I hear people constantly say that Donovan McNabb is one of the (if not the) most overrated qb's in the game. I've also heard people say he "only had one good season." I would like to hear someone argue why they believe this is the case. Bring me facts. Bring me valid arguments. Also, don't just say that it is because he is injury prone because people have called him overrated before he ever faced an injury.
2007-10-24 07:49:58 · 14 answers · asked by Jim Baw 6 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Rebshel - your contributions to yahoo answers have been highly valued, evident from your 4 best answers out of 400+ attempts. Also, you're about as funny as you are intelligent. I believe it's you who should leave the rest of us alone.
2007-10-24 08:07:25 · update #1
Stonewall... I see your point, but you are definitely exaggerating what you mean.
AJ Feely did just as good or better than McNabb? He did enough to keep the Eagles alive. McNabb was on pace for 27 TD's that season. Feely threw one a game.... and he also threw nearly one interception a game. So the Eagles were able to win with Feely, not because of him.
In 2005 when McNabb went down, the team was done. His backups did not pull through in the slightest. They were awful actually.
Last season McNabb threw 18 TD's through 10 games, putting him on pace for about 29 for the season. Garcia came in and played great, but he was not having the same kind of season McNabb was capable of/in the process of having. Garcia is a good qb, and he takes care of the football. I definitely think the Birds should have held on to him, but I don't know that he would be doing any better than McNabb right now.
2007-10-24 08:45:29 · update #2
I don't think he's overrated, but there are a couple of explanations:
You can lay some of the "overrated" banter on... you guessed it -- fantasy football.
Injuries and gaudy statistics matter, and wins don't.
Putting aside durability, you are hard pressed to find a player more valuable, or more integral to a team's success.
As McNabb goes, the Eagles go.
I would also point to the Jeff Garcia factor last year. I think some people viewed him as "plug and play" and he was successful right off the bench.
That created the illusion that McNabb was overrated. People may not realize that the coaching staff and Westbrook applied a lot of the smoke and mirrors.
2007-10-24 08:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure if he is under-rated or over-rated but his career has not seemed to fulfill its promise. For some reason he seems to bring a weird chemistry to the Eagles and has not been embraced by their (hard to please) fans. He is highly capable of running up numbers and has been to a big game or two but he just doesn't seem to make his team mates better.
Back during the TO era I was convinced that TO was a fool and while he said some grossly inappropriate things while he was in Philly I do believe he was right in saying that McNabb would never lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl win.
I think he may end up getting little more fanfare than Jeff George when he hangs up his cleats...even though he is a pretty dandy QB.
I dig his soup commercials though...cool hair.
2007-10-24 15:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes and no.
I am an Eagle fan and watched Donovan play at Syracuse, when he got booed for being drafted instead of Ricky Williams on draft day, I like Andy Reid thought the fans were dead wrong.
Donovan has lost a decent amount of time to injuries, and usually has what seems to be on paper a good offensive line, good mix of different WR's and other receivers like TE's and a great running back/receiver in Brian Westbrook.
A bit erratic as we see Philadelphia score 56 vs the Lions then only 3 points the following week.
That being said, his clock management is not that great as we saw in the Super Bowl vs the Patriots and even though he and the offense look good "on paper" they just don't seem to gel as a Championship team does; often close and in the NFC championship, but no rings to show.
2007-10-24 15:41:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't need any facts to say that McNabb is a really good quarterback. He made it to the NFC Championship and the Super Bowl without any good wideouts (except TO that one season but TO missed most of the season). He can play, but is getting older and more fragile. It doesn't help that Westbrook can't stay healthy. I know the Houston Texans and a number of other teams that wish they could have McNabb.
2007-10-24 14:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by queso1983 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Couple things for starters
at least Rebshel turned the caps lock off
and the guy above me is right....McNabb was great with T.O.....undefeated I believe.....but that was back when they both played for the Houston Oilers right?
but I digress...
He isn't one of the most overrated QBs in the game
and you won't get any logical arguments that would support that statement.
........and yet again..........people forget that football is a team sport and the QB isn't going to win or lose games by himself
most of the time (I'm talking to you Ray Lucas)
-update- I had meant to say something similar to Crash's Plug and Play comment
forgot....and then saw that he covered it already
....well done
2007-10-24 15:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by retired 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If McNabb is overrated, then so is Brady and Manning. Look at the numbers that McNabb puts up w/o any decent recievers. When he had T.O. he had a hell of a year, but he still does good without him. Tom Brady has never had an MVP year until he had Moss and Stallworth, and you rarely hear about him being overrated.
2007-10-24 15:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by atvman_400 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One good season? Those people must be crazy, considering how good he was from 2001 to 2005. Despite not having much in the way of a receiving corps, he was a perennial Pro Bowler and took his team to the Super Bowl.
He hasn't looked good this season, despite a 7/2 ratio of TDs to picks. He seems to be holding onto the ball too long, but that might be because his receivers aren't good enough to get open downfield. I know he's not the runner he used to be, but they should at least try rolling him out of the pocket so that he's not a sitting duck back there.
2007-10-24 15:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
5 division titles, 5 pro-bowls, 1 superbowl appearance he is wining 60% of his games before the injury. And not to add he threw 4 touchdowns on a broken anckle in 03 or 02 against the Cardinals. you cant name 5 Qb's playing today thats better
2007-10-24 14:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
McNabb is better than half the quarterbacks in the league, but it is all about winning something he has not done lately.
2007-10-24 15:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is a good solid NFL QB. Not great by any stretch. He was over-promoted and protected by the league. That is why a lot of people don't like him. He is way too inconsistant. He will suddenly start missing his receivers by ten feet for no apparent reason.
2007-10-24 15:28:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋