Interpreting McNabb
March 11
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Gonzalez
"The wait is over. The quarterback has finally spoken. (Kind of.)It's been about two weeks since ESPN reported that Donovan McNabb sat down with Eagles management and demanded they upgrade the team. Since then, a lot has happened. Through it all, people waited patiently for McNabb to speak up, to tell us what he thinks about how the Eagles front office has restructured the team. After all, wasn't that the whole point of the ESPN story - that McNabb would be evaluating the evaluators?But McNabb stayed quiet when Correll Buckhalter and Brian Dawkins moved out to Denver. He stayed quiet when Lito Sheppard and Greg Lewis were traded. He stayed quiet when the Eagles signed Stacy Andrews to play tackle and Sean Jones to play safety. He stayed quiet until late Monday night when he stepped out from wherever he's been hiding to post on his Yardbarker blog for the first time in well over a month. (Quick aside: Who takes a month off from blogging but still manages to maintain a dedicated readership? That's impressive. Five is some sort of electronic media genius.)Late Monday night, shortly after McNabb's longtime blindside bodyguard Tra Thomas permanently left Philadelphia for Jacksonville, McNabb blogged about the turnover on the Birds roster. In typical McNabb fashion, he first softened his comments by explaining how he doesn't usually "remark about teammates unless asked" but "felt it was necessary" to share his thoughts. He also made sure to say he'll miss Buckhalter, Sheppard and even Sean Considine. McNabb is quite the diplomat that way."
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