TO a Buffalo Bill

[AD720]

Originally Posted by yourchoice

There's no way in hell the Eagles would bring TO back. He's no where near as good as he was before anyway.

And Andrew, remember, he didn't even play in the playoffs until the Super Bowl, so IMO you can't say he got them there.

Fair enough, he (helped very much to) get them to the (playoffs and the) Superbowl.

It just comes down to the fact that McNabb rules the roost over there and due to a little girl school yard fight we gave up him up. There is no denying that he will do down in history as one of the best WR's to play the game. And due to a little girl school yard fight the Eagles will never get him again, unless maybe McNabb is gone. I don't think Andy is all that smart but I do think he wants to win a superbowl. And it doesn't take a football genius to know that it would really help to have a superstar stud wide reicever (again).

I think it is more likely that T.O. wouldn't come back to the Eagles. They really didn't treat him very well. His contract was terrible and the Eagles knew it. All he wanted was a contract that reflected how well he played the prevoius season and how much dedication he showed (I will reinterate, dude played in the Superbowl against Dr's orders with a broken leg). And the Eagles basically said no, you can keep your contract, shut your mouth and be nice to little golden-boy Donavan or we are going to put you in a time out.

That is what I've put together from what I've read and heard on the radio.

[yourchoice]

Originally Posted by AD720

Fair enough, he (helped very much to) get them to the (playoffs and the) Superbowl.

It just comes down to the fact that McNabb rules the roost over there and due to a little girl school yard fight we gave up him up. There is no denying that he will do down in history as one of the best WR's to play the game. And due to a little girl school yard fight the Eagles will never get him again, unless maybe McNabb is gone. I don't think Andy is all that smart but I do think he wants to win a superbowl. And it doesn't take a football genius to know that it would really help to have a superstar stud wide reicever (again).

I think it is more likely that T.O. wouldn't come back to the Eagles. They really didn't treat him very well. His contract was terrible and the Eagles knew it. All he wanted was a contract that reflected how well he played the prevoius season and how much dedication he showed (I will reinterate, dude played in the Superbowl against Dr's orders with a broken leg). And the Eagles basically said no, you can keep your contract, shut your mouth and be nice to little golden-boy Donavan or we are going to put you in a time out.

That is what I've put together from what I've read and heard on the radio.

Hmmm, we see this way differently. I don't think TO will ever be asked back anywhere he's played before. He's played for three teams, and basically caused controversy with each team, specifically each one of his quarterbacks, while there...first Garcia, then McNabb and finally Romo. To me that seems to lead to the point that TO is the issue, not his teammates or teams. Like TO said about Garcia, if it smells like a rat.....

Does McNabb rule the roost? No doubt! He should...he's the franchise quarterback. But I honestly don't think him being "the golden boy" had anything to do with the situation. IMHO, it was Owen's issue from the start.

FWIW, my understanding is McNabb didn't want to talk contract extension until he saw what the Eagles did in free agency. I read into that, that he wanted to see if they finally got him any stud skill position players, specifically a WR. So far....

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Originally Posted by yourchoice

Hmmm, we see this way differently. I don't think TO will ever be asked back anywhere he's played before. He's played for three teams, and basically caused controversy with each team, specifically each one of his quarterbacks, while there...first Garcia, then McNabb and finally Romo. To me that seems to lead to the point that TO is the issue, not his teammates or teams. Like TO said about Garcia, if it smells like a rat.....

Does McNabb rule the roost? No doubt! He should...he's the franchise quarterback. But I honestly don't think him being "the golden boy" had anything to do with the situation. IMHO, it was Owen's issue from the start.

FWIW, my understanding is McNabb didn't want to talk contract extension until he saw what the Eagles did in free agency. I read into that, that he wanted to see if they finally got him any stud skill position players, specifically a WR. So far....

As far as TO goes the bottom line is that all the teams that have let him go for "off the field" issues have done worse "on the field" where it counts. Is TO a loud mouth? Absolutly. Can he be diffucult to deal with? I can only imagine. Is he pretty much the perfect physical specimine of a WR? Yes. Does he deliever on the field? Always.

I don't know too much about the cowboys situation but I know a fair bit about what happened with the Eagles and I think mistakes were made on both sides.


The only comment I have for McNabb re: Franchise QB is .

Let me step into the wayback machine. It's March 2004...there is a stud WR on the market...the Eagles pick him up...go 13 and 1 when a certain stud WR is on the field...

Point is that they got him the stud WR of his dreams and he still couldn't seal the deal.

Let McNabb walk, let's see what Kolb has.


Joel we should really start an Eagles thread!

All in all though I am REALLY happy that TO didn't go to Washington or NYG! I think we can celebrate that.