philly.com - 11/24/2008
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BALTIMORE - Andy Reid has affected any number of personae over the years: smart, smug, stubborn and silent, to name four. Never desperate, though. Never desperate. Yet this had all the appearances of a desperate act, the benching of Donovan McNabb. The coach has just touched the third rail of ...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 11/24/2008
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NASHVILLE -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight
as we witnessed the rather quiet demise of the
NFL's final undefeated team, with Tennessee's 21-point loss to the Jets prompting the popping of champagne corks by those survivors known as ...
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Week 12 Snap Judgments - Don Banks
- SI.com
nbcphiladelphia.com - 11/24/2008
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nbcphiladelphia.com —
Let s say you've been happily married for
a decade. You've enjoyed some wonderful years together but
more recently, slowly moved in different directions towards an imminent divorce. Do you announce the breakup to your spouse in a text message? Email? ...
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Reid Divorces McNabb by Text Message
philly.com - 11/24/2008
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philly.com —
BALTIMORE - Well, that was earlier than expected,
but now that Andy Reid has made his choice,
he should stick with it. He wanted Kevin Kolb, he should go with Kevin Kolb. Today. Tomorrow. Thursday against Arizona. In two weeks against the Giants. And ...
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Ashley Fox: Reid chose Kolb and should stick with him | ...
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Morning Rounds, November 24th
The Sports Complex —
... Rich Hoffman thinks that for the first time in his career Andy Reid is just making it up as he goes on. READ ...
McNabb: The day after
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Rich Hofmann has an excellent column on how Andy Reid is playing against type with this decision. In fact, he's coming across as desperate. ...
Why Was McNabb Benched?
The Sports Complex —
... Reid doesn’t strike me as the type of guy who would acquiesce to critics to save his job - the Birds would probably run the ball occassionaly if he he was - but he never struck me as the type to sit McNabb down before either. I think Rich Hofmann may actually be right about this one: Reid just doesn’t have a gameplan anymore. ...
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Bleacher Report - NFL 11/24/2008
McNabb or Kolb?
The Philadelphia Eagles suffered their fifth loss of the season , losing to the Baltimore ravens 36-7, bringing their season record to 5-5-1. They are falling further out of the playoff race.
Jeffery Lourie better think of ...