Third quarterback since 1970 to lead his team in rushing in a season (2000). McNabb has only known one system his entire career. He tied a school record with four touchdown passes against Cincinnati, and scored five touchdowns against Miami (three rushing and two passing). Donovan McNabb was wearing wings on the side of his helmet from 1999 and during his entire career he played for one head coach, Andy Reid. In the wild card round, McNabb threw 300 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown to Brian Westbrook, to lead Philadelphia to a 2614 win over the Minnesota Vikings. McNabb broke the club's single-season record for most attempts (569) and completions (330) in 2000, marks previously set by Cunningham (560 and 301, respectively) in 1988. Safety Brian Dawkins, McNabb's teammate for 10 years, worked up the crowd and introduced the quarterback. McNabb could not keep the momentum rolling, however, as the Eagles lost four straight games. [36] He accounted for 74.6% of the team's total net yards in 2000, third highest in the NFL. He threw one touchdown and was intercepted twice, with the second interception coming on fourth down in the last minute of the fourth quarter against the visiting Indianapolis Colts. With Philadelphia's 143 home loss to the underdog Carolina Panthers in the 2003 NFC championship game, McNabb joined Ken Stabler of the Oakland Raiders (19731975) and Danny White of the Dallas Cowboys (19801982) as the only quarterbacks to lead a team to defeats in conference title games for three consecutive seasons, prompting some observers to conclude that McNabb "chokes" in big games (his cumulative passer rating in the three conference championship games was 50.5 - a figure about 10 points lower than what the worst quarterback in the league earns over the course of a typical year). Minnesota Vikings. 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[87] The same day, his Redskins suffered a 5928 defeat by his former team, the Eagles, at home on Monday Night Football. [10] As a freshman, he completed the longest touchdown pass in Syracuse's historya 96-yard throw against West Virginia Universityin a game where he accounted for 354 total yards of offense;[11] he was named the Big East Conference's rookie of the year at the end of the season. If there are any boos, I will smile," he told the newspaper. [67] Mike McMahon replaced him at quarterback, and went 25 as a starter, with the Eagles finishing the season with a 610 record overall. The Vikings have the best offensive line of the four on this list but they are getting older just like McNabb. McNabb and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie will hold a news conference at the team's facilities at 10 a.m. If McNabb did not in fact have the "cardiovascular endurance" to run the no-huddle (which is hard to believe), Shanahan should have covered for the quarterback, not answered the question, or just made up another excuse. In the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament national championship game against the University of Kentucky Wildcats, McNabb played against his former high-school teammate Antoine Walker. NFL: Bills-Bengals game won't resume this week. NFL footage NFL Productions LLC. Donovan McNabb Retires As An Eagle The most prolific, dynamic quarterback in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles, Donovan McNabb retired as an Eagle on July 29 . How could a player who has run NFL offenses for a decade with great success, not grasp the handsignals and terminology of a two minute offense? As Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie just announced in a press conference, Donovan McNabb will be inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame and have his No. [31][32][33] He threw a career-high 390 passing yards and four touchdowns in a 3524 victory at the Cleveland Browns on December 10 en route to his second NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. [84], In the first week of the 2010 season, McNabb and head coach Mike Shanahan led the Redskins to victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Donovan Mcnabb: A Great Quarterback, But An Unfinished Legacy. [39][40] He was named 2000 NFL Player of the Year by CBS Radio and the Terry (Bradshaw) Awards on Fox Sports and was named to the All-Madden team. McNabb went 92-49-1 with the Eagles and holds the franchise records for completions (2,801), passing yards (32,873) and passing touchdowns (216). Donovan McNabb Retires An Eagle, #5 To Be Retired So not much change at all. [7] As a senior, he led the team to a Chicago Prep Bowl championship. He was also assessed a $6,000 fine and required to do 30 hours of community service. He told The Philadelphia Daily News last week that he "wouldn't care" if he is booed by Eagles fans, who had a love-hate relationship with McNabb when he was with the team. [citation needed], In the playoffs, McNabb led the Eagles to their second Super Bowl trip ever, with victories over the Minnesota Vikings 27-14 and Atlanta Falcons 27-10 in the NFC Championship. 1, Panthers' Bryce Young is all 'business now', Top picks Christian Gonzalez, Keion White reflect Patriots' ideal identity, Big takeaways from the NFL draft: A historic QB class, the rebuilt AFC South and new GMs thriving, NFL Nation sizes up all 259 draft selections, XFL semifinals: Defenders roll Sea Dragons, set up title showdown with Renegades. His 125 rushing yards were the most by an NFL quarterback since the Chicago Bears' Bobby Douglass rushed for 127 on December 17, 1972, and was the eighth-best rushing effort by a quarterback since 1940 when the T formation was introduced. Garcia had success, leading the Eagles from 5-5 after the Tennessee game to 10-6 and winners of the NFC East Division. [55] McNabb became the first quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards in a postseason game, surpassing the previous record which Otto Graham held for over 50 years. Six Pro Bowl appearances tie for 5th-most in Eagles history, and are tied for 19th all-time among NFL quarterbacks. The NFL would later place this game at #69 on its list of 100 greatest games in the first 100 years of NFL history. He retired in 2011 and now works as a media spokesperson. Ben Roethlisberger's agent Ryan Tollner told NFL Newtork's Aditi Kinkhabwala that the Steelers "want Ben back and will contact me soon to address his cap situation.". The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well". Despite this, you could almost forgive the fact that McNabb never won a Super Bowl as a player. Fox: Time for McNabb to retire. McNabb, who is in the process of launching his career as a broadcast analyst, is the Eagles' all-time leader in every major passing category, including attempts (4,746), completions (2,801), yards (32,873) and touchdowns (216). McNabb also spent a year each with the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings. McNabb later admitted that he was not aware that an NFL regular-season game could end in a tie, leading to controversy because this could have affected game strategy. Hightower retires after winning 3 titles with Pats. The Donovan McNabb trade, 10 years later - ProFootballTalk To go along with that, he completed 59.1% (211-357) of his passes. In week 4, on October 3, McNabb played against the Eagles for the first time, returning with the Redskins to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Was Shanahan covering for his son, offensive coordinator Kyle? Many responses from commentators, football players, coaches, and other public figures were sharply critical of Limbaugh. I've always lived by the motto that you can't please everyone. With NFL+, stay connected throughout the rest of the NFL offseason with special content from Training Camp, Hall of Fame, and more! Instead of a pitch-and-catch touchdown, it was a big gain which eventually led to a touchdown. (Not only that, but the Redskins did bring in JaMarcus Russell for a tryout). Later, he was named to the Syracuse All-Century football team.[15]. Donovan McNabb has not appeared in a football game since 2011. Most of his signature plays came outside of the pocket. [8] He initially leaned toward attending Nebraska, as he relished the idea of being coached by Tom Osborne. On the third play of the game against the Arizona Cardinals, he was sacked by the Cardinals' Adrian Wilson and LeVar Woods. When people think of Johnny Unitas, most choose to block out the mental image of him playing for the San Diego Chargers. Donovan McNabb should walk away, knowing he impacted at least one franchise for the better, writes Ashley Fox. McNabb struggled early on and was unable to get the offense into a rhythm until too late. If McNabb's inability to understand the two-minute offense was the reason, as he had previously stated, why he benched his quarterback, that is as much Shanahan's fault as anyones. McNabb returned to face the Atlanta Falcons in the playoffs, but he recovered slowly. Following some thoughts about retirement, LeSean McCoy's quest for the right situation on the right team continues two weeks ahead of clubs reporting for training camp. It was ultimately decided that it was too late to add a free-agent quarterback for the playoff hunt, as it would be tough to grasp their offense in the short period of time. He played college football at Syracuse University and was selected second overall in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Eagles, where he spent 11 seasons. Grossman is probably not as bad as people want to remember him from his Super Bowl XLI performance. [26] McNabb went on to start six of the Eagles' final seven contests (missing the December 19 home game against the New England Patriots, a 249 victory, due to injury).