Boxer Bernard Hopkins has had a problem with Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb for a while. And Hopkins hasn’t been afraid to articulate his views. Most recently, Hopkins addressed his disdain for McNabb with Howard Eskin of WIP radio in Philly. Hopkins (via Sheil Kapadia of philly.com) called McNabb a “lapdog” and a “frontrunner.” Speaking of dogs (I couldn’t resist), Hopkins also said that the Eagles should have dumped McNabb and signed Mike Vick. Eskin suggested that ongoing criticism flows from the fact that McNabb didn’t kiss Bernard’s butt when Hopkins visited practice. Hopkins denied it, but when he offered up an explanation it sure sounded like there might be merit to Eskin’s theory. “When I did go to the NovaCare Center with my team, was he like everybody else?” Hopkins said. “Like the rest of the players? Was he giving us respect, giving everybody respect, my trainer, myself and all that, just coming over, sign this, sign that or whatever? No, he sort of ran into a little room and locked the door and came out every now and then to peak his head out to see if we left yet. But that just tells you he’s not a social guy. “When a guy is uncomfortable that the light is not actually on him, then you have some people that can’t take it. And look, the bottom line is if you want the light to be on you, you gotta do what champions do. You win, you win, you win, you win and you win the big one.” But the same thing can be said about many other quarterbacks, including those who have won Super Bowls. Indeed, it’s their ego that has driven many of them to do whatever they had to do to play football at its highest level. Bottom line? Hopkins doesn’t like McNabb. And Hopkins isn’t afraid to say so. Repeatedly.