01-23-2007, 08:22 PM
Mark Eckel of the Trenton Times reports that Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb isn't happy.
Among other things, McNabb is miffed that he wasn't invited to attend the team's January 13 playoff game at New Orleans. "There is a team rule that players on injured reserve do not travel," Eckel write, "but, c'mon, teams always treat their stars differently than they do the rest of the team. What would it have hurt to let McNabb go to the game, even if he had to sit in the owner's box with Jeffrey Lurie, if Reid did not want him on the sideline?"
Eckel also says that McNabb "may be getting a vibe that some in the organization prefer Garcia over him," and that McNabb is not pleased about the way that Mama McNabb has been portrayed after she proclaimed on the family web site that the success of the team without Donovan is "bittersweet."
As to the brouhaha regarding McNabb's rehab (about which we recently reported), Eckel says there's nothing to it, without killing us in the process. (We stand by our report, but we nevertheless appreciate Eckel's decision not to cram our report up our bunghole.)
As to whether some in the organization prefer Garcia, we've also reported that members of coach Andy Reid's veterans' committee have expressed strong support for Garcia. We've yet to hear, however, that anyone specifically prefers the 36-year-old Garcia over McNabb.
The practical reality, in our view, is that it will be very hard for McNabb and Garcia to be on the same team moving forward. And it's unlikely that the Eagles will pay Garcia what it takes to keep him as a backup, especially when Garcia will be an unrestricted free agent -- and when teams like the Vikings and Bucs are expected to pursue him. So our guess is that the Eagles will allow Garcia to leave, and that they'll explain that they simply couldn't match what others will pay him to be a starter.
Meanwhile, we're hearing that some of Philly's finest journalists were ripping us last night on a local television show, and that our friends Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes at WIP have gone to bat for us this morning. (If anyone has a clip of the TV segment, we'd love to see it.) We realize that there always will be professional "real" journalists who don't like us, and we're fine with that. And that reality makes us appreciate even more the support and friendship of the growing throng of "real" journalists who read the site, who admit to friends, co-workers, and relatives that they read the site, and who provide us with information, feedback, and advice from time to time.
Among other things, McNabb is miffed that he wasn't invited to attend the team's January 13 playoff game at New Orleans. "There is a team rule that players on injured reserve do not travel," Eckel write, "but, c'mon, teams always treat their stars differently than they do the rest of the team. What would it have hurt to let McNabb go to the game, even if he had to sit in the owner's box with Jeffrey Lurie, if Reid did not want him on the sideline?"
Eckel also says that McNabb "may be getting a vibe that some in the organization prefer Garcia over him," and that McNabb is not pleased about the way that Mama McNabb has been portrayed after she proclaimed on the family web site that the success of the team without Donovan is "bittersweet."
As to the brouhaha regarding McNabb's rehab (about which we recently reported), Eckel says there's nothing to it, without killing us in the process. (We stand by our report, but we nevertheless appreciate Eckel's decision not to cram our report up our bunghole.)
As to whether some in the organization prefer Garcia, we've also reported that members of coach Andy Reid's veterans' committee have expressed strong support for Garcia. We've yet to hear, however, that anyone specifically prefers the 36-year-old Garcia over McNabb.
The practical reality, in our view, is that it will be very hard for McNabb and Garcia to be on the same team moving forward. And it's unlikely that the Eagles will pay Garcia what it takes to keep him as a backup, especially when Garcia will be an unrestricted free agent -- and when teams like the Vikings and Bucs are expected to pursue him. So our guess is that the Eagles will allow Garcia to leave, and that they'll explain that they simply couldn't match what others will pay him to be a starter.
Meanwhile, we're hearing that some of Philly's finest journalists were ripping us last night on a local television show, and that our friends Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes at WIP have gone to bat for us this morning. (If anyone has a clip of the TV segment, we'd love to see it.) We realize that there always will be professional "real" journalists who don't like us, and we're fine with that. And that reality makes us appreciate even more the support and friendship of the growing throng of "real" journalists who read the site, who admit to friends, co-workers, and relatives that they read the site, and who provide us with information, feedback, and advice from time to time.
