McNabb Sounds Off On HBO

During an interview on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Donovan McNabb told James Brown that African-American quarterbacks face much more scrutiny than their white counterparts.

"There's not that many African-American quarterbacks, so we have to do a little bit extra. Because the percentage of us playing this position, which people didn't want us to play ... is low, so we do a little extra."

When James Brown brought up white quarterbacks such as Carson Palmer and Peyton Manning, McNabb tells Brown that they aren't scrutinized like he is. While I do agree that Palmer doesn't get enough flak I can't say I agree that Manning was never scrutinized. Manning had people yelling into his ear ever since he got out of Tennessee that he couldn't win the big game. And then he did last year.

Personally I think McNabb is shooting himself in the foot. While I don't necessarily disagree with him about the treatment of black QB's, his decision to voice his opinion on national television wasn't a great idea. Especially considering that the Eagles are now 0-2 entering the third week of the season. It'd be different if McNabb had played well in those 2 games but he played poorly.

McNabb, my advice to you is to keep your mouth shut, start believing in your arm, and once again start playing like the quarterback that led us to a Super Bowl and 4 straight NFC championship games. Hell, we wanted the Eagles to draft Ricky Williams instead of you, and he was black! We don't care whether you're black, white, purple, or orange. Just lead us to the promised land.