Andy Reid, meet Donovan McNabb.
Do these guys know each other? Reid gave an interview over the weekend in which he said he talks to his longtime starting QB all the time and that they are on the same page.
“He knows where he stands,” the coach said of his signal-caller. Reid was in Indianapolis for the NFL’s annual combine. McNabb was not there.
Our Eagles beat reporter, Bob Grotz, reported last week that the much ballyhooed – and hotly anticipated – meeting between McNabb and team leaders might take place there. McNabb even said he was willing to go to Indy.
Didn’t happen. And Reid says it’s no big deal.
I’m not sure McNabb feels the same way. Clearly, McNabb has had issues with the team ever since he was unceremoniously pulled from the game at halftime during a particularly galling loss in Baltimore during the regular season.
He has been telling anyone who would listen that he wanted to sit down with management after the season to get a few things off his chest and see where he stands. Oh, and one other little thing. He wouldn’t mind a new deal and some more money.
Reid didn’t sound like someone who was rushing to pick up the phone.
“I talk to this guy every day, and in the offseason, quite a bit,” Reid told the Philadelphia Daily News. “I spend more time with him than I spend with my wife.”
Just so long as they’re not headed to divorce court.
It’s still expected that at some point McNabb will get his sit-down with team brass. Whether or not he gets that new deal he wants is another matter.
Do these guys know each other? Reid gave an interview over the weekend in which he said he talks to his longtime starting QB all the time and that they are on the same page.
“He knows where he stands,” the coach said of his signal-caller. Reid was in Indianapolis for the NFL’s annual combine. McNabb was not there.
Our Eagles beat reporter, Bob Grotz, reported last week that the much ballyhooed – and hotly anticipated – meeting between McNabb and team leaders might take place there. McNabb even said he was willing to go to Indy.
Didn’t happen. And Reid says it’s no big deal.
I’m not sure McNabb feels the same way. Clearly, McNabb has had issues with the team ever since he was unceremoniously pulled from the game at halftime during a particularly galling loss in Baltimore during the regular season.
He has been telling anyone who would listen that he wanted to sit down with management after the season to get a few things off his chest and see where he stands. Oh, and one other little thing. He wouldn’t mind a new deal and some more money.
Reid didn’t sound like someone who was rushing to pick up the phone.
“I talk to this guy every day, and in the offseason, quite a bit,” Reid told the Philadelphia Daily News. “I spend more time with him than I spend with my wife.”
Just so long as they’re not headed to divorce court.
It’s still expected that at some point McNabb will get his sit-down with team brass. Whether or not he gets that new deal he wants is another matter.
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