McNabb says he should still be starting

[Mr. Scot]

In an NFL Network interview with Andrea Kremer, per PFT (link)

NFL Network special correspondent Andrea Kremer asks McNabb in an interview that will air Sunday morning whether he should still be the starter in Minnesota. “Absolutely,” McNabb says. “Absolutely.”

He thinks he isn’t the starter because the quarterback gets both the credit for a team’s success and the blame for its failures. “Well, I mean, everyone focuses on my position,” McNabb told Kremer. “We should be sitting here, I’ll be honest, at about what, 4-3, 5-2, or whatever? We had games that we should have won, but we just didn’t. Now is it the quarterback position?”

What he’s overlooking is the fact that he wasn’t benched due to his play or because he’s the scapegoat for a 1-5 start punctuated by a blowout loss at Soldier Field that ran the team’s road record against the Bears to 1-10 since 2001. Chrisian Ponder is playing and McNabb isn’t because the Vikings realize that the playoffs are a pipe dream, and because the Vikings need to know what Ponder can do. Especially if that 1-5 (now 1-6) becomes 1-10 and worse, giving the Vikings a crack at Andrew Luck.

McNabb also flatly denied a report, originating last weekend on the same network, that he was benched because he showed up late for meetings and practices.

I remember there being discussion as to whether he'd be a good mentor/backup for Newton.

Apparently, the answer to that is 'no' :nonod:

For the record, McNabb's stats for the season (six games started):

94-156 (60.3%) 1,026 yards (6.6 per completion, 171 per game), 4 TDs, 2 Ints, 16 sacks, 82.9 passer rating (one tenth of a point above Cam Newton)

[hank pimple butt]

I agree! I wish he was starting against us. Mcnabb gives us our best chance to win:cool:

[Jangler]

He's in denial.

[The Saltman]

Lol and people wanted him to come here.

[Mr. Scot]

He's actually in a system much better suited to his skill set in Minnesota than he would have been here.

[GritsRgreat]

Lol and people wanted him to come here.

I said this from the start but i "now nothing about quarterbacks."

[Panthercougar68]

Well there is always Canada.

[Future of the Funchise]

hell he can go to the arena league with t.o. ARENA BOWL BABY YEA!!!!

[Jackofalltrades]

I said this from the start but i "now nothing about quarterbacks."

That mean you'll stfu about Cam?

[GritsRgreat]

No