Today, Donovan McNabb officially retired a Philadelphia Eagle and it means that it is an end of an era in Philadelphia Eagles franchise history. Hate him or love him, Donovan McNabb turned this Eagles franchise around and put the team on his back. He took the Eagles to five NFC championships and one Super Bowl. Yes, I know he didn’t win it but just to get to that point is probably the greatest feeling in football.
With McNabb’s good times came his bad times. From being booed on draft day by Eagles fans who wanted Ricky Williams, not knowing about the overtime rules against the Cincinnati Bengals to the whole T.O. debacle that ensued, McNabb went through a lot. As he said in his press conference today, he said to all the fans “I truly love you and I gave everything I had.” And McNabb is right he truly gave everything he had.
We all remember, the game back in Veterans stadium in which McNabb played on a broken ankle back in 2002 and beat the Arizona Cardinals. The heart of warrior, McNabb embodied that and even though we didn’t like some his antics such as him playing the air guitar before the playoff game versus Dallas, that was just his personality.
McNabb’s number will be retired on September 19th, when the Eagles take on Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs at Lincoln Financial Field. He will be the ninth Eagles player to have his number retired. It’s good to see McNabb retiring as an Eagle because we all know in our heart of hearts that he was our quarterback, not a Viking, not a Redskin but an Eagle.
McNabb finished his playing career throwing for 32,873 passing yards and 216 touchdowns, which makes him the all-time Eagles franchise leader in those categories and many others.
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