Here are the transcripts of today's Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook and Brian Dawkins news conferences. Much of the conversation was about the return of Donovan McNabb to the lineup.
Head Coach Andy Reid Press Conference
12/5/07
Injuries:
“Players that will not practice this afternoon will be [RB Brian] Westbrook and [CB Lito] Sheppard. Both of them went through the walkthrough. We’ll see how they do here, but most likely they will not be out there. Both of them are dealing with the knee there.
Opening Remarks:
“We look forward to the challenge of playing the New York Giants. They are a very good football team. We’ve already had one go-around with them and came up short. We know exactly how good they are. We’ve got to make sure we prepare ourselves in all facets of the game, and we’re going to do that.”
On whether the team was inside for the walkthrough:
“No, we were outside.”
On how QB Donovan McNabb looks:
“He should be okay. He’s doing alright. He’s moving around well, which I mentioned before. I think that’s the most important thing, that he can get out of the way when he needs to, and he’s able to do.”
On whether the time off for McNabb made his knee stronger:
“You hope, through the rehab, that it does. However, he’s far enough along in the season where I think that part is as stable as can be. That’s what you try to accomplish with the rehab. He’s doing more with ankle and the thumb; however he’s continued his rehab, throughout, with the knee.”
On how long he will keep McNabb in a game if he is hurt or if the offense isn’t clicking:
“It’d be a physical thing. If he can’t go, then I’m not going to put him out there and have him further any injury possibility. But, right now I’m not thinking that way. I’m thinking he’s going to go out and play the whole game and do a heck of a job. But, the injury would be the concern, on that part of the question you asked me.”
On how demanding it is to rehab a knee, ankle and thumb at the same time:
“He’s spent a lot of time in the training room, I mean a lot of time. He was doing that anyway. He was doing that with his knee, he just wanted to stay on top of that. Then, he had the other things and he probably had to back off the knee a little bit more and then just the number of hours in a day. That’s what he does, so he’s focused in on making sure all that stuff is taken care of.”
On whether Sheppard will be ready for Sunday:
“I think so. I think he will be, right now. It was good to see him out there, both he and Brian, out there moving around. I know their knees are tender right now, but at least they were out getting some work in.”
On how DT Brodrick Bunkley’s MRI went:
“It worked out well. He had one down at the combine. That’s really the last one he had. He had an MCL problem, I guess, or had one in college. They’re both the same. It’s the same thing as what he had there. There’s no change, which is a positive. It shouldn’t be a problem.”
On whether he expects Bunkley to play on Sunday:
“Yeah.”
On how T Winston Justice came out of the last Giants game:
“I think Winston came out a better player for it. If you want to talk about his career down the road, I think that’ll help. Every offensive lineman goes through an experience like that. The thing that is important with that group, is they all had a little piece of that pie, it wasn’t just Winston. They all know that they’ve got a heck of a challenge this week against, right now, probably the best defensive line in the National Football League and it’s important that they prepare themselves for that great challenge.
On T William Thomas:
As far as [Thomas’s] season is going, he’s had a nice season. He came back from the injury and he’s doing a nice job.”
On how important the relationship is between the left tackle and the quarterback:
“They’re close, they’re close friends. A right handed quarterback, his best friend is that left tackle. So, you want to keep that guy as a good friend.”
On whether S Quintin Mikell will be back for Sunday:
“Right now, yes. He’s going to practice today and it looks like he feels pretty good. So, we’ll see how he does.”
On how fortunate he feels to be 5-7 and still in the Wild Card race:
“It’s a crazy year that way. We do have an opportunity there. Like I mentioned the other day, you can’t get caught up in that. However, you know it’s there, and everybody’s goal is to get in the playoffs if they have a chance. That opportunity is there, but you’ve got to focus in on the job at hand here, and that’s the Giants. That’s a big handful. You’ve got to get ready for that and exhaust all your energy into that game first, and then you can worry about the next one.”
On what extra measures he is taking to give McNabb more protection with him coming off this injury:
“We’ve got to do a better job all the way along. I’ve got to do a better job putting guys in position to block their people. Then, our guys, when they have an opportunity, they need to do their part. So, that’s what we’re going through with the gameplan and we’ll see how things work out on Sunday.”
On why they have not had more success playing at home:
“We should be better. We take a lot of pride in playing at home. You want to make sure that you kind of own that turf. We’ve got a great crowd that supports us. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be better there. We’ll continue to try to get better at it. I can’t pinpoint one thing for you, other than we need to be better there.”
On whether there is pressure playing at home if the season does not start well:
“(Jokingly) Our fans never boo or anything. No, I don’t think there’s pressure. I’ve always said this, that normally when they’re booing you’re not feeling real good about yourself anyways. You’re kind of kicking yourself in the tail to do things better. Then, on the other side of that when we are doing well they’re the best in the NFL supporting us. That’s kind of how the players go, when things are going well you feel pretty good, when you’re not, you’re not. I don’t think it’s an added pressure playing at home. I don’t think the players feel that.”
On whether the fear that teams used to have coming into Veteran’s Stadium is lost now that the Eagles play at Lincoln Financial Field:
“I don’t see that. I know when I walk under that tunnel when we’re not winning, my name hasn’t changed from the one at the Vet.”
On whether T Pat McCoy has received interest from another team to join their active roster:
“Not yet, we haven’t done anything yet. We’ll get that to you, though as we go. That’s accurate, though. We haven’t finalized anything yet.”
On what advice he would give McNabb about how to handle the fans wanting QB A.J. Feeley one week and McNabb the next as the quarterback:
“I’ve said this before. As a quarterback, it doesn’t matter whether you’re going through what A.J. is going through this week, or what Donovan has gone through. You just have to have thick skin. That’s the way it is at that position throughout the NFL. It’s not just Philadelphia; it’s anywhere. You have to be very tough mentally. Fortunately, Donovan is that way. That’s how he has survived nine years as a quarterback in the National Football League, and been as successful as he’s been. A.J. will rebound from his. There’s not a lot I had to say, really, to either of them. They know the business and the way it is. The old saying is that you have to be able to keep firing and you can’t have any scars in the way of doing that. I think both of them are wired right to handle that.”
QB Donovan McNabb Press Conference
12-5-07
On how close he is to 100 percent:
“I will not go into percentages again (jokingly). I do feel like I’m ready to play.”
On what makes him feel ready this week:
“The progression of the healing. Getting the swelling out and the mobility back and being able to do some of the things I was able to do before I got hurt.”
On picking up where he left off in terms of mobility:
“I think I can pick it up from where I was.”
On whether he will wear a wrap on his hand:
“I won’t have a wrap on my hand. I’ll be fine, I’ll be ready to go.”
On whether the last two weeks have been tough for him:
“They haven’t been tough. I think the way I tried to approach it is just to get myself healthy to get back out on the field. That’s the only thing that I could have possibly done. There was nothing else that I could have done to get on the field. I wasn’t in New England, so I got another day of rehab. I rehabbed all last week and look forward to getting back out there on Sunday.”
On how hard it is to watch the team from the sidelines:
“You want to contribute. It was frustrating to see us lose like that. You want to do whatever you can do to help, but there was nothing I could have possibly done. What I wanted to do last week, I can do it this week, and that’s to help us win this game.”
On the team not being able to afford to lose any more games:
“That is the mindset, and that has to be the mindset. We can’t afford to lose any more games. In order for us to go out and eliminate that whole thing, [we need] to go out and win ballgames. It all starts out now.”
On whether he will be more appreciated this week by the crowd:
“Probably not (jokingly). It doesn’t matter to me.”
On how he is viewing these last four games, in terms of his future with the team:
“I don’t know. I’ve always said it’s out of my control, but I can look forward to playing well, hopefully helping us win this game, and getting to the playoffs.”
On how he feels about his season so far:
“We’re 5-7. It’s not an individual thing for me; it’s never been an individual thing. We’re 5-7, I don’t care if I’m leading the league in passing, QB rating, or whatever, we’re 5-7. There’s no exciting thing about what’s going on. We have to win, and that’s really the only thing we can think about. I don’t think anybody in our locker room can afford to think about their personal stats or what they’ve done. Obviously, if you’re excited about your personal stats, you can do more than what you’ve done in helping us win.”
On when he knew he wasn’t going to be able to play in last week’s game:
“I always feel like if I can walk a little bit, then I can go. That’s a little different than being in the pocket and moving around. I just felt like I couldn’t go on Friday, I definitely couldn’t go on Friday.”
On having a healthy LT William Thomas this time around against the Giants:
“Again, even after that game, the full blame isn’t on our guy who was out there. Although [Thomas] didn’t play, [LT] Winston [Justice] still prepared well. He’s going to be a great player. I think we all could have done something to eliminate those sacks. Even with Winston, or with [Thomas], I think we’re hopefully a much better team blocking up front, where we can eliminate that. My two weeks being off, the offensive line played better, so hopefully we can continue that on.”
On how much Thomas has meant to him over the years:
“Backside tackles are always big for a quarterback. [Thomas] has played a major part in, at least, the success I’ve had here. We’ve had some great times together. [Thomas] is a guy who works hard, he comes in early, we kind of compete with each other on cardio and other things of that nature. He’s made many Pro Bowls, and they’re well-deserved. It’s always good when you look back and know the guy who has been there throughout your career is still back there.”
On the comfort zone that has developed between he and Thomas:
“He has a great feel, obviously, of me moving around in the pocket. I kind of get a good feel of knowing how rushers may try to defend. He may block it a little differently. It’s always good to know you have that confidence in the guy behind you, to take care of the defensive ends or whoever may be blitzing off of that side.”
On the last game against the Giants:
“It’s over. I think, at this point, you look at the mistakes you made, and go back and [look at] certain plays that were called and better ways you can attack their defense. It’s nothing to the fact that you ask questions about what happened and things of that nature. That game was a long time ago; it’s a different part of the season. This is a time where you really want to play well.”
On how he thinks he will be welcomed by the crowd:
“It’s really none of my concern. I can’t waste my energy worrying about how people feel about me. A lot of you have written articles to get me out of here, and I’m still here. I’m interested to see the reaction of how you guys go after this wonderful [press] conference.”
On whether he has something to prove:
“I don’t have anything to prove. I’ve proven a lot throughout my career. Now it’s time for us, as a team, to win these ballgames. That’s the only thing that I really have in my mind; for us to win these ballgames. For me to try to prove anything, there’s nothing I can possibly do, at this particular point, besides win ballgames, for me to make people feel some type of way or to feel better about me being in there. I don’t get caught up in it, put it that way. I don’t get caught up in it. I’m here to play ball, and I look forward to doing it.”
On the Giants defense:
“They have a lot of injuries. Guys are filling into key spots. [LB Mathias] Kiwanuka is out, [LB Reggie] Torbor is filling in. Their safeties have been a little banged up, their corners have been a little banged up. As far as their front four, their front four is still there. I believe they lead the league in sacks. We just kind of have to be on top of our game, being able to execute plays when we need it and move the chains and put points on the board.”
On why he thinks the team has struggled at home recently:
“I have no idea. I think, no matter if we’re home or away, we have to win ballgames. For us to kind of pinpoint home or away, we have to win ballgames.”
On whether he thinks the atmosphere at home affects how the team plays:
“That could be an excuse, but I don’t believe in making excuses. We just have to win, no matter where we play.”
RB Brian Westbrook Press Conference
12-5-07
On the team getting a lift from QB Donovan McNabb coming back this week:
“Donovan’s our guy. He’s a guy that we’ve been through a lot of wars with; a lot of battles. We’re excited that he’s healthy enough to come back and play and we’re expecting big things from him.”
On not practicing today:
“I’m feeling good, but we’re just trying to make sure that everything’s okay for the game on Sunday.”
On what it means that he has a shot at the Eagles’ record for most yards from scrimmage in a season:
“[Former Eagles’ RB] Wilbert Montgomery was a very good player. Just to be mentioned with him is definitely an honor. Hopefully, I’ll be able to come close to that record, if not break it. But, for me, it’s all about winning football games and being the best player that I can be while helping this team win football games. That’s what I’m going to focus on.”
On his thought about increasing the run vs. pass ratio:
“I think that could help this team, but I also feel as though we’ve been very successful throwing the ball in the past. When we have a good balance, we’re very successful. When we’re completing the ball down the field, we’re very successful as well. It’s easy to say that we should run the ball more. But, in certain situations, we need to run the ball more and in other situations we need to complete passes down the field. It’s hard to say when those times are, but we all know that if you have a balanced attack and you keep teams off-guard, that it’s harder to defend us.”
On having to watch the last Giants-Eagles game from the sideline:
“It was very difficult. We didn’t do the things that we needed to do to take care of the game. It got a little out of control with all of the sacks and things like that. It was very difficult just to watch the game and to see my guys out there struggling.”
On maybe being able to make a difference had he played in that game:
“I think that [RB] Correll [Buckhalter] did a great job in that game. I think he had 100-yards rushing in that game. Just being out there and trying to help my [teammates], I think I could have taken some pressure off of Donovan and the other guys on offense.”
On possibly being the most explosive RB in the NFL:
“I think that I’m a very good player; a player that’s continued to improve and to show, more and more, what I can do as an NFL running back. It’s hard to say who’s the best running back in the NFL. I think that I do a lot of things well and that I help this team to win football games. That’s my main focus.”
On putting up big numbers while the team has a losing record:
“I’m disappointed that we’re not winning football games, no matter whether I was putting up numbers or not. We’re just disappointed by the season. When you’re not winning football games or you have a losing record or you’re losing close games—games that you should win—I’m disappointed by that. [I’m not disappointed so much] that I’m doing well, but it’s more disappointment that our team isn’t doing what we need to be doing to win football games.”
On the team’s bad breaks this season maybe fatiguing the team:
“I don’t know if it’s fatiguing the team. We as a team, we know that we’re close, but we just need to find out how to get to the next level and get over that hump to win football games. We were in that football game last week. We had an opportunity to win it. Even with four turnovers we had an opportunity to win it. We’re not finding a way to win those football games.”
On the pass-protection in the last game vs. The Giants:
“I think the Giant’s lead the NFC, if not the NFL, in sacks. They’re a team that has two great rushers off of the edge. They do a lot of great blitz schemes, so we have to be vigilante in protecting our quarterback. Having [T William Thomas] back will definitely help us out a lot. The running backs, as well as the tight ends, we need to help Donovan, and he needs to get the ball out of his hands quicker, as well.”
On whether he wants more punt-return chances:
“I would love to do as much for this team as I can, but there’s only so much that one player can do in the football game. I try to give 100% on every single play. I’m out there on offense for sixty or seventy plays. To handle all of the punt returns is a little bit much for one person. I think that [RB] Reno [Mahe] has a done a fairly decent job being back there. He’s returned some balls and has had some nice yards on a few punts. I will support this team as much as possible. If the situation calls for me to [return punts], then I’ll definitely do it.”
On how much T William Thomas means to this team:
“Thomas is a big guy, and he’s athletic. He and [T] Jon [Runyan] are similar in that they’re both bigger guys and they’re very athletic. They can move their feet very well. He’s vital to Donovan. He protects his backside on many throws. When you see a situation that he’s not in, then we maybe struggled a little bit because Donovan’s felt very confident in Thomas to get the job done. It’s hard to replace a guy like that, whose been doing it for such a long time at such a high level. Thomas has been doing a great job for us.”
On Giants’ defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s recent blitz schemes against the Eagles:
“That’s one way to stop a running back is to try to blitz a little bit or to bring the linebackers up and fake the blitz. Spags knows our offense very well. He was here for years, practicing against our offense; during camps as well. He knows our offense very well and he knows our protection, so we need to figure out what we’re going to do to try and counterbalance his knowledge of this offense.”
On how much the Giants’ defense won them the last game vs. the Eagles:
“I think the sacks definitely helped. The way we weren’t making plays, they were able to pin their ears back and just rush the passer. It definitely helped their team out a lot. We don’t want to get in that position anymore. We don’t want to put our quarterback in that position either. We have to find a way to score points—especially in the red zone—and move the ball up and down the field as well.”
On how he thinks the fans will greet McNabb this weekend:
“I think they’ll welcome him back. Donovan has done a whole lot for this town. He’s done a lot for this city, and he’s done a lot for this team. He’s done a lot for me personally, as well. I think the town will welcome him back with open arms. To be honest, even if they don’t, this team welcomes him back. To him, that’s more important than anything. Us in the lockeroom, the players that he plays with every day, are very important. We have respect for him, and we have confidence in him as well. I know that when he gets back onto that field, he’ll get the job done.”
On whether the fans will appreciate McNabb more after his absence:
“I hope so. It’s not easy to play quarterback in the NFL. Sometimes people just feel like you plug a guy in and he’ll throw the ball all over the place, but it’s not that easy. You have a lot of things going on at once when playing quarterback. [QB] A.J. [Feeley] did a good job with the time and resources that he had, but it’s not easy to do it. Don has been doing it for years; he’s been doing it for years at a high level. He’s the guy for the job.”
On the future of the Eagles QB position:
“To be honest, I really don’t know. It’s one of those things that I don’t have any control over; it’s almost like the run to pass ratio. I don’t call the plays, I don’t have any control over it, so I try not to lose much sleep over it. I support whoever is in there; Donovan, A.J., [QB] Kevin [Kolb]. Whoever is in there, I’ll support him and try to do whatever I can to help this team win.”
FS Brian Dawkins Press Conference
12-5-07
On whether teams have the same hatred for Lincoln Financial Field as they did for Veterans Stadium:
“If you’re talking about the field, the field is nowhere near as bad as the Vet was in its prime, with how hard that field was and the seams in it. There were some pretty big hits going on there also. Those two combined, made for a very tough place to come into.”
On whether the atmosphere of the Vet affected the way other teams played:
“It’s something that you’re thinking about. Even if you’re not thinking about it constantly, it’s in the back of your mind, falling on the hard surface and all that stuff. That’s neither here nor there right now. It doesn’t make a difference what happened back then.”
On how he anticipates the atmosphere will be on Sunday:
“Right now, we have to make our own atmosphere. We can’t depend on the crowd to do it, even though they’re going to be ready to support us like they always are. We can’t depend on it. We have to be ready to do what we have to do, as far as getting up for this game. Like I said, the crowd, they don’t like the Giants, just like they don’t like the Cowboys or Redskins or anyone else who comes in here. They’re going to be ready to cheer, regardless. We have to be ready to bring our own emotion, our own pick-me-ups, during this game.”
On the lack of takeaways:
“It’s very frustrating, especially when the ball is in our hands a lot of times. When it gets to this point, sometimes you begin to try too hard to make things happen. It’s easy to say, ‘Just let the ball come to you, just catch the ball.’ But, when you’ve dropped a couple or see your teammates drop a couple, then you start thinking about it a little more than you would earlier in the season. Early in the season, if a ball comes to you, you’re not even thinking about catching the ball, you’re just catching it because you know you can catch the ball. Now, I think we’re kind of thinking about it too much.”
On whether he would talk to the quarterback about the other team’s coverages:
“Probably not, because I probably wouldn’t be looking in the game at that depth, as far as seeing the coverages. A lot of times, we’re on the sidelines trying to make checks or adjustments on the sideline with [defensive coordinator] Jim [Johnson] and the other guys. A lot of times, we peek up at the screen to see what’s going on, but our heads are down in the photographs trying to see what we can do in the next series.”
On what the Giants do to try to disguise what they’re doing on offense:
“They may do some shifting every once in a while. Instead of lining up in the formation, they’ll motion to it from the opposite side of the field—that type of thing. The final formation is usually what tells you what’s about to happen, with most teams. Some teams are all over the place with their formations, with the personnel they put in the game, and how they utilize different personnel. Some teams will line up and say, ‘Stop us.’ I think the Colts are one of those teams who line up and say, ‘This is who we are, we’re not going to motion too much, you have to stop what we do.’ There are other teams who shift a lot and try to get you out of position by shifting.”
On Giants QB Eli Manning:
“I think you’ve seen, in the last couple of games, his ability late in games to rally the guys. I think he’s a little better when it’s a hurry-up type of situation, when he has to make checks at the line of scrimmage. I don’t know if he’s calling his own plays or not, but it seems like when he is in that hurry-up mode, he’s getting after it if you don’t get pressure on him. If you get pressure on him, then hopefully we’ll be able to slow him down a little bit with his checks and make him throw the ball faster. If you allow him to have time in the pocket in that hurry-up situation, he’s getting a lot better.”
On the impact of S Quintin Mikell returning to the lineup:
“That’s going to be huge for us in a lot of different ways. A lot more depth in the secondary, in the safety position. With special teams also, with [S] J.R. [Reed] being able to concentrate fully on special teams, if that be the case, it helps in a lot of different ways. Also, I’ve said this time and time again, Q and I are basically mirror images of each other. We can both do the same thing, so disguises are going to be key.”
On whether the secondary is better because S J. R. Reed now has more experience back there:
“Absolutely, because if that situation then presents itself, you know the guy can step in and do what he did. J.R. had two excellent games, as far as bringing the wood. He brought the wood big-time. That’s something that you saw when he was here before the injury, and you see he’s doing it again. On top of that, Jim may be able to put in another package with more DBs on the field, knowing that he has confidence in J.R. to get back in the safety position and do his job.”
On what he’s seen from DE Trent Cole so far this season:
“Kind of the same thing I saw from him last year. The guy has a nonstop motor; he’s always going. If you look at the way he pass-rushes, I’ve never seen somebody get hit in the facemask as much as he gets hit in the facemask, and still be able to get after the quarterback. Obviously, they’re doing some things, chipping him, holding on a little longer with him—literally holding onto him because of all the spinning he does. Like I said, from day one, you saw he had a motor.”
On how crazy the Wild Card standings make him:
“It drives me crazy that we’re losing. I know it’s so easy to sit back and look at what other teams are doing, and this team is helping us out and that team, but nobody is helping us out if we’re not winning games. The positioning and the opportunity to still be in the playoffs, it means nothing if we don’t win. We can’t lose close games, we have to find ways to win and that’s the bottom line. If everybody on our schedule, or everybody who we supposedly need to lose games, loses games and we also lose games then we’re still out of it. So, the bottom line with us is we need to win, period, and not focus on anything that anybody else is doing around the league right now. We have to focus on this team and getting the win, however ugly it may be, we need to win.”
On how difficult it is for LB Takeo Spikes to never have played on a playoff team before and thinking he was coming to a playoff-bound team in Philadelphia:
“I think it’s been difficult in a bunch of ways because coming in you’re learning a new system. So, early in the season he’s not totally familiar with where he needs to be. He’s not probably able to disguise like he wants to or move around and disguise like he wants to. Then, some of the interceptions and turnover opportunities have slipped passed him, so that’s probably another frustrating thing for him. But, all in all, I’m happy that he’s here.”
On what Spikes has added to the team:
“A toughness, you see it. An actual toughness, taking on lead blocks, stepping up the run when it comes to his side, and playmaking ability when he holds on to the ball. Hopefully, we all do that.”
On whether it takes a toll on him losing a number of close games:
“It can if you let it. Anything can take a toll on you. Even if you’re blowing teams out, week in and week out, that can take a toll on you in a negative way because you can get a big head like you’re going to own everybody. And, if you lose a lot of games, close games, it can have a negative effect because you’re like, ‘Oh, here we go again.’ But, I don’t think people on this team believe that. You see that because, a lot of those games, those last two games we had an opportunity to win those games and it ended up being that we’re fighting through that whole game. We’re not giving up, there’s not a letdown towards the end of the game like, here we go again, and that’s a very encouraging thing for us.”
On what the reaction of the fans to QB Donovan McNabb coming back on Sunday will be:
“I don’t know. I have no idea.”
On whether the crowd’s reaction depends on McNabb’s first pass:
“Not really. Even if Donovan had not gotten hurt, he had a successful season, our record was whatever-and-2, and if he goes out and completes the first pass, we move the ball and we have to kick a field goal, they’ll cheer. If we go three-and-out the next three times, they’re going to boo. So, it doesn’t really matter. It’s about production on the field. That’s the way this crowd has always been and I don’t see it changing any time soon. If you don’t go out and produce on the field, then at some point they’re going to boo, and you know that.”
On whether the locker room is more behind McNabb now because of all that he has been through:
“I don’t know if I would say that. I think we’ve always been strong around him. I don’t know if I would say that because he’s coming back now everybody’s backing him. No, I wouldn’t say that. I think we’ve always been.”
On how much of a lift the team needs:
“I don’t know how many lifts we can get to get over the hump, we just need to get over the hump. [RB] Brian Westbrook’s return to the red zone, that’s a lift, we just didn’t get over the hump. I don’t know how many other big plays we need to get over the hump, we just need to win close games to get over the hump. So, come up with those plays in the end to win the game, however it turns out, whether it’s offense, defense, or special teams. Whatever we need to do, we need to do it, find a way to get it done and get over the hump. I don’t think we just need a specific big play.”
On whether the team thinks about McNabb playing his last games here:
“No, that’s for you guys to write about and contemplate, which is your job. That’s not for us. We go out, we depend on Donovan when he’s here, and he’s here right now and we expect him to be here next year. If anything changes in between that time, then we will adjust accordingly. Right now, Donovan’s our quarterback. From where I sit, he’s going to be here next year. Until that changes, then we’ll make adjustments accordingly.”
