It Must be Racist: Sportswriter Criticizes Donovan McNabb

I say it's racist because just this past week we've had to relive the six-year-old canard that Rush Limbaugh was somehow racist for saying Donovan McNabb was overrated.

Well, if that's the case, what can we say about this?

He caught a lot of heat last year for not knowing how NFL ties work, though he's not the only one -- heck, even intelligent ex-quarterbacks-turned-announcers get it wrong from time to time. But Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb must carry the grief alone for his clock-butchering boo-boo in his team's 13-9 loss to the Oakland Raiders.

Down 10-3 with 27 seconds left in the first half, McNabb went to the line and called a time out after deciding that he didn't like what he saw on the Raiders' side of the ball. Problem was, the Eagles had already used their customary three time-outs in the half, and no amount of bargaining could get them another one. Philly was busted for delay of game, the ball was pushed back from the Oakland 15 to the Oakland 20, McNabb took a Richard Seymour(notes) sack on the next play, and the Eagles had to settle for a field goal. Had the Eagles scored a touchdown and kicked the extra point in that drive, they would have had the points needed to tie the Raiders.

What is the nefarious implication here? That McNabb is too stupid to know how many timeouts he had left? Any why does he have to remind us McNabb didn't know the overtime rules last year?

That seems awfully racist.

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