In an exclusive interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Eagles QB Donovan McNabb claims that coach Andy Reid informed him he would stay with the team in 2010 during McNabb’s exit physical.
“That’s all that matters,” McNabb said. ”I heard it when he said it to you guys, but I heard it before anyway. I think a lot of people look too far into things with all the assumptions and ‘this’ could happen. He told everybody I’m going to be there, and I’m his guy.”
McNabb added that he is “sure” backup QB Kevin Kolb is getting antsy to play. He did not discuss the $6.2 million roster bonus (due May 5) that the Eagles can get out of paying McNabb if they trade him prior to that date.
Something that Reid said in early- to mid-January won’t end the offseason trade rumors, or make it any less likely that McNabb will be moved. By completing 64.6 percent of his passes and throwing for 741 yards in three 2009 appearances, Kolb has shown that he is ready for a much, much bigger role.
And if a team is willing to surrender a first-round pick for Philadelphia’s starter, there’s a good chance that Kolb will get that opportunity.
He also said he had good children. SOmething tells me this is the year he get’s a one way ticket to either Minn or Ari !
Good luck with your new team Donavan.
Philly fans don’t deserve McNabb or professional sports.
awesome. crossing the beagles off my list of competition as we stung their asses all fing yr long.
… poor butterfly…
The media is gonna drag all this out like Boldin to the Eagles last year, Fitzgerald to the Eagles the year before etc etc etc.
Ask yourself this – how many high profile trades has Andy Reid made?
I mean if the offer is there and it’s really high like a 1st and a 2nd plus, then yea they’d probably bite, but McNabb isn’t gonna be dealt for some pittance, and anyone who has followed Andy Reid’s Eagles knows how much they overvalue their own players in trade situations.
On another note, I don’t wanna see Kolb dealt either. I guess there is the possibility of giving McNabb another shot this year, re-signing Kolb at a fraction because he didn’t start, then tagging and trading McNabb if he doesn’t bring one home. If he does, well he isn’t going anywhere I assure you of that. McNabb does have an ego, and I do believe he wants to stay and finish in Philly if possible.
Yeah, he’ll be an Eagle until the Cardinals trade for him.
i think the chiefs could make florio look like a good QB too. kolb’s not bad but he’s not donovan.
Oakland should definately go for this.
GET RID OF HIM ALREADY WE DONT WANT HIM HERE. he cant throw short passes without putting them into the ground, its quite pathetic. kolb played well enough to convince me that he can play, and im just about ready to see some damn change around here
2nd round pick will get Kolb dealt too
Kolb is not the answer, need to draft another QB. I’d rather let Vick take over for 4 years at least.
Hey scrapdawg, are you joking or retarded?
fire Reid before trade McNabb
heavy is the head that wears the crown
I’m an Eagles fan that thinks McNabb will be back and wants him back. I’m not convinced Kolb is better and I’m not sure he is good. At best, he is Aaron Rogers, which means good passes and a lot of untimely sacks, fumbles and interceptions.
Besides, why would they renew him last year for only two years if they were going to keep him for two. If McNabb doesn’t have a good year next year, they can bench him for Kolb and not care if he cries, since he’ll be gone.
I don’t think he is going anywhere.
Did Andy’s kids believe him also?
who cares?
philly fans are a disgrace
KOLB IS NOT A STARTING QB! HE HAS NO LEADERSHIP SKILLS! HE IS A CRY BABY! ALL THE BACK UP QB I READ ABOUT WERE NOT CRY BABYS! HE WENT ON MIKE AND MIKE LAST YEAR TRASHING THE TEAM! CRYING HE WANTED TO START! I SAY TRADE THE SNAKE EYE! THAT RIGHT HE IS A CAN OF TOMATOES. HOW MANY TIME WILL PHILLY FANS GET IT. YEAH THEY ALL WANT A RUNNING BACK OVER MCNABB. IF ANDY LISTEN TO THE FANS WE WOULD BE ELEVEN YEAR LOSERS.
I SAY SHUT UP. LET THE MAN STAY AND PAY THE MAN!
SHUT CRY BABY!
as a ‘Boys fan, I can honestly say that I hope they trade McNabb away. those Philthy fans don’t appreciate how good of a player he is and are dumba$$e$ if they think Kolb could step in next year and produce half as well as McNabb ever did. please send him out of our division, that way we have only the Giants to compete with for next years NFC Beast Championship
Is really easy to speculate. Watch me:
“If a team is not willing to surrender a first-round pick for Philadelphia’s starter, there’s a good chance that Kolb will not get an opportunity to play in 2010.”
See!…
So if you say it/write it, it becomes an automatic “issue” for professional speculators, but not for journalists. (e.g. this note).
Silva you should read your collegues stories before you post.
There is no way the Eagles are trading Mcnabb for 1 first round pick unless it comes with a couple second and third round picks a 5th rounder and a 6th or 7th rounder as well.
Roy williams was trade for a 1st a 3rd a 5th and a 7th and hes a bum. Eagles will need substaintly more for Mcnabb to justify trading him.
I say it will take 2 first a 5th and 7th to get Mcnabb. Reid will not let Mcnabb go for anything less then what Cutler was traded for. Print it.
@ The Oven – Enlighten us. Tell us what wonderful city you’re from. Loser.
@ Coz – You too. Tell us all what crappy town you’re from.
The Philly fans take a lot of crap because we threw snowballs at a drunk Santa Claus 40+ years ago. Get over it. I actually think you all wanna be like us. Deep down in your subconcious you admire us for our knowledge and passion. Go on , be envious.
Love it when people say Philly or any other city doesn’t deserve professional sports. Morons!
The Oven says:
January 29, 2010 9:13 PM
Philly fans don’t deserve McNabb or professional sports.
PHILLIES BITCH.
boysroll says:
January 29, 2010 9:19 PM
awesome. crossing the beagles off my list of competition as we stung their asses all fing yr long.
Good. call Wase and tell him too. Hopefully you guys sleep on us like you slept on the Vikingsin the playoffs.
THE strobman says:
January 30, 2010 1:00 AM
as a ‘Boys fan, I can honestly say that I hope they trade McNabb away. those Philthy fans don’t appreciate how good of a player he is and are dumba$$e$ if they think Kolb could step in next year and produce half as well as McNabb ever did. please send him out of our division, that way we have only the Giants to compete with for next years NFC Beast Championship
Its funny because I remember saying the same thing about Bledsoe/Romo…Like “wait til Romo gets in there LOL.” Last time I checked, no one can predict the future, so watch what you say or you might look pretty stupid later on……
And all you homers better watch out for the skins too…Actual head coach now, money spending owner heading into an uncaped year…Oh wait – That would mean Cowchip fans would have to watch more than just dallas games And/Or be INFORMED about football….nevermind.
Count Sacula says:
January 30, 2010 7:18 AM
@ Coz – You too. Tell us all what crappy town you’re from.
The Philly fans take a lot of crap because we threw snowballs at a drunk Santa Claus 40+ years ago. Get over it. I actually think you all wanna be like us. Deep down in your subconcious you admire us for our knowledge and passion. Go on , be envious.
You hit the nail on the head. All these windbags like Vox have been waiting 14 years for the Chips to be good enough to boast about, they win one PO game , then get MURDERED AND EMBARRASSED, and still think thier ish dont stink cuz they beat da IGGLES. We must be that important!
Mr. B, I guesss the Eagles should have hired you for the GM job since you have everything figured out about Kolb. You are doing the same thing to Kolb that you said Eagles fans did to McNabb. but i guess you know more.
You guys don’t get it. Besides the Eagles being able to get something for McNabb at the end of his career, there is also the matter of Kolb. They DO think he is the future, but he has one more year. They need this year to figure out if he is the guy, so they know whether to lock him up or let him walk.
Reid doesn’t make many high profile trades, but this is a unique situation. He just got extended, so he is safe to make this change and it gives him a couple, three years to get the kid (along with jackson, celek, mccoy, maclin) leading this young offense.
Makes too much sense.
DAWK 2020…with all due, I do not get the mindset.
“I’m not convinced Kolb is better and I’m not sure he is good. At best, he is Aaron Rogers, which means good passes and a lot of untimely sacks, fumbles and interceptions.”
I don’t know either, but I know what I have with McNabb and it isn’t good enough. This team reminds me of the Iverson 76ers or Ewing Knicks. They were good, but you knew they could never win it all.
Donovan officially can’t win the big game. I’m sorry, we’ve seen the best from him. This is all there is. We need to rebuild the offensive line and most of the defense, while nuturing great young talent like Jackson, Maclin, Clelek, and McCoy. By the time all that gets online McNabb will be retired. So let’s find out what we have in Kolb.
If he sucks, so be it. Should the Jets have kept Kellen Clemens and not started Sanchez? Should we have kept Doug Pederson because he was the known commodity and McNabb was the unknown quantity? Should we have given W a third term despite total incompetence because he was the devil we knew?
I trusted Andy on selecting McNabb, I trust his selection of Kolb. The man cannot manage the clock or gameplan, but he can draft QB’s.
Dallas Cowboy phans….WE been stinging yo ass for the last decade! The words “abuse” & “red-headed stepchild” come to mind!
Enjoy 2009 while it lasted.
Oh, and Donovan will NEVER play with only one year left on his deal – which is why they gave him 2 years in the last extension.
And I think he’s earned the right to demand that. So if they bring him back they need to re-extend him. That’s the way NFL contracts go.
I cannot determine which will win – Andy Reid’s desire for taking the safe and predictable route that will get him 10 wins and one playoff game next year OR the Eagles desire not to spend a ton of money on fading stars.
I personally think McNabb will be here 15 more years and Kolb goes elsewhere and does well. We will win exactly 0 Super Bowls over that span.
How can anyone say they know enough about Kolb to make an assessment?
Remember, Reid drafted Kolb. It wasn’t the fanbase of “McNabb Haters”.
This is a business people. You are taking it way to personally. Oh, and aside from Eric Lindros there has never been a bigger baby in town than Donovan McNabb. He’s an awful teammate and leader. Constantly pointing fingers at young players he overthrows.
And has anyone else noticed that McNabb NEVER talks to anyone on the sideline unless they are up by 40? And he never looks at the photos of the defenses like Manning or Brady? And that he has minimal interaction with Marty between series? And that he is one of the longest tenured QB’s in the NFL…yet never calls his own plays and rarely audibles?
Didn’t he get a 9 on the wunderlik?
Kolb to The Browns sound good! we will send ya BQ a 3rd rounder this yr and a 4th next yr!
No serious Eagles fan expect Kolb to win it in his first year as a starter. I say give him the ball, rebuild the D and get the O line reestablished.
I personally think McNabb will be here 15 more years
Really? McNabb will be in Philly til he’s 49?
Moron.
raw B says:
January 30, 2010 8:23 AM
……You hit the nail on the head. All these windbags like Vox have been waiting 14 years for the Chips to be good enough to boast about, they win one PO game , then get MURDERED AND EMBARRASSED, and still think thier ish dont stink cuz they beat da IGGLES. We must be that important!…..
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
….Yeah all Cowboys fans have in there history is beating the Eagles…only fans of a team WITHOUT a SB championship would think like that….but whatever
For so many years you Eagles were one man reliant offensively and Mcnabb carried the franchise….
and you guys want to trade Mcnabb the best QB in your history????…careful what you wish for…
on the flip side the rest of the NFC would be greatful.
good luck with that
McNabb is not a quick passer. He needs time for a play to develop and then he makes the throw. Last year the Eagles O-Line was decimated. I believe Andy still has faith that the O-line will be back and healthy this year to help protect and give the time needed for McNabb to succeed. He’ll be back.
Penguin…
it. was. a. joke.
Should I color code things for you?
Genius.
OL looks like an overhaul to me. Wasn’t the plan to eventually move Herremanns to RT? I feel like we have good young guards to plug in.
I gave up on Andrews, he’s too busy getting his Michael Phelps on. He’s lazy, crazy, or has a back injury. Pick one. He’s fininshed.
And his brother sucks too. Like the Monte Reagor signing, we took damaged goods in an attempt to double down on The Big Kid.
Oh, and Penguin…the deal about a 3rd term for W. That was a joke too.
Genius.
Don’t mention the Phillies. 99% of Cowboys fans are also Yankees fans, they’ll throw it back at you.
They are also Lakers fans, who were once Bulls fans, and before that they were Celtics fans.
They have no honor, no code, no integrity.
And few are from Dallas itself.
Dum Dum…
If you “stung the Eagles asses all year long”, shouldn’t you be sad to see McNabb go?
Congrats on finally winning something in the new millenium. Really, hats off!
DBB -
Our best offensive player – who, yes, we are now over-reliant on – is Deasean Jackson.
Thing is, you make my point for me. We did indeed rely on McNabb to carry the offense for years, and we won no SB’s. We then gave him the greatest WR weapon in the game, and he won no SB’s. Now he has a ton of weapons, but wait…they’re too young. Or too many guys were hurt. Or the ref should called PI on the Cardinals.
On and on. So we won no SB’s.
Always an excuse.
To McNabb supporters EVERYTHING has to be going right for him to win. We need to get all the calls, we need to run the ball a lot, we need to stay healthy, we need to get 100% out of every player, the defense needs to shut down the opponent all the time, and every skill position must be staffed by (1) veterans who (2) never make mistakes and (3) always stay healthy. McNabb can never be asked to mount a game winning drive.
Well, if all that happens you or I could be the QB and win a SB. Fact is, all of these variables exist with every team. Guys like Manning and Brady and Big Ben win games they are not supposed to win. I can count maybe 4 games this decade that the Eagles won that I did not expect them to win. One was against Dallas with Garcia at the helm. Bears playoff game where we killed Jim Miller. Last year against the Giants in the offs.
Bottom line. McNabb wins the games he is supposed to win, almost never wins a game he isn’t supposed to win. It’s fact. And it is time to change.
“Dallas Cowboy phans….WE been stinging yo ass for the last decade!”
20-16
24-0
34-14
say you’re full of ish. Matter of fact since McNabb choked the biggest game of his life away the Cowboys are 6-4 against the 0-3gles.
“and still think thier ish dont stink cuz they beat da IGGLES. We must be that important!…..”
An important stepping stone for which to walk on or step over. Just like always.
“KOLB IS NOT A STARTING QB! HE HAS NO LEADERSHIP SKILLS! HE IS A CRY BABY!”
So what you’re saying is that there’s no dropoff from McNabb to Kolb?
“The Philly fans take a lot of crap because we threw snowballs at a drunk Santa Claus 40+ years ago. Get over it. I actually think you all wanna be like us.”
Fat, lazy and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
“And all you homers better watch out for the skins too”
Sure thing, Florio.
“Congrats on finally winning something in the new millenium. Really, hats off!”
Well, congrats on winning absolutely nothing since Eisenhower was president!
@ Vox: “fat, lazy & stupid is not way to go through life….” neither is 1 playoff win in the last 10 years………you got your meatloaf, now back to the basement
“Fat, lazy and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
So what your saying is since I am a Soldier is that I am fat, lazy, and stupid? Well if I am all of the above I guess I am pretty well off compared to someone who plays Magic cards.
@ Vox – I am hardly fat, lazy and stupid. You see, when you actually leave the house you open your eyes to an outside world. In said outside world, one can exercise and learn. Much more than you can do. Just keep drinking your Mountain Dew, eating your Funyans and trolling Myspace looking for other losers to play Magic the Gathering.
I win. You lose. Again.
Hey, vox, I like the way you called that guy son. It made you sound like a real tough guy instead of a slimeball internet troll.
So all Philly fans are fat, lazy and stupid, huh? Well, seeing as how you didn’t make any broad generalizations, I have no reason to doubt your word. As I’m sure you well know, a generalization serves only as an announcement that the issuer of same is full of doo doo. Plus, judging by some of your past comments, you’ve apparently spent enough time at the Linc intimidating the home fans with your Witten jersey that you probably know every one personally by now. Hence, you know for a fact that each and every one of them is fat, lazy and stupid.
You seem to have a problem with fat, lazy and stupid. Is it because, for as distasteful as you might find those traits, they still stack up favorably with being phony, transparent and generally repulsive? That’s no way to go through life, son.
Dude, I could care less that you are a soldier. It means zero to me in the context of discussing football.
How about this – I thank you for your service and you thank me for paying the taxes that pay for your salary?
With the kind of passive aggressive victim mentality you have, no wonder you like McNabb.
We threw snowballs at Santa?
Really? So I’m guilty of something a bunch of people I never did before I was born?
At least we don’t throw bottles, like in Cleveland.
Or throw things on the court and fight the players, like in Detroit.
Or toss garbage onto the court and stab opposing fans like in LA.
Or give opposing fans grain alcohol and blind them, like in Chicago.
Or beat one another up to get a hockey stick, like in SF.
But you have probably never been outside of your zip code.
Please.
@Mooch…
Well I still pay taxes on my salary when I am not deployed so wouldn’t that make me pay myself?
And when did I ever say I liked McNabb? I was defending the “Fat, lazy and stupid is no way to go through life, son” remark Vox made about all Eagles fans. Personally I am on the fence with McNabb.
Wake up and smell what you have been shoveling.
This is the 2nd time I have seen you try and browbeat someone who disagreed with you by bringing up your service.
I don’t think it is sporting to make people who disagree with you back off by mentioning that. If you were not the guy who did it the other day, then sorry for coming at you like that. But it just happened the day before and now this.
I am an Eagle fan as well, and cannot stand Vox either…for the record.
Nope that wasnt me.