All Signs Point To McNabb Showing Promise

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With every report you hear regarding Donovan McNabb at training camp, they all mention this "one play" where McNabb was rolling out of the pocket and really tested his knee.  Les Bowen mentions it.

There were a few times when No. 5 didn't seem to plant solidly on
his braced right knee, and passes floated. But there were many other
times when the ball flew like a guided missile. Perhaps most
reassuringly, McNabb scrambled away from the rush, stopped as he neared
the line of scrimmage, and hit Hank Baskett down the right sideline
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exactly the kind of stop-and-start test McNabb must pass as he returns
from ACL surgery.

"It's going to be a slow process, but there were no worries in my
mind of coming out and being nervous or anything like that," McNabb
said between practice sessions. "It was just playing football. I've
done it before. It's kind of like riding a bike."

It's strange how one play can be such a big deal at camp, but watching some of the footage from Lehigh, I do find myself amazed at the fact that Donovan had knee surgery such a short while ago.  By all accounts, he's far from game ready but things look encouraging.

Brian Dawkins decided he needed to get the defense in line and called a defensive meeting to stress the fact that if this team wanted to go anywhere this year, the D better step it up.

Spikes felt Dawkins came up with the perfect combination of words
when he addressed the defense for the first time Tuesday night.

"I thought it was needed," Spikes said. "Everybody can talk, talk,
talk, but when you get a guy like that to stand up and get his points
across, it means something. People know it's not a selfish thing,
because this guy cares.

Indeed.  Let's hope the Birds can do more than talk about stopping the run this year.

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