Donovan McNabb admits he didn't know the rule

[sniffa]

that the team who scores the most points usually wins the game.

He also admits that despite appearing on the cover of Madden Football he never actually played the game and thus, never learned that valuable rule from John Madden.

Even the biggest McNabb boosters had to agree with head coach, Andy Reid's decision to bench his starter for his failure to know this important rule.

[tishaLA]

1. I'm very disappointed in Reid

If I had to fix blame on one person--and of course you cannot do that in football--I would blame Reid for the Eagles' performance this year. Reid has terrible clock management, makes ridiculous challenges to calls, demonstrates that he is ineffective at assembling the appropriate players for game situations, has terrible play calling abilities (twice this season unable to convert on short yardage and he kept calling the same play and the team kept falling short).

Then today, Donovan admittedly was not playing well, as he often hasn't in the first half of games this season. But the team was down only 10-7 to the Ravens, so it's not like they were out of it. And what does Reid do? He has the QB coach tell Donovan that he won't be starting the second half. And then Reid, in his brilliance, has another short yardage situation at the goal line--the kind he had gotten McNabb to run up the middle 8 times this season with no success--but this time he has an inexperienced QB. So what does he do? Calls a pass. That is intercepted and returned for a 108 yard touchdown.

It was a perfect microcosm of a coach who needs to go. He's become Rich Kotite.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Rich Kotite STILL sets the standard, doesn't he? Yes, Reid's got to go, not Donnie. nt

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Lay off McNabb

We know he can handle a heavy Rush.