One More Mistake and Pacman Will Be Banned Forever.

It's Pacman, then God.

As we predicted last week, Roger Goodell has officially stated that if Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones has even one more issue while playing in the NFL, he will be banned for life.

I kind of wonder what will happen.

Jones seems like the kind of guy who we had high school Algebra class with. Always distracting everyone and getting yelled at by the teacher yet insanely believing the teacher has a vendetta against him.

Jones’ personality-type leads me to believe he will again do something stupid and think “well this wasn’t a big enough deal to get kicked out of football though” and he will then be dumbfounded at the ‘injustice’ done to him when he is expelled from the NFL.

In other words, he is a shitty player and an even worse human being.

Tony Romo Takes A Homeless Man To See “Role Models”.

We heard about this yesterday but hate to write anything prematurely (the Giants are going to win another Superbowl).

Last weekend Tony Romo took a homeless man who goes by the name ‘Doc’ to see “Role Models” at a Cinemark Theater in Dallas.

The story goes, Romo spotted him outside the theater trying to get some change and offered to take him to see the movie. They went into the theater and Doc was a little embarrassed so he sat a few seats away from Romo:

Romo, who confirmed the story but didn’t want to elaborate, waved Doc over to sit by him and his friend. Doc sheepishly mentioned that he hadn’t showered in a few days.

“Don’t worry about that,” Romo said. “I’m used to locker rooms.”

Nothing about any of this makes much sense.

The best I can figure is that Tony Romo is either some kind of religious guru, a really nice charitable guy or a little crazy.

There were reports of him helping a couple change a tire earlier this season.

It is a nice story.

But the Cowboys still suck.

Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones Given A 27th Chance In The NFL.

Pacman Jones has been reinstated by Roger Goodell.

The Cowboys will be able to activate Jones for thier December 7th game.

I am of the firm belief that Roger Goodell only reinstated Jones this time so that if he fucks up again (which there is probably a 69% chance he will) Goodell can say “Three strikes you’re out motherfucker! Pack your bags! You goin’ to Canada!”.

If Roger Goodell actually spoke like that, his press conferences would be far more interesting.

I have always been of the opinion that people deserve second chances. Usually. But how many chances can someone actually be given before the chance giver just looks like a huge moron?

This many.

Roger Goodell is all too happy to allow players to be fined for “dirty” hits and the like, but this move makes it seem like, when you come right down to it, he’s pretty much a lot of talk.

I guess that’s better than Paul Tagliabue who was a lot of…nothing.

And still, when you put it into perspective, there is no way Goodell isn’tthe best commissioner of the 4 major sports. It isn’t even close.

In spite of some overly sensitive fines that get tossed around, I appreciate Goodell’s sheriff-like attitude when it comes to guys shooting people and (allegedly) committing felonies. If Goodell would just lay off on the stupid fines, I would have no issue with him at all.

Bud Selig is just completely moronic and incompetent in every way. But David Stern is just oversensitive to everything. His “rules” are never consistent and he’s just an old man living in a young man’s World.

Roger Goodell needs to:

1. Lay down ultra specific rules as to what constitutes a dirty hit and what can be fined.
2. Write specific rules by which players can be suspended or expelled from the NFL.

I think too much of his decision making is done on a case-by-case basis and clearly that isn’t working. A firm set of rules encompassing everything applied with a small measure of case-by-case decision making would go a long way towards improving things.

Even if that means writing a player conduct rule book that says things like:

Strip Clubs -

Any player allegedly involved in a strip club altercation will receive a minimum 4 game suspension.

Shootings -

Any player who allegedly discharges a firearm in public will receive a minimum 6 game suspension.

Underage Parties –

Any player allegedly involved in “partying” with underage males or females will receive a minimum 3 game suspension.

I would gladly write up this rule book for you Roger. Just buy me a Sooloos and I will get into detail like you wouldn’t believe.

Oh man do I want a Sooloos…

Jerry Jones = Moron. Tony Romo = Pussy.

Jerry Jones has guaran-DAMN-teed that the Cowboys will make the playoffs this season.

Does that old bag of bones ever look at standings?

Also, I would greatly appreciate it if Jerry Jones and Al Davis were forced to fight to the death and/or if both of them would just fucking disappear forever. Thanks.

“There’s just absolutely no, I can tell you without hesitation, thought in my mind about him not coaching the Dallas Cowboys in the future, past this year,” Jones said. “No thought. I haven’t given that one ounce of consideration. … His contract is his contract.”

“What I’m hoping is that all of the positive things that Wade Phillips is about really does kick in in a way that gives him his due and gives him his credit,” Jones said. “I thought that for whatever the reasons he didn’t get the credit that he should have had last year.”

You know why no one recognized the genius of Wade Phillips?

BECAUSE WADE PHILLIPS IS A FUCKING MORON!

Among all of the head coaches in the NFL, Wade Phillips even looks the most like he ate lead paint chips as a child.

Jerry Jones went on to talk about how he’s willing to give Pacman Jones another chance.

Apparently Jerry Jones is so senile that he thinks that Pacman Jones is related to him in some way and feels obligated to give his untalented/over-hyped ass a 19th chance.

Honestly, if he didn’t have a cool nickname, no one would even know who he was…

His play is shit on the field and he’s the scum of the Earth off the field…Fits in perfectly with the Dallas Cowboys.

Also, Tony Romo is pussy.

“Ow, I broke my pinkie! It Hurts!” Suck it up baby. You were supposed to be ‘the team to beat’ this season and you need 3 games off because of a broken fucking pinkie?

I could see one game., but after that, tape it up tightly and throw the goddamn ball.

Kobe Bryant has been playing with a broken pinkie for the last year (almost). All though I think that’s a bad idea that he will probably almost certainly regret when he’s old and has crippling arthritis in that pinkie to the point that it is completely immobile, HE’S NOT A GIANT PUSSY LIKE TONY ROMO!

Last season people sort of anointed Tony Romo as being one of the great quarterbacks in the NFL. I still think the guy is a fraud. Or maybe not a fraud, but closer to a Marc Bulger than a Peyton Manning-type.

I hate the Cowboys, by the way.

Pacman Jones Owes Lawyers Money.

TMZ has reported that Pacman Jones owes his lawyers back payments for services rendered.

Of course the comments on their talkback are intelligent and well thought out.

Like this one:

5. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST BORM DUMB, NOTHING WILL HELP THEM, SO WHAT —–OH WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Posted at 2:00PM on Nov 13th 2008 by KEN

We hope we can get “KEN” to be a regular contributor at Chair.

To Love And Feel No Love (To Be A Fan).

It’s a funny thing being a sports fan. 

Every time I try to quantify it or measure why it matters or why I care, I really have a hard time putting it into words.

What does your local team winning a championship mean really, at the end of the day?

When I was a kid I thought that it always meant that the team that won was the best city in the country somehow. That in some way, when the Blue Jays won the World Series back to back when I was young, Toronto was actually a better city than anywhere in America. 

From the outside, I had a lot of envy for the successful cities. 

I hated Dallas. I hated the Cowboys because of how great they were, but more-so because of how arrogant they seemed (and their fans seemed). 

Dallas winning Superbowl after Superbowl only served to further the notion that where I was living was one of the worst places in the country. The Patriots were horrible at best, the Red Sox were one year of futility after another, the Bruins were always good but could never get it done and the Celtics just always seemed like a team that’s glory days were over when I was just a baby. 

“You should have seen them when Larry was playing.” my Dad would always say. 

To put it into perspective, the day Larry Bird announced his retirement, my family was on vacation at a log cabin in New Hampshire. I had wandered into the woods and my Mom was ready to kill me when I came back an hour or so later. Because I was like 7 or 8. When I came back inside, my Dad was listening to the radio. He told me Larry Bird was retired. I had no idea what that really meant. 

I know it might seem like an odd time to reflect on this. The Boston Red Sox are in the ALCS. The Patriots rebounded big against the 49ers. The Bruins might even be strong this season. And the Celtics are coming off their first Championship in two decades.

For me, this is like living a dream.

But a lot of things happen when your city starts winning championships.

It is way harder to get tickets, for starters.

Even if you can still get tickets, the prices go way up. 

Everyone in all of those other cities starts hating your teams. Some of them (the ones who still haven’t figured out as I did as a kid, that winning a championship does not make your city more important or better somehow) hate your city.

But the worst, by far, is that something that was once so personally your own becomes a commodity for everyone.

It is sort of like when your favorite band that you have been following and listening to for 5 years all of the sudden has a crossover hit on the radio. They aren’t yours anymore. They aren’t some secret that only you know about.

Secrets aside, something you spent so much time invested in and so much time thinking about and talking about (and writing about) is instantly accessible by everyone. They don’t have to work to find the band. They don’t get to see them grow gradually. They weren’t there when they were playing to 15 people at TT The Bears or The Met Cafe. 

But now, because they are so clearly not your own anymore, you can’t even see them without going to some arena (where you pay 18 times as much to see something that was yours before that hit single).

Some people get bitter.

I’ve cared about sports my whole life.

Even when I was 16-18 and thought I wasn’t allowed to care about sports and music at the same time (for some reason…) I couldn’t resist watching the Red Sox or Patriots or Celtics. I actively tried not to care that much. But I couldn’t just stop being myself. 

The question is, why do we care?

In Boston right now, there’s nothing unique about being a sports fan. Everyone is a Boston sports fan. Even people who wouldn’t have been caught dead watching a Red Sox game 6 years ago. But I don’t watch sports to be unique.

Being a sports fan is expensive. You are constantly spending money to go to games, for cable (I really probably would not have cable if not for the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, HGTV, Food Network, Bruins and ESPN [in that order]) to buy merchandise…etc. 

Buying tickets is never a problem to me. I go to games with my girlfriend or sister or best friends. Really, it isn’t that much more expensive than going to a movie or going out to dinner ($10 Celtics tickets are cheaper in both cases, and also way more fun). 

Cable is nice.

And the merchandise trap is something I generally avoid. Or anyway did a great job avoiding until the 2007-2008 Celtics season.

There was something about that team that changed me as a fan. It wasn’t that they were winning. I’ve experienced a lot of winning teams over the last 8 years. It was something else. 

Maybe it was redemption. Maybe it was that (unlike the Red Sox) I could remember the exact day everything changed for the Celtics. I could remember where I was and what I was doing and all of the nightmares that followed (Reggie Lewis’ death, years of futility, Rick Pitino, Antoine Walker). 

Something about seeing my team. A team that I was raised on. A team I was brought up to love, finally get better or at least have a serious chance, made me feel different.

When I bought a Rondo shirt at the first game I went to in 2007, I felt great about it. I would wear it on game days and it made me feel happy. Just wearing a stupid shirt. I bought more Celtics shirts as I went to more games and I always wore one on a game day all season long. I’m not exaggerating. Just wearing the Celtics colors made me happier. Listening to “Roc Boys” or “Ayo Technology” (two songs the Celtics played during warm-ups at the Garden all season) in the gym gave me more energy and made me run faster and work harder. Knowing I had the pleasure to watch them (on TV or in person) helped me get through even the toughest winter days. 

I tried to explain it in my season ending column after the parade in June. I don’t know if I did.

I love the Celtics. I love this core of players. I love the way they play. I love the way they act together. I love that I am living through some new “good old days” because there was a while, most of my life, that I never thought I would. 

But for all of the love I have for the Boston Celtics, they don’t even know I exist. I don’t say that to be dramatic. It is just a simple fact. I am just a credit card number on some gate receipts to them. 

That is all that fans are to their teams really.

We watch, we buy, we digest, we discuss and we get nothing tangible in return.

It is the most beautiful and horrible unrequited love there is.

How can you love something that doesn’t love you back?

Maybe this is a question better suited for a priest, a rabbi and a philosophy professor but I think I get it now.

Maybe they don’t know who I am, but when I think about them, it can make me feel happier. I can think about some great moments and smile. If I’m having a terrible day at work, I can look at the calendar and say ‘at least the Celtics are on tonight’. They are always there. They were a part of my Grandfather’s life and are a part of my Father’s life and will be a part of my kid’s lives one day as well. They inform the way we meet and interact with the people around us. They link us to complete strangers. They give us something to talk about when there is nothing to talk about.

Being a fan means that you believe in something. Something that can lift you up and something that can crush you. But just like anything else, there is always another chance, another opportunity in the future.

The simplest way to explain why I love sports is that it always gives me something to look forward to.

Like most people, I think I want to believe in something. And believing in the Celtics means a lot. 

Tonight was their first pre-season game. Towards the end of the first half rookie Bill Walker got an alley oop dunk that was outstanding. two possessions later, he followed it by dunking in traffic. On the bench, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and everyone else went crazy as if it were a playoff game.

It gives me hope. Some people get to do what they love for a living and sometimes we’re lucky enough to watch them or see them or listen to them or hear about them.

Maybe you think I’m just a crazy obsessive fan or that I’m oversimplifying something that is very complex or that I’m making something that is very simple out to be this big important thing…the thing about believing and loving anything is that it is personal. No matter who else loves it or who else has loved it, the way you feel about it and the way it affects and informs you is uniquely your own. 

One of my co-workers told me she was moving to the North End a couple months back and I told her “I wish I lived in the North End. I’d be closer to the Celtics there.” This was probably in August, so she gave me a puzzled look and laughed a little.

For whatever reason it makes me happier that this team exists. They won’t be this great forever but that is like everything else in life. I will enjoy this and never take it for granted for a second. 

It doesn’t matter that they don’t know me or that we don’t have a direct relationship or communication.

I believe in them. I appreciate everything they do. And as a result, even when they lose and I’m disappointed, it is a passing feeling. Because there is always another opportunity in the future. And sometimes just knowing that is enough to carry you through the hard times.

2008 NFL Preview: NFC East

Washington Redskins

There are a few things wrong with the Redskins. The first is that Jason Campbell is still a giant question mark.

Campbell has played in 20 NFL games. Through 20 games he has thrown for nearly 4,000 yards, 22 TDs and 17 INTs. His QB rating is 77.3.

None of that seems all that remarkable.

I will give him the benefit of the doubt seeing as he isn’t exactly surrounded by amazing targets. But the way I see it, he has about 4 weeks to prove that he maturing and becoming a better quarterback. Or else.

Behind Campbell is 73 year old Todd Collins and newcomer Colt Brennan (that picture of him on ESPN the magazine just made me want to punch him in the face).

Before even getting into the rest of the Skins offense, let’s just take a look at those crucial first four games:

1. @ Giants

2. Saints

3. Cardinals

4. @ Dallas

The way I see it, the Skins will be lucky to come out of those 4 games at 2-2. If Jason Campbell is less than remarkable through those games, he’ll be on the bench (for a couple of weeks).

In the backfield they have Clinton Portis who was sort of back in form last season and Ladell Betts who seems to be a decent second option (he had a shit load of yards in 2006 when Portis was hurt).

The receivers in Washington still don’t scare me. Or anyone.

Santana Moss seemed invisible last season. So did Antwaan Randle El. The 1400 yards receiving, 112 catches and 4 TDs they put up combined would have been great if they counted as the same player on my fantasy team last year. Instead it was Russian Roulette playing either of them.

Of course the Skins still have Chris Cooley who is a solid receiving TE and gets all the TDs these days. Plus they drafted Malcolm Kelly (6′4″ 219) and Devin Thomas (6′2″ 218) who are supposed to end up being options 3 and 4 on the depth chart. I hope for the sake of Redskins fans those guys can catch a poorly thrown pass.

The Redskins Defense still seems to be middle of the pack. Nothing seems horribly wrong here, but there is also little to shit your pants in celebration over.

If Jason Campbell does the 1-3 with 4 TDs and 9 INTs thing and gets benched, the Redskins are lucky to finish 7-9.

If Campbell grabs the league by the sack and turns into a monster, they finish 9-7 or 10-6.

If Todd Collins turns into the starter for the whole season, they finish 8-8.

If Colt Brennan becomes the starter midway through the year and plays better than he should be able to as a rookie, they can finish 9-7 or 10-6.

My definitive prediction is a 6-10 record for the Redskins in 2008.

Philidelphia Eagles

As you’ll recall, I like Donovan McNabb.

If he plays 16 games this season, the Eagles could be a force.

If McNabb reclaims the glory of his early years, with additions to the defense, the Eagles could finish as high as 14-2.

They really have an EASY schedule.

If McNabb is in 2002 form, they should probably split with the Cowboys, maybe split with the Giants and maybe lose to the Browns or Steelers. That’s about it.

Worst case scenario, if McNabb is healthy, the Eagles should finish 10-6 no problem.

They have one of the best and most versatile running backs in the NFL in Brian Westbrook. They have Correll Buckhalter who could be a banger to change things up (I have been assured by Palmtross and other Philly fans that Buckhalter is far better than his stats prove).

True, the wide receivers still don’t look great. But last year Kevin Curtis looked like Jerry Rice one week (maybe McNabb can elevate him all year if healthy), Reggie Brown should be all right and LJ Smith is a consistently good receiver.

Plus they have Jason Avant and Hank Baskett, both of whom are young and have been decent 3 and 4 guys.

The Eagles defense is young and fast at linebacker. This is one position it definitely pays to be young and fast at.

The starters on the Eagles defensive line are 50/50 from what I can tell. Mike Patterson had a solid season last year. He’s only 25 and if he continues to grow at DT he should be a treat to watch. Trent Cole who plays Defensive End is a guy who seems to contribute a lot to the defense. He is also only 25.

Of course they added (and severely overpaid for) Asante Samuel to the Defensive Backs where if they have a healthy Brian Dawkins and Sheldon Brown, they can cause some serious trouble.

The only thing is, the fate of this Eagles team is on McNabb. When he was great, he carried them. When he is hurt, they are unpredictable and bizarre.

McNabb NEEDS TO STAY HEALTHY AND BE GREAT or the Eagles will be mediocre due to a lackluster offense (unless you have a great QB, Kevin Curtis, Reggie Brown, Jason Avant and Hank Baskett might be the worst 4 starting WRs in the NFL…Kevin Curtis is a born #2, Reggie Brown has never carried a big load in his career and is still a little wet behind the ears, Avant and Baskett are unproven in spite of being the right size.)

This season is on McNabb.

My definitive prediction is a 10-6 record for the Eagles in 2008.

New York Giants

Even posting that picture makes my insides churn.

The Giants (like the Patriots) are a very similar team to their 2007 squad. The key difference between the two, in my eyes, is that while the Patriots have tried to upgrade or at the very least added depth and youth to their defense, the Giants have lost Michael Strahan and Jeremy Shockey (granted they didn’t need his injury prone ass to win a Superbowl) and not made any significant additions.

What I think MIGHT happen to them, is that they might be like the Ravens were after they won a Superbowl. They might be too happy to have won. Maybe they’ll be a little tired. Maybe they’ll be sluggish.  Maybe they won’t have the same drive.

Plus they WILL have more people (especially those New York fans) expecting more from them. Maybe that will be tough.

And I’m just gonna say it, Eli Manning is not nearly as good as Donovan McNabb when McNabb is healthy. If McNabb stays healthy all season and the Cowboys stay healthy, I really do think they Giants will finish 3rd in a much much tougher AFC East.

The Giants have a series of decent running backs behind a solid offensive line. But their receiving options? Plaxico Burress is always hurt. He’s great when he plays. He’s easily the second best receiver in the NFC East. But he gets hurt a lot. Then you have Amani Toomer who is on the wrong side of 30 and then Helmet catch guy David Tyree who has clearly ALREADY made the best catch of his career. There is no way in hell that guy can ever outdo that catch.

The defense is similarly strong, but maybe a little less so.

Their success will be dictated by how focused they are. It will also be based upon how good the Eagles and Redskins are. Let’s assume that both the Eagles and Redskins win 1 game agains the Giants. We’ll also assume the Cowboys win 1 against them. That is 3 losses. Not far-fetched at all. They have to play Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Minnesota on the road. Those are 3 games they could easily lose. That brings them down to 10-6. Throw in the fact that the teams they are playing that can beat them at home seem to be the Cowboys, Eagles and Seahawks….that would take them to 7-9. But I doubt they lose 9 games. The defense is too good.

My definitive prediction is a 9-7 record for the Giants in 2008.

Dallas Cowboys

I know that a lot of people expected the Cowboys to win the Superbowl last season.

The Cowboys expected to win it.

They played like chumps when it mattered.

I hate the Cowboys. I always will.

And you know what? They are WEAKER offensively in 2008 than they were in 2007.

WRs, T.O. and Patrick Crayton. Jason Witten at TE. Crayton is a piece of garbage.

RBs, Marion Barber. Yeah, I like the way he runs when he is the running back, but before this year, he has never been a workhorse. Can he withstand starting for 16 games?

I even hate talking about them. I wish them all the worst.

But my definitive prediction is an 11-5 record for the Cowboys in 2008.

Donovan McNabb Laments The Loss Of T.O., Is Prepared To Leave The Iggles

I like Donovan McNabb. I honestly always have.

There was a point around the 2001 season when I thought to myself “Wow the Eagles might actually be relevant again. This guy is amazing.”

In the 2000 and 2001 seasons, McNabb threw for over 3,000 yards each year and had 21 and 25 TDs respectively.

Its also important to keep in mind that those were not Eagles teams of champions and they came damn close to becoming champions.

The 2000 roster featured absolutely no running back (Duce Staley was the starter and had a whopping 1 TD and 344 yards, Darnell Autry had 334 yards and 3 TDs) and a receiving crew of Chad Lewis, Charles Johnson and Torrance Small. Those are three names you aren’t ever going to hear in the same sentence as the words Hall Of Fame.

But even without a running back, McNabb ran for over 600 yards and had 6 rushing TDs. He averaged 7.2 yards per carry. Insane. Even though the 2000 Eagles were eliminated int he second round of the playoffs, it was truly a testament to McNabb’s grit and athletic ability that they even made the playoffs with that ramshackle offense.

McNabb led the Eagles to the NFC Championship in 2001, 2002, 2003 and in 2004 got them to the Superbowl.

The 2001 roster had a receiving crew of James Thrash as the number 1 (absurd and he had 833 yards and 8 TDs) as we’ve seen in years since, clearly McNabb MADE Thrash a better receiver. The other two receivers were a young Todd Pinkston and Chad Lewis who went from McNabb’s number 1 target in 2000 to his number 3 in 2001. Yikes.

2002 was Pinkston, James Thrash, an aging Antonio Freeman and Chad Lewis. Again, McNabb made the team around him better.

2003 was maybe McNabb’s worst seasonand he still was decent with a receiving crew of James Thrash, Todd Pinkston and Freddie Mitchell. By this point James Thrash was mediocre, Pinkston had fallen to Earth after a stellar 2002 season and Freddie Mitchell got fewer receptions that Brian Westbrook and Duce Staley.

By the numbers, there is no way that the Eagles should have gone to the Conference Finals 4 years in a row. McNabb was their leader and he lead them there repeatedly with little more than spare parts on offense.

Of course the fall of Donovan McNabb sort of coincided with the loss of Terrell Owens.

In 2004, Eagles management finally said, “Wait a minute…if we give Donovan a talented receiver to throw to, we might could gets past the Conference Final this year!!!” And unfortunately, they brought in TO, who was available.

Of course 2004 was McNabb’s peak season. TO was catching everything. The Eagles went to the Superbowl and were defeated by the Patriots defense which just slightly outmatched the Eagles offense, TO had his whole “I won’t play” drama and then left for the Cowboys.

Since then, Donovan McNabb has been injured each season, I think part of that goes along with getting older, I know it’s also hard to rebound from losing a Superbowl (I hope this is something the Patriots can overcome). Even though McNabb’s INT numbers have dropped and he has become more of a pocket passer, he hasn’t really led the Eagles to the anything exceptional in a few years.

You can pin it on him if you want to. I’m sure the Eagles management has done so internally. I think the real story here is that when McNabb was young he didn’t know he wasn’t supposed to be great. He carried sub-par after sub-par Eagles team into the playoffs. Once he got to the Superbowl and lost it seems like the reality has set in.

I’m not saying that he is consciously playing worse or demanding better players or anything. But I think at this point in his career he is definitely entitled to them. Along with some slack from the fans and front office.

In a recent interview with Matt Mosley, McNabb shared some thoughts on T.O., his recent injuries and leaving Philly:

“In his situation, he’s finally maturing at age 35 [he's 34]. Sometimes it’s you, sometimes it’s me. [T.O.] thought for so long it was someone else, but at some point, maybe it dawns on you that it’s not everyone else’s fault. I think once Bill [Parcells] left, T.O. realized that Jerry [Jones] truly loved him. And now he has a quarterback that he feels comfortable with. He’s listening. Sometimes you have to understand the reality of the whole situation, and I think he did that.”

“It could’ve been great,” McNabb said. “What did we have, 30 TDs? You don’t see that type of combination very often. That’s like Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison. We would’ve been up there.”

McNabb, in his interview with Mosley, said his knee and ankle injuries which limited his play the past two seasons may have been a blessing in disguise.

“[Last year] was a grind, but the injury actually helped acclimate me to being the type of quarterback that I’ve wanted to be. It’s helped me in certain areas.”

Asked about the Eagles’ chances this year, McNabb said: “I still put us at the top of the NFC. I feel confident in saying that because all the best teams are pretty much in our division. The Giants and Cowboys are coming off great seasons and the Redskins had a decent year.”

And McNabb also said he’s at peace with the prospect of eventually moving to a new team. The Eagles drafted quarterback Kevin Kolb a year ago, a decision which perturbed McNabb initially.

“I might end up somewhere else,” McNabb said. “And I’m prepared for that.”

It seems baffling that the Eagles have not released or traded McNabb yet. I thought for sure that they would and that he would go to Chicago and replace the absolutely pathetic Grossman/Orton combo (all though, Kyle Orton did feature one hell of a porn stache during that Monday Night Football game against the Vikings [Tarvaris Jackson] last season. I have to say, that was the worst quarterback duel I have ever witnessed).

The real question is, what does McNabb have left in the tank? Could he go to Chicago and be MORE successful with a worse running game and equally as bad (if not worse) receivers?

If you sent McNabb to Arizona, would be be throwing bombs to Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin? Would he have 40 TDs and 11 INTs and win the MVP?

Could he flourish anywhere at this stage in his career?

I think he probably can given the right situation. I just don’t think that situation would be in Philly or Chicago. He would need to go somewhere where he would have weapons and probably an offensive line that could protect him well enough to avoid him getting beat to shit week after week.

I hope for his sake that he does end up in such a situation. Because the NFL is low on quality quarterbacks and I truly believe that McNabb could be among the top 5 QBs in the NFL if he had the targets. It just seems like he’s been run of the mill the last few years.