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"How long have you been a black quarterback?"

McNabb is still a major work in progress; this year his scrambling yardage was nearly non-existant - I think I could probably count the number of times he got out of the pocket for yardage on both hands. There's a whole lot of discussion out Philly-way about why it has gone that way; whether or not Reid has leashed him in to try to work his passing game, or if McNabb himself has decided to act 'like a real quarterback'. Either way, the fans miss his motion, and there's been some squelched discontent in the taprooms. One reason is that Duce Staley just never recovered from his injury, and we're hurting for ground yardage; we've got some promise in Buckhalter, but he's still green. So, at the moment, McNabb's not only the quarterback but also seems at times like our only half decent chance at getting some ground game.

posted by Perigee at 12:05 PM on February 01, 2002