Donovan McNabb, ex-convict, former Eagle, wannabe hall of famer, spoke to Billy Penn’s Dan Levy – seemingly to promote his post-game ESPN Radio show, which should be a real blast – and of course had some thoughts on his old team. Specifically, the shitshow quarterback situation:

“I said it in a sense that, did I think that the Eagles should have brought Sam Bradford back? No, but then I said yes because to be honest with you I didn’t have Chase Daniel in the mix to even come to Philadelphia. I knew Andy liked Chase Daniel and he was a good backup for Alex Smith. So it’s funny because it’s the same situation that Doug came over to be the head coach in Philadelphia just like when Andy came over. Who did he bring over? He brought the backup quarterback that he was coaching in Doug Pederson over.

So now you’ve got Doug in the same situation with Chase Daniel and now you sign — which was dumb — you sign Sam Bradford to a multi-year deal and give him big money, then you trade picks to move up to No. 2 – that was dumb. I mean, nothing against Carson Wentz, but why would you do that? That’s just a bad business decision from the Philadelphia Eagles.

Chase Daniel is not a bad player. Chase Daniel can hold the fort down for 6-8-10 weeks and then if things aren’t going well you move a slow transition to Carson Wentz. Because the crowd…I’m going to tell you, the people of Philadelphia — and you know it — the people of Philadelphia they’re not going to call for Chase Daniel. They’re calling for Carson Wentz.”

McNabb is… right. I took his comment about Wentz less as a shot at Wentz and more as a shot at the Eagles not having a plan.

Of course, McNabb still has incurable butthurt with regard to his treatment in Philly:

“So do I regret anything that happened in my career? No, not at all. I think a lot of times when you’re playing in a place for over a decade and you had success and then you had some trying times, I would say…the neighborhood media, or, you know, the media that interviews you each and every day each and every week, they tend to kind of block you out when you answer when you answer questions because they feel like, ‘oh, well it’s the same old answer again.’

Well national media picks up on it and then now they listen to it. It becomes a bigger story nationally then it is really regionally where you at, and so that was something the Philly media couldn’t understand. ‘Why is he talking so much to national media?’ I’m telling them the same thing I told you, it’s just that you think it’s just a normal answer or, ‘he’s lying’ or whatever, and then all of the sudden it’s a national thing and they’re like ‘well, he talks to them more than he talks to us.’ I see you every Wednesday and every Sunday. That’s my press conference, every Wednesday, and then I talk to you after the game. So if I sit down with an ESPN or if I sit down with a Fox or an NFL Network to talk about what’s going on, ‘well, why doesn’t he sit down with us?’ Well, I’m here. You talk to me at my locker every day. What’s the difference?”

He’s… also right. The local media, when they complain about a player or coach giving access to one large outlet, fails to take into account that speaking to the press is an ongoing negotiation. No one is going to talk to the goddamn Delco Times when they have ESPN calling. The local media gets their press scrums and the occasional exclusive, and the national media provides a platform for spotlighting stars. I can’t really blame McNabb here… but man, the dude just can’t let it go.

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You can get the full interview here.