceding the time when we get to Wonderful Bowl XXXIX – or as I to call it, the “Puke Bowl” – let’s look at McNabb’s numbers in those NFC title matches:
2001 vs. Rams: 18-of 30 completions, 171 yards passing, 2 touchdowns, 1 INT
2002 vs. Bucs: 26-of-49, 243 yards, 0 touchdowns, 1 INT, 1 lost fumble
2003 vs. Panthers: 10-of-22, 100 yards, 0 touchdowns, 3 INT
2004 vs. Falcons: 30-of-51, 357 yards, 3 touchdowns, 3 INT (win)
2008 vs. Cardinals: 28-of-47, 375 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 INT, 1 lost fumble
So what do you have there? A completion percentage of 56.0, 8 touchdowns, 11 turnovers and a record of 1-4 SU in the NFC Championship. Yes Eagles fans, I know I’m repeating a careful part of his history but the simple truly is that Donavan McNabb never played well in big game situations.
Especially when the Super Bowl was on the line. McNabb put forth a coarse effort with 30-of-51 completions against New England in 2004, throwing for 357-yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. His last pick of the game came after he spent nearly 45-seconds of the two-minute drill puking in his own end zone (allegedly) while being screamed at by Terrell Owens.