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You know what is funny? I totaly disagreed with what rush said from a football standpoint.....but now that I have looked at his career stats.......its not to impressive....i think Fiedler has a better rating then him....weird....I don't know why but i ha always assuemde he was in the top 2-3 in the NFL in passign stats but he is nowhere near that.
McNabb does suck. And yes, the media has overhyped this guy for years. The Eagle's defense is why they make it to the playoffs every year not McNabb.
I think what Rush was commenting about was this general adulation of the media to sports figures that are, well let's say, different, or that stand out. Example, if Tiger Woods was white, he would still be the best golfer in the world, but come on, would he even be getting 10% of the attention he gets today? What about Annika Sorensterm (sp)? Look at the attention she got for playing with the boys. Sure it was a historical event and I was happy to see that but I think the media got way too excited covering it.
I don't think this is so much a race issue as much as it is the media selecting athletes that stick out in any given sport. Remember all the hype when Michael Jordan played baseball? I mean come on give me a break. He absolutely sucked. But then ESPN was broadcasting minor leage baseball games in primetime to show it. Now what is that? Does the media play up Mcnabb? You bet they do.
Why is then when the Eagles beat somebody 13-3 the first highlight they show is a Mcnabb pass when it was the defense's 8 sacks and 4 turnovers that won the game. Mcnabb will go 10 for 20 with 120 yards passing and we see a highlight of him completing a 15 yard pass to start the game. No bias there? Come on, of course there is.