Eagles' Donovan McNabb gets last laugh on Rush Limbaugh

Consider ...

"The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is little hope invested in [Donovan] McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve."

In the five-plus years since Rush Limbaugh uttered those words, the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback has:

-- Passed for 19,151 yards and thrown 155 touchdowns  in 77 regular season games.
-- Has a 6-3 record in the NFL playoffs.
-- Reached the NFC title game three times.
-- Gone to one Super Bowl.

His teammates must be tired of carrying him all these years. Call it another Rush to judgment.

-- Chris Foster

Photo: Donovan McNabb hands the ball to teammate Brian Westbrook during Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. The Eagles won 23-11. Credit: Jason Szenes

Comments

[Hollywood Dodger Mark]

How humiliating for potential black quarterbacks to have this veteran black qb pick up the phone on the giant sideline mocking them and picking up an unsportsmanlike penalty with the game in the bag. How humiliating. No wonder they don't give them the reins o fthe team. McNabb set the cause back 20 years.

[brian]

Donovon sucks and so does rush

[john m]

Must be a Cowboys fan

[Keo]

I love Donovan McNabb! To bad people can't get over the color of his skin to give him the respect that he deserve. He is great at what he does, so what he pick up the phone on the Gaints sideline; he was having fun the game was won and it was time to have fun. Oh would it have been alright if he were WHITE.(the Manning brothers prehaps) This man get's beat down all the time and never do you see him make comments about other people he is true to himself and that's all i can ask of him as a Fan.

DONOVAN I LOVE YOU KEEP DOING YOUR JOB HONEY!

[Dan B]

Are you serious? There was a phone there and he was just having fun and being goofy. It resulted in a penalty that turned a 3rd and 1 into a 3rd and 16. That was the only downside to the who scenario. How on earth does a Black quarterback who has done so many things, on the field, be accused of reversing 20 years of Black QB progress because he picked up an opponents phone? I'm glad they dismantled the "Cowgirls" and the "Midgets". All season the media and rival fans have been talking down to the Eagles. Now all those people along with the members of your respective teams can watch us advance to and win the Super Bowl from the comfort of your couch. And L.A. Dodger fans need to let go of the smack-down the Phillies put on you last fall. All of you need to stop hating and start congratulating you sore losers.

[Pat]

Donovan has done well since that comment,true.After the fact isn't what Rush was saying,I don't think.I beleive it was up to that point,he was commenting on.Not sure how that means Donovan gets last laugh.

[carl]

What rush said was accurate when he said it. Anyone who thinks that the media isn't desirous that a black quarterback do well is living on another planet. I think mcnabb improved a lot since rush said what he said, but you need to misrepresent what rush said in order to say that donovan proved him wrong. It was more a comment on the media than anything

[Peter Moon]

Yawn, another comment taken out of context by yet another indulgent 'journalist'. Limbaugh has yet to advance an opinion on how good of a QB he thinks McNabb is. If he's like most NFL fans he believes anybody who can get a starting job in the NFL is an exceptional athelete.
Rush's quote was about the media's exaggerated praise of McNabb because of McNabb's race. Thats all. Nothing else.
McNabb was a good QB and still is. But McNabb did not deserve the gushing from the media. I can't think of any QB who did/does.
Listen to him from time to time instead of relying on reports written by people like youself.

[Jeff]

Donovan McNabb has been one of the top QBs of the decade, behind only Brady and Manning, maybe Brees and Warner. That Rush said it at all is just more proof of what a racist he is. He's said much worse things, like "slavery wasn't so bad because at least it was safer at night". But he knew full well he was being hired as a football analyst, not a social commentator. He can use his radio show for that.

So he was aware what he was about to say was controversial and could get him in trouble, but he said it anyway, because in his mind, it just had to be said. He'd rather lose his job than lose the opportunity to tell a large audience that black qbs are overrated. (Although in his defense, he was on major drugs when he said it)

So then McNabb just went on to lead his team to the NFC Championship for the 3rd straight year. The next year when he finally got himself a WR anyone's actually heard of(TO) they came within 3 points of winning the Super Bowl against the dominant team of the decade, the Patriots.

[Ella Casteel]

First of all everyone who has something negative to say about Donovan McNabb and the Eagles should shut it. I have always been a fan of the Eagles whether they are 11-4, 8-8, or 5-5-1. Because that is what a true fan is with the team during good times and bad times. During this playoff no before the playoffs the eagles were counted out. We were going to lose to the Cowboys, Vikings, and the Giants and what happened. I believe the way the Eagles got into the playoffs with two teams losing they will go all the way and win the Super Bowl. All the negative comments should really stop hateing. I love you Eagles

[Mr. Unite Us]

Steve McNair of the Tennesse Titans was the top rated Quarterback when
LImbaugh made his racist comments about McNabb.

Maybe he ddn't know Steve McNair was Black.

If anything the question should be asked is why didn't the media cover McNair more.
McNailr who also led his team to a Superbowl.

[Frank Ruiz]

Rush is an idiot. He keeps putting his foot in his mouth.

[Jim]

Can you believe how clueless this idiot Chris Foster is? You should have waited for Donovan McNabb to actually do something. Now you have the shame of cluelessness in your mouth. Rush Limbaugh could not have been vindicated any more in the 2009 NFC championship game. TO was right, Farve would have won many superbowls with the teams McNabb has had.This kind of sports writing could only exist in the politically corrupt LA Times. Hey Chris, stick to being an extreme liberal biased corrupt employee of the tabloid LA Times, and stay away from sports. Political bias just makes you sound stupid here.

[dittoheadAZ]

The only ones laughing today are the CARDINALS!

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[Kramer]

I've noticed that since Rush has said this, the media has been over-hyping the Eagles in the hopes that they win a Superbowl with McNabb at the helm.

It's so obvious (the bias), it's sickening.

[C Gibbs]

At the time Rush made the comments they were 100% accurate.

[Mike The Fan]

I can't understand the love affair with this guy. He's proven that he can't deliver in the clutch. No more than average, Rush was right!