As a life-long Eagles fan (with zero bias by the way since my job demands it), I feel that I can speak about Donovan McNabb intelligently and accurately. Well, as I listened to him yesterday explaining the definition of shoulder tendonitis to the media as simply “tightness,” I realized that he’s gone through his nine-year career without learning an essential (and pretty basic) skill that QBs like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Tony Romo have perfected.

It’s called the touch pass. And it probably could have made him a borderline Hall-of-Famer if he wasn’t so stubborn, aloof, arrogant, and caught up in flashing his strong arm, which is now slowly deteriorating.  

Year after year, I’ve been dumbfounded as I’ve watched #5 fire passes high, low, left, and right to his receivers when all he needed to do was thread the needle with a soft, accurate throw. Newsflash! Maybe the unnecessary and clearly excessive velocity he’s been putting on the pigskin for almost 10 years is finally catching up with him.

For McNabb to return to fantasy prominence in 2008, he needs to swallow his pride and learn that a QB doesn’t need to throw the ball like Nolan Ryan to excel in the modern-day NFL.

Sorry for hopping up on my large soapbox, but I had to get that off my chest. I feel better now.