The chuckles and guffaws over Eagles Quarterback Donovan McNabb’s “I didn’t know there were ties in the NFL” comment continue as retired NFL defensive tackle and current Dancing With the Stars contestant Warren Sapp piled on.
When I heard him say it, I almost passed out. I thought, ‘This will follow you for the rest of your career.’ Your legacy in the league, Donovan, will be throwing up in the Super Bowl, Rush Limbaugh and now ‘I didn’t know there were ties in the NFL.’
At FoxSports.com, admitted McNabb sycophant Jason Whitlock jumps to the confused Quarterback’s defense.
Trust me, McNabb forgot more about football last night than most of his critics have learned in a lifetime of pretending to cover the game.
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Before I go further, let me put all my cards on the table. I’m a homer for Donovan McNabb. He and LaDainian Tomlinson are my two favorite active players. I love the way they carry themselves on and off the field.
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I find the fraudulent indignation about the “mistake” embarrassing. My industry is so lacking in original thought and imagination that we think it’s a big deal when we discover we know some insignificant detail about the game that a millionaire player doesn’t.That’s what’s driving all of this. We’re so lost in the sports media world, so overexposed and overextended writing and talking on TV and radio that beating up McNabb over an innocent error passes as hard-hitting originality.
I’m wondering just how “insignificant” the error was. McNabb claims to have figured it out as he was being told to throw the game-ending “Hail Mary” pass. You have to wonder if McNabb would have played with a little more urgency toward the end of the overtime period had he known there were no ties in the NFL.
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