rush and mcnabb

[rone]

Ralph Wiley speaks at length about the Limbaugh-McNabb hoopla. It is good reading and it goes beyond some of the thoughts i had.

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[opadit.livejournal.com]

The local media's firestorm (when they're not calling Limbaugh a drug fiend) has included the suggestion that he should have talked about Kordell Stewart, not Donovan McNabb, to make his point.

A good percentage of Philadelphians do call McNabb overrated ... but it's important to remember that the locals here have cheered when a player from the opposing team is carried off the field unconscious, and also thrown snowballs -- nay, iceballs -- at Santa Claus. Mostly it's because we haven't seen a Superbowl since, what, 1980? And our last World Series appearance was a little humiliating (Mitch Williams still gets death threats).

Philly sports fans' standards are high, and our hopes are continually dashed, even when we build fancy new state-of-the-art luxury stadiums. The Phils even lost the last game ever played at the Vet. It's enough to make me go looking for some contraband OxyContin to assuage my grief.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

In fact, Wiley makes the Kordell point in his article. Even then, i don't know that i'd agree that Kordell is overrated by the media because they want to see a black QB succeed... frankly, his continued employment in the NFL as a quarterback is utterly mystifying to me. He's a great athlete, but as a QB he's not good enough. It's like Jeff George, whose only saving grace was his cannon arm.

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Let's be clear here. It's not the "locals" who were throwing iceballs at the Vet.

It was the mayor.

I miss Fast Eddie sometimes. :)