I No Longer Bleed Green

manasecret · 08-14-2009, 09:36 AM

With sports, forgiveness is won on the field. In the end, his forgiveness with Eagle fans will be earned or lost depending on if he makes that last second quarterback sneak touchdown to win the game, or whether he fumbles instead to lose the game.

KillerGremlin · 08-18-2009, 07:09 PM

Wow, I totally missed this thread. Sorry guys.

I think McNabb should be the starter. On the other hand, seems like McNabb takes a ton of shit from the whole Philly organization. That's too bad because he is a talented athlete and seemingly a classy guy. I mean, no offense to all you Philly people, but if McNabb gets traded I wish him the best and hope he gets traded to a city that appreciates his talent a little more.

On the other hand, I think more than likely we will see McNabb play all season and Vick get introduced as an option or something? Perhaps they can come up with some sick McNabb/Vick combo and put Vick out there as a receiver or something. Imagine the possibilities.

TheGame · 08-18-2009, 07:33 PM

I missed this thread too. I think philly did a good thing by giving him a shot.

Some activists won't be happy with vick unless he kills himself for what he did. In my opinion, as long as he's making use of what he's gifted at, and using it to pay off his debt and repent for what he has done.. then I can't complain.

The way I see it, he could be a jackass and not do anything, and he still would have been signed probably. Throwing away the 100+ million left in his old contract and serving 2 years in prison is enough in my book alone. But he made the decision to take that, and move foward with still helping the community. So as long as he doesn't go back on his word, I support philly's decision.

The Germanator · 08-18-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Wow, I totally missed this thread. Sorry guys.

I think McNabb should be the starter. On the other hand, seems like McNabb takes a ton of shit from the whole Philly organization. That's too bad because he is a talented athlete and seemingly a classy guy. I mean, no offense to all you Philly people, but if McNabb gets traded I wish him the best and hope he gets traded to a city that appreciates his talent a little more.

On the other hand, I think more than likely we will see McNabb play all season and Vick get introduced as an option or something? Perhaps they can come up with some sick McNabb/Vick combo and put Vick out there as a receiver or something. Imagine the possibilities.

McNabb will be the starter. I'm not sure what you mean when you say "he gets shit from the whole organization." Reid has been overly faithful to McNabb throughout his career because they got to Philly at the same time. Sure, he got benched last year, but he deserved to get benched. If he was your starting QB, you would have wanted him benched, but hey, he turned it around and got his contract reworked for more money, that's not so bad.

I will agree that the fans have been tougher on him than necessary, at least if you listen to sports talk radio that's what you'll hear. I'm a firm believer that McNabb's the best QB the franchise has ever had, and I love him as a player, and I think a lot of people feel that way too. Sometimes you just hear the opposite of that because people always want to paint Philly sports fans as a bunch of assholes. And hey, some people are, we're the town that just killed a guy in the Phillies parking lot, but a lot of people are just passionate about winning.

As for how they'll use Vick, by the time he is reinstated I think he'll be #2 on the depth chart over Kevin Kolb. If McNabb gets hurt, Vick will be right in there. But I bet you see Vick in 5 or 6 plays a game even with McNabb as the starter. Whether he becomes a decoy, runs, or actually throws the ball, he'll be something the defense has to prepare for. I'm excited to see how Reid works him in there.