Eagles greats Donovan McNabb and Brian Dawkins were nominated to the Hall of Fame, so they are on the ballot for the next induction ceremony.
McNabb who led the Eagles to five NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl, had a very successful run here in Philadelphia, but he’s also blamed for not beating the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. There are many Eagles fans, who see him as a great player, who is very close to being a Hall of Famer, but not quite there. There are others who believe he is a Hall of Famer because of the way he led the Eagles to so many victories.
Although McNabb is criticized by local fans and sports talk show hosts, none of the balls he threw into the ground were ever intercepted. Just like a baseball pitcher, a quarterback is much better missing low than missing high. McNabb did a great job of avoiding turnovers during his career, Statistically, McNabb has 4th best all-time ratio of touchdowns to interceptions. He trails only Aaron Rodgers, Neil O’Donnell and Tom Brady in that statistic.
In his career, McNabb completed 59% of his pass attempts for 234 touchdowns with 117 interceptions. He was able to be productive, but keep the turnovers to a minimum.
Dawkins, who is a fan favorite in Philadelphia, was a safety who could do it all. He could come up and make big hits on ball carriers, but he was just as adept at defending receivers on pass plays. The Clemson standout, who was drafted in the second round in 1996, also had the ability to cover wide receivers man-to-man if that’s what was needed. Dawkins was an eight-time Pro Bowler. He is tied with Eric Allen for the most interceptions (34) in Eagles history. During his career, Dawkins had 37 interceptions, 16 fumble recoveries, 36 forced fumbles and 31 sacks. Weapon X is a member of the NFL All-Decade Team for the 2000’s. He has also played in more games for the Eagles (183) than any other Eagles players.
Eagles fans would put Dawkins in the Hall of Fame immediately, but we’ll have to wait as see if the football fans nationally and the sports media people nationally decide to put him in.
It will probably be difficult for either of them to get into the Hall of Fame on their first time, but it’s not impossible. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens. There are sure to be a lot of arguments about who should get into the Hall of Fame.
Five will always love ya !
but keep his name out of your mouth.
Dawkins is not a hall of fame candidate to me
Both Great Eagles Players and are worthy of getting their Jersey #’s Retired and Inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame, Ring of Honor, Wall of Fame, etc…But In Terms of being Inducted into the NFL HOF wearing the Gold Blazer and among the Top 2% of all NFL Football Players and my answer is no….Both were Very Good NFL Players but not among the Best of the Best …
In the NFC Championship game Panthers QB threw a bad pass which should have been intercepted by Dawkins, the EAGLES win the game. Not only did Dawkins not intercept it, knock it down, Panthers WR caught it for a TD. Mcnabb missed alot of games and was below ave at the end of his career especially with the skins.
That certainly is a micro look at two very long and very good careers. Wow.
I think Donovan was very durable.
I think Dawkins ultimately has the better chance even tho safety is not a high value position. He kind of changed the way that position is played. 5 is a QB and he is without a SB…. That’s a negative whether it’s fair or not.
The way McNabb finished his NFL Career which was a crash and burn Performance with both the Redskins & Vikings and maybe more importantly, McNabb’s 2 Arrests and some Strange Comments Post-Career will knock him out of serious contention.. In the end, McNabb was just not very likeable where Dawkins inspires people and attracted others to his vibe, energy & his commitment to Win…. McNabb had very little of this!!
I think his commitment to win was excellent even to the point of sacrificing numbers…. I think his weirdness, passive aggressiveness and yes those two arrests seal his fate… No HOF
Wow – if the Browns are such a bad team what’s that say about the Ravens?
Maybe the Eagles beat a beater team than we are giving them credit for.
Everyone in the universe knows Cleveland is going to blow their lead..
Cam Newton and the boys still rocking the 15 yrd celebration penalties for their stupid dances.
What a front running puss. Dance it up playing a shitty west-coast team, travelling to the east coast for a 1:00 game after playing a Monday nighter.
LOL.
Should be embarrassed they’re not winning by more and struggles all first half.
Kelly’s 49ers with 3 and out for 1:22, 3 and out for 0:22, 3 and out for 1:31, 3 and out for 0:48. LOL That’s weird!
Fuckin’ Patriots. Brissett comes in and its no biggie…4 of 6 on his first drive for a TD.
NFL refereeing is pathetic…I saw an Ebron TD taken away with a tiny brush of “illegal contact”. I saw a gorgeous Hopkins TD taken away because replay was “unsure” (I was sure), I saw Benjamin awarded a TD though he caught the ball and was touched at the 1/2 yard line.
How hard is this? How come everyone knows what a “try” is in Rugby without any replay??
I can;t believe Andy Reid still has all 3 timeouts in a close game mid-way through the 4th.
LOL. SF with 17 straight points after the idiotic “look at me” dancing by the wanna-be bullies Panthers.
That’s weird.
49ers will still lose, but this Panthers team is quickly becoming a joke.
Perhaps Rivera will cry about the schedule after the game.
And now up 10, SF with no TOs, 3 mins to go and they throw a TD?? Against a team that knows its over.
Followed by standing with arms outstretched nodding like they are the -GOATS.
What a joke of a team.
lol
The “Joke” team score 46 points and likely would have scored more had they not shot themselves in the foot with 4 turnovers.
Panthers are a good team even when they are playing sh*tty.
Your hate watching is amusing.
NFC goes through 4 teams | Ari | Sea | GB | Car
Deal with it.
Focus on the Eagles and hope they can win the East.
So ts are you a eagles fan because of that statement you sound like you want the eagles to lose so u can be right
Huh?
The NFC goes through those teams.
That’s not me wanting anything that’s just facts. NFC champs are likely coming from the group.
I WANT the Eagles to win the east at least. I don’t think they will however.
I believe we will the skins are a hot mess all over giants are OK but definitely no sure thing, and cowboys are terrible on defense with rookies leading the offense, we have the best defense and special teams in NFC east, and with a very smart qb each game he can grow and have this offense pointing up, I see u praise cam Newton but your team qb Wentz plays great and silence is all you have, you seem more fake as a eagles fan and moreso a players fan
Agreed. She’s no Eagle fan.
She’s a player fan. And her favourite is Cam “I am a front-running showboat who points to myself when we’re playing shitty teams, but cry and point at everyone else when we play difficult teams” Newton.
Playing a shitty west-coast team, on a short week after a MNF game and playing at 1:00 on the east coast??? That’s a freebie.
And still they were struggling till they scored 9 points in the final 3 mins after the 49ers had given up.
And yet her hero was standing at centre field arms outstretched and nodding.
LOL.
He’ll be sucking his thumb with a towel on his head next time they face another good team on the road.
Cannot win with “look at me” clowns like that. She still hasn’t accepted this fact yet.
Humble guys like Wentz “aren’t any good” (her words)
She’s not an Eagles fan….she’s a player fan.
I don’t know how you *define* cannot win…3x NFC Champs – Superbowl last year. Likely will win their division again this year.
*shrug*
I’ll take that kind of *losing* from the Eagles any day of the week.
Um…the only one talking about Newton is you. I mentioned the team.
They were one missed field goal from beating the Broncos last week and this was AFTER referees decided to swallow their whistles in the second half.
Compare that to the mess Indy just trotted out.
The PANTHERS are a good team.
You bitching about them just makes the ish funny.
*NFC South Champs*
Maybe she’s a fan of football and great talent. Maybe she feels compelled to address idiotic comments like the one from the agenda driven Vinnie. We finally get what appears to be a truly talented QB all eagle fans can get behind, but Captain Predictable goes in on a team and QB not named Eagles or Wentz. How Predictable of him and of you only finding fault with TS’s response.
Awww..Vinnie is gonna be Vinnie.
Hate Watching “good” teams is how he likes to pass his time when the Eagles aren’t playing – I’m amazed we didn’t get any Palmer/Cardinals rants this week.
Progress maybe.
I think Colt fan just might be getting a little nervous about Andrew Luck.
It was just 3rd and 15 and I said to myself, he’s going to do something stupid here, right before tossing a terrible pick 6 to Talib.
In a 3 pt game on the road. Can’t do that.
I get that the Colts haven’t added any Oline or D help since Luck arrived. But he’s now in his 5th year throwing shit like that.
Of course TSpretenderfan won’t be upset with my slagging Luck.
You’re not slagging Luck.
You said fans might need to get a “little” nervous about him. There’s no “slagging” there.
Indy ain’t winning ish. I was just laughing how you were so determined to make the Panthers a bad team ’cause you don’t like them and complain how they will *never* win anything, even though all they’ve done is win the last few years.
I guess you missed these lines then:
” I said to myself, he’s going to do something stupid here, right before tossing a terrible pick 6 to Talib.”
“But he’s now in his 5th year throwing shit like that.”
Terrible.
Shit throw.
But you “missed” that.
You are too funny. Agenda laden pretender fan.
I rip Newton and its a five alarm fire in the TS household. Rip Luck and and its crickets.
BTW – what the fuck have the Panthers won in the past few years??
Nothing. (much to your apparent chagrin)
And they aren’t going to as long as they’re led by a “look at me” always pining for the camera because he has the most fragile sports psyche I’ve ever seen loser.
But hey…keep coming on to an Eagles site and rip the Eagle fan who makes fun of all the potential Eagle opponents.
Eagle fan my ass.
You didn’t rip Luck though.
You wrote one mildly admonishing post on dude.
You wrote a treatise on the Panthers which I ONLY commented on once you were all “oh they suck” as they put up 46 points and 500+ yards on a team.
I just thought your whole they’ll NEVER win anything of the defending NFC champs was amusing. Indy might not win their own division so…shrug…
It’s like dude you *hate* watching of one of the best teams in the NFL. Saying something mildly negative about Luck…meh…but that’s typical you though.
I mean at least you didn’t go in on Arizona today. Though we both can agree that Palmer is going to fold like a cheap suit when he hits the playoffs.
Whose the First NFL HC to get Fired this Season?
Rex Ryan or Chuck Pagano or Gus Bradley!!
Fischer should probably be on that list but b/c he manages to beat Seattle (almost) every year he keeps his job.
Bradley gets fired at the end of the year.
I’m gonna go with Ryan.
Gotta admit bradturd looked good tonight. Surprising to say the least.
Hey paulman what were u saying about mike Wallace ? 20 snaps a game ?
Bortles looked good against that D last week too.
See how he looked this week.
Pack ain’t that good. Will still likely make it to the playoffs off the strength of Rogers alone just like they did last year.
I’m probably the biggest Rogers fan in the world. But I found myself pulling for Minny and Sam. He accounted very well for himself tonight against a very good Rogers led team.
I’m going to go ahead and say the Skins are out of the running.
I still think the Giants take the division (my beginning of the year prediction) But It’s truly anyone’s between the three remaining teams.
I’m not sold on Cousins. Dak is still a rookie. Elisha is still lucky with the best young receiving core in the division. Our division sucks.
Sam Bradford looking pretty damn impressive. Only been there two weeks?
At 28 years old his best days are ahead of him. Taking over a very young, dominating Minnisota team he very well can be in the Super Bowl in a few years.
Teddy lost his job.
Teddy didn’t lose his job.
Bortles looked like a superstar against that D last week. Better than Bradford. And see how he looked this week.
The Pack are a weak, weak team who manage to stay in games b/c of Rogers who isn’t quite the player he used to be (yeah I said it) – Bradford WILL Bradford. BUT the Minnie D is GOOD so they might do okay with Ol’ Sam.
They went to the playoffs last year with Teddy and lost ’cause of their kicker. Unless he comes back and just can’t really play anymore = one game against the weak Packers isn’t determining much.
Didn’t u just say yesterday the NFC goes through 4 teams with the pack being one ?
Also I don’t know if you ever seen teddy play in the pros but he’s not very good. The general consensus amongst Vikings fans is their anchampionshi team if bridgewater wasn’t their qb. They’re thrilled with Sam.
In other news why we also get the retarded brother ? I.e. Mike kendricks and Casey Matthews ?
Yes.
And did you read the part where I said they will get to the palyoffs on the strength of Rogers just like they did last year?
I’ve seen Teddy play plenty. He’s no worse than Bradford and at least has an upside ’cause he’s young. Also Zimmer only wants his QBs to essentially be game managers. Get the ball in the hands of the play-makers and don’t turn the ball over. Let the defense do the rest. Teddy does that. And runs when needed.
My overall opinion of him is “meh” until he’s asked to do more.
Bortles looked like a superstar too…
“anchampionshi team if bridgewater wasn’t their qb.”
Right – cause they went to the playoffs last year and lost b/c the kicker couldn’t kick. That’s ’cause of Bridgewater.
couldve had to do with bridgewater not being able to sustain drives to give the kicker more opportunities or him not being able to put up 1 td. or not doing anything but check down that game, depends on how u look at it. kids thrown 14 tds in back to back years, that dont get it done in the nfl regardless of system.
i find it hilarious you back bums that dont play for philly but say wentz sucks and never watched him play ever. and after he blows up week 1 you say nada.
Have to hand it to sammy sleeves… I don’t know how much more of a beating he (or anybody) can take– He was impressive- yes the pack is not great defensively but its still the nfl–
Nice shout out ! for Sammy Sleeves,Many, many, Eagle fans are too quick to judge, And not only judge, but beat on and down on a mans character ,and then seemingly out of nowhere BAM!! Dick Allen comes to mind for me.
No one bashed his character.. We bashed his productivity, wins v losses, injury history and failure to make players better.
Dick Allen was at an entirely different time in history and he was a bit different kind of guy.
This is the best site I have seen for eagle football fans, You , paulman mehenski are smart football guys , I was not refering to g cobbers , I think I said eagle fans , I.E, wip. newspaper, 97.5 So glad I have a laptop and a two years subscription to Sat radio , Even bgn network is childlike in their comments, They are on top of breaking news though. I myself bash the ex eagle coach who you cant mention or you have to banish yourself from g cobb. So I stand in back of what I said , many, many eagle fans are way, way , too on fast on the trigger to bash a player before he has a chance to prove himself,Or a coach even . or an owner,Or me even , who would want to bash me ?
damn looks like the browns gonna be without mccown and rg3 and only have cody kessler. thats insane. shouldve picked wentz lol, that shits blowing up fast. maybe theyll call vick?
According to BGN the scouts in Cleveland that wanted Wentz got canned! I guess thats why they are the BROWNS!
That may have been Aaron Rodgers Worst Game in a long Time ..
some Bad Fumbles where he wasn’t ever aware of would be taacklers approaching and a terrible Pass on that Interception towards the end of the game where he was 2-3 Yards Short on that Pass to the outside where the Vikings CB Waynes just had to turn around to catch it… He also missed on a 3rd and Goal Pass on a fade route to the Corner of the End-Zone where he tossed it too strong with not enough air under it to give Jody Nelson a chance against the Rookie Mackensie Alexander… Usually Rogers is much more accurate and both these times in critical situations, Rogers had time and was not rushed to have to pass.. He just simply missed the throws which used to be rare
Give 4 Weeks/Games in the NFL before the Good Teams start rising to the Top and the mediocre to bad Teams get exposed to who they are…
Everyone was talking up the Jaguars who laid an egg,
The TB Bucs who also laid an egg and didn’t show up to play..
Look at Oakland Raiders & Detroit and Home Favorites lost
Big Game for Eagles tonight and it will be interesting to watch how Wentz handles the Bright Lights, a blitzing, aggressive Defense & DC in Vic Fangio
I expect a pretty High Scoring,Close Game that will come down to late in the 4th Quarter… Special Teams and Kicking will be huge … Soldier Field is one of the worst Field’s to play on in terms of Footing and Kicking so expect a Big Play, Big Return, Poor Kicks/Punts . The Forecast is Sunny and Warm today there so there’s little to no Precipitation is in the Forecast
“Mike Wallace will not be a Starter unless other Players are hurt
Steve Smith did not rehab the last 10 Months to be a Backup or a Rotational Player as he’s one of the most competitive Players in the NFL
Mike Wallace is happy just to be on a Team and collecting a paycheck and will likely play 15-20 Snaps a game”
paulman
August 18, 2016 – 11:09 am
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“Its still Pre-Season Chump.. Steve Smith just was activated off the PUP list
Mike Wallace is nothing but a Rotational Player/WR for the Ravens.. He’s Soft,He Doesn’t Block and Won’t go over the middle .He is strictly a Deep Threat for the Fly and Go Routes… Are you telling me Henski that your going by Depth Charts Released in August as who the Starters are going to be ? Then your more of an Ass and Clueless than I thought.. Mike Wallace over Steve Smith . Your an Idiot…”
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Give it 3-4 More weeks when Steve Smith is 100%
Wallace is playing well no doubt, but he’s getting alot of looks since Top Draft Pick Breshad Perriman from 2015 still hasn’t played much and Steve Smith is still not quite up to 100% .. Who else do the Ravens Have??? … GMCliff’s WR Kamar Aiken has 2 Catches so far for them
Steve Smith actually has 1 More Reception than Mike Wallace (8 to 7) this Season but Wallace has 3 TD Receptions .. By Year’s End Smith will be their Top Receiver in Yards & TD’s as I called barring and Injuries
No what u called his Wallace getting 20 snaps a game. And being a part timer
When Steven Smith & Breshad Perriman get 100% Healthy, Mike Wallace will be a 20 Snap A Game WR.. Steve Smith won’t be 100% for another few weeks
With injuries to Smith & Perriman, who else is going to be Starting for the Ravens… Get back to me after Week # 6
Paulman do you remember George Allen ?
Of course, he was Head Coach of the Washington Redskins and the old Los Angeles Rams before that… He was a great motivator and Coach during late 60’s/early to mid 70’s
If bears move around Jeffries and consistently get him matched up against our 2016 7th round pick jalen mills this could be a long night
Just get to Cutler…
Bright lights or big stage won’t impact Wentz– the bears might impact him but it won’t be the stage.
Also, just a point of emphasis to the Gcobb experts– Gus Bradley was the popular name on here before Kelly…. He is on year 4 and TERRIBLE! just awful– I wanted McCoy who is a little better but I remember many on here being on the Gus Bus.
for a defensive “guru” he really got that D playing like a paulman gcobb analysis
i dont know if we got it right or not taking chip over him tho
That was not an endorsement of Chip– I had high hopes for chip once he was here but as stated i wanted McCoy– Just pointing out that it is a much different animal when you become the head man!
I wanted Bradley over Chip. Probably McCoy was my second choice.
When Chip got hired I initailly bought in. Seemed interesting (though I had lingering doubts and never agreed with ‘tempo all the time’) But Chip was easy to sour on real fast.
I am still intruiged by Bradley. I mean he took over a team with absolutely nothing. I really thought he was going to turn the corner with that bunch this year…..but they went off the rails a bit.
First they got stupid in FA. Seemed like they were spending like they were “already there” when there’s clearly work to do.
This season they threw the kitchen sink at GB in week one and fought them down to the wire. But couldn’t pull it off. I wasn’t suprised that they came out completely flat this week off that loss.
fact remains bradley hasn’t gotten it done… NFL stands for Not For Long and he’s had a pretty long leash– I don’t think he has 10 wins in 3 seasons plus two games- results driven league
Y this will probably be his last year…unless he has Jeff Fisher’s agent!
I read where in the Frisco bay area reporters were saying that 49ers defense looked cooked by the 3rd quater.
gotta love chip man. hes such a fraud… i remember him saying his plays and offense is dictated by his personnel, said he knows all the plays, said some shit like ill run the wing t if thats my personnel. guys a fraud and a liar. and like dcar accurately called day 1 a snake oil salesman. by the way where the homie dcar been?
He did call it correctly–
If you look at that video I referred to last week on crossing broad- it is the most amazing thing to see a coach/team so stubborn as to not change a formation, to not audible and to run the same group of plays out of certain formations– teams typically scout tendancies– chip doesn’t have tendencies he has hard rules for his offense– the defense coordinator takes about 3 hours, watches some film and says…”in this formation we run this stunt’, ‘in that formation they run these routes’ etc..
SF drives this week
2 plays 3 yrds 0:36 secs
3 plays 2 yrds 1:21
3 plays 1 yard 1:31
3 plays 2 yards 0:48
4 plays -4 yards 1:23
1 plays 1 yard 0:07
2 plays 76 yrds 0:16
4 plays 0 yrds 0:29 secs
That’s a joke.
Carolina was cruising to a super simple easy win against a terrible west coast team playing on a short week in the early game on the East coast.
For all Rivera’s whining and complaining about the schedule being “unfair” he was handed a an easy free win.
And that’s what it would have been had not his players started their stupid dancing leading to the 49ers actually waking up angry for a bit and scoring 17 straight, prolonging the game.
Good for Newton’s ‘camera time’ though…instead of just ending the game respectively and easily after it got to 31-10….he got to keep himself in the spotlight.
Especially good for him, him to audible and toss a meaningless late TD to Funchess which then prompted him to stand in the centre of the field, arms outstretched like Andy Dufresne, basking in his needed adoration. “See how great I am tossing meaningless TDs against defeated opponents – see how great I am!!!!”
if you that called from day 1 with the chip.You get a fist bump from me. Best descriptive adjective I heard yet, Chip the irish snake oil salesman , Wow did I believe in him big time , Not only a snake oil peddler but a man ready to humiliate a media guy in a millisecond , And pls. forgive my mistake if snake oil salesman is not a descriptive adjective,A noun ?a verb/or an adverb? but you get what I’M saying
Jordan goddamned Matthews drops easiest ball in world
Another experience in the books. MNF bright lights not too much. Wentz has more work to do but coming along fine. Jordan Matthews gotta catch that TD pass though.