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ESPN made a
mistake hiring
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh is an idiot.
As if you needed to hear more about this topic, you are going to anyway
On October 1, Limbaugh resigned from ESPN because of comments he
made about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.
"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The
media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. ... There is a
little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the perform
ance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."
That's the quote.
Was this guy on drugs when...never mind.
I am not an Eagles fan, never will be, but facts are facts. When you break
down those comments, you realize two things. One, quite obviously, ESPN
made a mistake in hiring this bag of hot air. Two, he has no concept of
football whatsoever and if he was as good a journalist as he always claimed
he has been, he would have
looked up numbers, hell even
sat down and maybe watched a
When you look at the NFL it
is plain to see that there are at least four black quarterbacks anyone would
go to war with on a Sunday. This season alone, Quincy Carter of Dallas has
added his name to that list, at least on mine he has.
McNabb, a veteran of six NFL seasons has been the sole, yes sole, reason
the Eagles are mentioned with the phrase "Super Bowl contender" the last
three years.
Defense, yeah it is good, and yes it made plays here and there, but num
bers and videotape don't lie.
Through McNabb's first three seasons in the league, he has thrown for
7,546 yards. Those aren't Brett Favre numbers, but remember he played
only half of his rookie season behind Doug Pederson.
For his career, he has tossed for 10,499 yards and has accounted for 73
percent and 76 percent of the Eagles offense in the past two years respec
tively. His quarterback rating tore up the chart going from 60.1 as a rookie,
to 86.0 last season. His completion percentage skyrocketed from 49.1 to
58.4. Those are massive leaps and gains by a guy no one in Philly wanted
to begin with.
Now, that said, there is something to be added about ESPN. They knew
what they were getting when they hired Limbaugh. The thought that this
guy would add anything intelligent to the broadcast was totally misunder
stood.
At first I blamed ESPN for hiring El-Rushbo, but after thinking about it
more and more since it happened I put the blame squarely on Limbaugh for
being an overrated product of his own mind.
And honestly after all of this I can say he is an embarrassment to the pro
fession, he's an embarrassment to the human race. He's not a role model,
he doesn't deserve your attention. He acted like a child with these com-
ments so what he deserves is to be sat down in a corner with a huge dunce
cap on. He deserves all of the negative publicity because quite frankly, he
By ERIC THOMAS
Staff Reporter
game or two.
Had he done that, he would
have realized that his comments
wouldn't stand up in any argu
ment.
McNabb is not the product of
the media wanting a black quar
terback to do well. He is the
product of God-given talent.
He is the product of the modern
day, more athletic quarterback.
No member of the media is out
there taking the snaps for him
or telling him what to do in
practice.