Donovan’s Demotion: Thoughts from a Lifelong Philadelphia Eagles, and McNabb Fan

December 18, 2010   ·   Matt Goldberg   ·   Jump to comments

Things happen quickly in today’s world—sports and otherwise.
To illustrate my point, I have given myself no more than 30 minutes to hammer out some of my thoughts on the strange benching of supposed franchise quarterback Donovan McNabb by Redskins football czar Mike Shanahan.
And, did it take more than 30 minutes for McNabb to go from: a) possible Redskins savior who came into Philly to beat the Eagles; to b) a quarterback who was benched (to make room for Rex Grossman) in Detroit in the final couple minutes with a team down by less than a touchdown; to c) signing a supposed $78 million contract extension; to d) this: being told to ride the pine as the third-string quarterback while the mathematically eliminated Skins play out the 2010 string?
Did anyone get whiplash just from reading that long sentence?
And then with each development, there’s spin, counter-spin, accusation, vindication, passion, vitriol—and occasionally, even some real thoug...

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