It was not so long ago, during the debate that swirled around, then in Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb ESPN commentator, after brief remarks Rush Limbaugh 2003 - that people in the case of McNabb, he was on his way to the Hall of Fame career.
McNabb as the Eagles' starter late in his rookie year in 1999, led the team in the playoffs 2000 and followed that up four straight trips to the NFC championship in 2001-04.
Eagles broke through and won the title in the NFC in 2004 before losing to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.
McNabb made five straight bowls from 2000-04 and again as in 2009, his last year in Philadelphia, 11 seasons with the Eagles, the team was 92-49-1 with McNabb - in 142 starts.
His stat line was hard Eagles from 59 percent of its permits for 32,873 yards with 216 and 100 stop landings. Once an athletic quarterback, he also rushed for 3,249 yards and 28 touchdowns.
But as the story goes, after that.
It is now.
Since 2010 Washington Redskins Eagles McNabb sold in April, his career has cratered as quickly as Milli Vanilli all lip - synching to light.
His career lasted just 13 games in Washington and was wildly inconsistent play and a bizarre sequence of events with a loss to Detroit. McNabb was pulled last game for Rex Grossman, Washington coach Mike Shanahan added the word "cardiovascular endurance" dictionary of football for several weeks.
It seems that the approval of whispers that began after a serious Eagles | Super Bowl loss, the former Philadelphia wide receiver Terrell Owens said McNabb was vomiting and quickly connect up Eagles offense in last game.
Redskins traded McNabb Minnesota Vikings after the lockout this summer to his career with the Vikings ended Thursday when he was released.
His stay in Minnesota was even shorter than the last stop, only six starts and 1-5 record, than falls in favor of rookie Christian thinking.
Along the way, even more to talk about McNabb alleged poor work habits and conditioning.
So, less than two years, McNabb for bowlers in the overthrow of the wire feed. Three teams are formed for him at the time.
It's not as if there were no signs, though. Philadelphia coach Andy Reid, McNabb scored in the game against the Baltimore Ravens 2008 and then sold him to the division rival, something almost unheard of in the spring of 2010.
Then came a couple of benchings in Washington, followed by its loss from the work of Minnesota.
While it may seem that McNabb is 40, he was 35 last week, at an age when many quarterbacks are still at or near the top.
So bad as McNabb in Philadelphia, I do not think it will be a man without a team. Chicago Bears and Houston Texans are fighting for playoff points without their starting quarterbacks. Dallas Cowboys are in the playoff mix and legitimate interest in the injury suffered by Jon Kitna advance.
One of them is that McNabb will be able to do something there.
From what I saw in the last two seasons, I think the tank is dry enough.
McNabb as the Eagles' starter late in his rookie year in 1999, led the team in the playoffs 2000 and followed that up four straight trips to the NFC championship in 2001-04.
Eagles broke through and won the title in the NFC in 2004 before losing to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.
McNabb made five straight bowls from 2000-04 and again as in 2009, his last year in Philadelphia, 11 seasons with the Eagles, the team was 92-49-1 with McNabb - in 142 starts.
His stat line was hard Eagles from 59 percent of its permits for 32,873 yards with 216 and 100 stop landings. Once an athletic quarterback, he also rushed for 3,249 yards and 28 touchdowns.
But as the story goes, after that.
It is now.
Since 2010 Washington Redskins Eagles McNabb sold in April, his career has cratered as quickly as Milli Vanilli all lip - synching to light.
His career lasted just 13 games in Washington and was wildly inconsistent play and a bizarre sequence of events with a loss to Detroit. McNabb was pulled last game for Rex Grossman, Washington coach Mike Shanahan added the word "cardiovascular endurance" dictionary of football for several weeks.
It seems that the approval of whispers that began after a serious Eagles | Super Bowl loss, the former Philadelphia wide receiver Terrell Owens said McNabb was vomiting and quickly connect up Eagles offense in last game.
Redskins traded McNabb Minnesota Vikings after the lockout this summer to his career with the Vikings ended Thursday when he was released.
His stay in Minnesota was even shorter than the last stop, only six starts and 1-5 record, than falls in favor of rookie Christian thinking.
Along the way, even more to talk about McNabb alleged poor work habits and conditioning.
So, less than two years, McNabb for bowlers in the overthrow of the wire feed. Three teams are formed for him at the time.
It's not as if there were no signs, though. Philadelphia coach Andy Reid, McNabb scored in the game against the Baltimore Ravens 2008 and then sold him to the division rival, something almost unheard of in the spring of 2010.
Then came a couple of benchings in Washington, followed by its loss from the work of Minnesota.
While it may seem that McNabb is 40, he was 35 last week, at an age when many quarterbacks are still at or near the top.
So bad as McNabb in Philadelphia, I do not think it will be a man without a team. Chicago Bears and Houston Texans are fighting for playoff points without their starting quarterbacks. Dallas Cowboys are in the playoff mix and legitimate interest in the injury suffered by Jon Kitna advance.
One of them is that McNabb will be able to do something there.
From what I saw in the last two seasons, I think the tank is dry enough.
