By now I'm sure you heard that Big 5 retired as an Eagle on Monday, and that the Eagles are going to retire his number when Andy Reid's Chiefs come to town on September 19.
I know there's been a lot of controversy about Donnie Mac over the years. His critics called him a choker who could never win the big game.
Well, if you've followed this blog at all, you know I've always been a Donovan apologist. In his official retirement press conference, owner Jeff Lurie called him both a "franchise-changing QB" and "the greatest quarterback in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles." I agree wholeheartedly.
As Chef Spouse points out, the numbers don't lie. McNabb is the franchise leader in:
Regular season wins (92)
Playoff wins (9)
Passing yards (32,873)
Completions (2,801)
He's also one of only three players in NFL history to amass more than 35,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing yards, joining John Elway and Fran Tarkenton.
And he brought us a lot of great moments and great memories: winning his first career start (against the Skins), rushing for 125 yards against same a year later, winning his first playoff start (against the Buccaneers), 4th-and-26, throwing for four touchdowns on a broken leg against the Cardinals, the epic scramble against Dallas (that finished with a DEEP completed pass), the 44-6 beat down against same (that shot of Tony Romo facedown on the turf after the 3,254,463rd sack he'd taken that day was Chef Spouse's desktop wallpaper for, like, three years),
And, of course, this:
Or you could just watch the video over at PhiladelphiaEagles.com
As I recently pointed out to Chef Spouse, it was a great decade to be an Eagles fan. And it is the ending of an era.
Thanks for everything, 5.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Sail On, Big 5
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