Ponder This – Issue 1.0

Donovan McNabb:  How can a Pro Bowl quarterback, who has played in 8 overtime games in his career, not know that if the game is still tied at the end of the first overtime, the game is over?  On Sunday his Philadelphia Eagles tied the Cincinnati Bengals 13-13.  After the game, McNabb was surprised that after the first overtime period, he was not allowed back onto the field to try and secure the win.  This is ridiculous to me, and makes me wonder what is really in McNabb’s Campbell’s Chunky Soup.  He also added that he wasn’t sure what the league would do if a tie occurred in the playoffs, I guess he just wanted to confirm his idiocy.  

Not only was McNabb in the league when the last tie occurred (Atlanta v. Pittsburgh in 2002, tied 34-34,) but he also was in the playoffs with two teams that went into double overtime to decide a game (Panthers beat the Rams 29-23 in two overtimes in 2003).  The Eagles would go on to lose to the Panthers in the NFC championship game that year.  

Hey Donovan, ties are all around you man, sometimes you even wear one, but these are around your neck, not after an overtime period, and I wouldn’t want you to be confused.  What the hell are you doing to yourself?  This was a bad thing to be honest about, if you’re not sure about the rules, just keep it to yourself, and nobody would ever know.  Instead you look like the biggest fool in the NFL, and you’re not even on the Lions!  Even though this whole thing is very entertaining, it is also very depressing that an all-star quarterback has no idea about a simple rule.