One thing I'll say about Donovan McNabb is that he's a very proud man. Sometimes, maybe he's a bit too proud, and that's why he has a hard time letting things go that maybe he should, which is debatable, but he's a proud guy.
Last season was clearly a disaster. As bad as it was, I think the one thing that TO really managed to do was hurt Donovan's pride. He's hurt, he's still playing, things are sour, and there's TO shooting his mouth off. Then, he finally gets too hurt to continue. It's was about as bad as it can get. Hernia's heal. The pain goes away. But, wounded pride is a different animal, and I honestly think McNabb's pride took some big shots.
Now the question is, how is he going to respond?
I really have no way of knowing, but my guess is that the TO saga is going to have a positive effect on McNabb's play this season. First off, his conditioning has obviously changed. His body fat is around 10%, and I'd venture to say that's the lowest it's been since he was drafted, maybe even before that. Is that important? You're damned right it is, because lower body fat = foot speed.
Maybe, just maybe, this crap with TO, and the wounded pride pushed Donny over the edge just a bit. Early in his career, he used his legs, and terrorized defenses. He progressed, and became a decent pocket passer, and he bulked up to be able to sit in the pocket, and withstand the punishment. And, if last year's events hadn't transpired, there may have been little motivation to change things.
But, it did happen. And, I'm thinking that McNabb, right now, is still smarting from the BS, and pride, being right behind fear on the motivational depth chart, will drive him to do some things that he may not have done in the past. Like taking off with the football, taking more risks, and winning at all cost.
We once had a great running QB. Then we had a decent pocket QB that didn't run much. This year, we're going to have both. It sounds crazy, but I think McNabb is going to have a career year, and TO is going to be partially to blame for it.
Everyone has us pretty even with the other teams in the division. I can live with that, but we have the difference maker in #5, and this year, wounded pride in hand, he's going to do whatever it takes to be that difference maker.
Last season was clearly a disaster. As bad as it was, I think the one thing that TO really managed to do was hurt Donovan's pride. He's hurt, he's still playing, things are sour, and there's TO shooting his mouth off. Then, he finally gets too hurt to continue. It's was about as bad as it can get. Hernia's heal. The pain goes away. But, wounded pride is a different animal, and I honestly think McNabb's pride took some big shots.
Now the question is, how is he going to respond?
I really have no way of knowing, but my guess is that the TO saga is going to have a positive effect on McNabb's play this season. First off, his conditioning has obviously changed. His body fat is around 10%, and I'd venture to say that's the lowest it's been since he was drafted, maybe even before that. Is that important? You're damned right it is, because lower body fat = foot speed.
Maybe, just maybe, this crap with TO, and the wounded pride pushed Donny over the edge just a bit. Early in his career, he used his legs, and terrorized defenses. He progressed, and became a decent pocket passer, and he bulked up to be able to sit in the pocket, and withstand the punishment. And, if last year's events hadn't transpired, there may have been little motivation to change things.
But, it did happen. And, I'm thinking that McNabb, right now, is still smarting from the BS, and pride, being right behind fear on the motivational depth chart, will drive him to do some things that he may not have done in the past. Like taking off with the football, taking more risks, and winning at all cost.
We once had a great running QB. Then we had a decent pocket QB that didn't run much. This year, we're going to have both. It sounds crazy, but I think McNabb is going to have a career year, and TO is going to be partially to blame for it.
Everyone has us pretty even with the other teams in the division. I can live with that, but we have the difference maker in #5, and this year, wounded pride in hand, he's going to do whatever it takes to be that difference maker.
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