But a lot of the players we get on actually deserve it. I'm completely mystified at the hate for McNabb and the foot in the ass he got on the way out the door from the fans. Mostly because their criticisms of him weren't quantifiable and have a tenuous (at best) correlation with actually being a good football player. They sound like things you say when you hate someone but you have no legitimate gripe. "He smiles when they're losing." "He threw up during the Super Bowl." "He's not a leader." "He's a company man." "He chokes." "We'll never win the Super Bowl with him."
People collected all their accumulated frustration at ten years of getting close but not winning and projected it on McNabb. First, this completely ignores that the team was a consistent winner for ten years, and luck has a bigger part in this than anyone cares to admit. You just have to be in the mix. Did anyone see the 2007 Giants, 2008 Cardinals or 2009 Saints coming? Second, it assumes that there is a special quality inherent in QBs that win the Super Bowl that McNabb does not possess. (Despite the fact that John Elway and Peyton Manning were likewise said to not have this "championship quality" before going out and winning. And despite the fact that Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson have rings.) Third and finally, it assumes that Kevin Kolb is Joe Montana because he had a good game against the vaunted Chiefs and piled up garbage yards in a blowout loss against the Saints (in which, incidentally, the turning point was a pick six by Kolb.)
I guess my question to all those who couldn't wait to get McNabb out the door is, "What do you want?" It doesn't make any sense to get rid of someone who keeps you in the mix every year because you're bored of watching him and you don't like his demeanor. Kolb might be great, but he might suck, too. Oh well, at least he's white.
(Yeah, I said it. McNabb is too black for the white fans and not black enough for the black fans. Just ask Bernard Hopkins.)