Shortly after the Philadelphia Eagles selected Houston quarterback Kevin Kolb with their first pick in last month’s draft, many members of the media wanted to know what Donovan McNabb had think of the selection. This is McNabb in a recent article posted on Philly.com after the Eagles’ draft:
“Everybody has their opinions,” McNabb said. “The answer for me: Was I shocked? Yes. Was I upset? No, not upset to the point where you feel like, ‘Oh, my God, my job is in jeopardy.’ ”
McNabb’s overall draft reaction: “I got home after we finished eating ice cream and sat in front of the TV and watched the rest of the draft. We drafted a defensive end and I thought, ‘We went quarterback and defensive end, so what are we going to do to help us out now?’ “
As the writers from The Daily Forecast highlighted, perhaps no quarterback in the NFL has gone through what McNabb has in his playing career. Booed by Philly fans on draft day because they wanted Ricky “Yoga is my release” Williams, essentially called an Uncle Tom by a member of the NAACP for not being more of a prototypical “black” quarterback and running more, dealing with Terrell Owens, and now he’s being questioned for his feelings on a rookie who currently couldn’t hold his jock strap.
Guys like SI.com’s Tom Curran are missing the point in saying McNabb is “shocked” about the selection of Kolb. McNabb is more worried the team didn’t fill immediate needs, not that his future with the Eagles is under massive uncertainty. I don’t criticize the Eagles for wanting to add a little insurance behind McNabb seeing as how he’s had major injuries the past two seasons. However, trading their first rounder to division rival Dallas so the Cowboys could get Anthony Spencer was ridiculous, the reach on Kolb with A.J. Feely and Kelly Holcomb already on the roster was unnecessary, and the rest of their draft was just so-so.
So instead of lambasting McNabb for being “shocked” about the selection of Kolb, spend the time criticizing the Eagles for their sub par draft.
