Tyler Trumbauer
It’s safe to say that Donovan McNabb wasn’t always loved and appreciated during his time in Philadelphia like maybe he should have been. Does he hold a grudge about that?
Absolutely.
Talking to ESPN, McNabb lauded Wentz for his skills and performance so far in the NFL, but warned him to not “ride the wave.”
“Some people have to learn it for themselves. First and foremost for him, don’t ride the wave. Don’t get caught up in all the love and everything that’s going on, the hoopla right now, because when things go south, you’ll find that you’ll go from the darling to the goat. You will be the one that everyone points the finger at and looks at sideways. But that’s the quarterback position. … It’s an opportunity where you learn, you learn on the run, you learn in the workplace, of — you go from a high to a low quickly and you may not even be prepared for it.”
McNabb provided stability for the Eagles for a decade after he won over the fanbase after getting booed on draft day. However, he never took the Eagles over the hump and win that elusive Super Bowl. Many believe that Jeffrey Lurie is trying to return to those days and McNabb sees it happening.
“I think it’s going to be important that they kind of have the mentality of what Andy [Reid] had — to continue to build in the trenches, in the offensive line and defensive line, and then to build out. I think it’s important that they find a possible No. 1 receiver for him, and then from there, try to get a steal in the second or possibly third round to have a consistent running back, to find that gem like a Brian Westbrook or to find that running back like a LeSean McCoy. If they can find that for a guy like Carson Wentz, from what we’ve seen thus far? It’s getting back to the way it was in the 2000’s, like we had it.
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