Jason Campbell gets his mind right for the season..

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Originally Posted by Lotus

I agree that McNabb plays for the critical Philly fan base. But there is more to it than that. National media and national fans must be considered, and in general these folks have not been as kind to McNabb as they could be. One must ask why. One also must ask exactly why the Philly folks have been so critical specifically of McNabb.

Some (certainly not all) fans and media members, both nationally and in Philly, bring racist attitudes towards the quarterback position. As we've seen in these pages, some of those racists lurk right here at the Warpath. Apparently, to some people, it is ok to have blacks do the grunt work but not ok to have them in positions of leadership.

The famous civil rights problems in Mississippi in the 1960's were not simply a result of the fact that Mississippi whites were grumpy. Similarly, criticism of McNabb does not arise simply because Philly folks are prone to boo Santa Claus. In both cases there is more to the story.

Black QB's and coaches have won Super Bowls. I'd say basically no one has an issue with a Mike Tomlin or a Tony Dungy running an NFL team. I'd say that's a position of leadership. And the very very few who do take issue with men of that caliber are too stupid for words.

I honestly don't think the Eagle fans' opinions on McNabb have much if anything to do with skin color. People care about wins a helluva lot more than race. McNabb has had injury problems, he throws at his WRs feet way too often, and in 5 NFC Championship games, he's lost 4. He's been really good, but just not quite good enough to win them a Lombardi Trophy. Philly fans as a whole are fickle, angry idiots. Blue collar jerks who are so thirsty for sports championships they'll boo and/or criticize anything. And they feed off each others' idiocy, snowballing into a fan base that comes off as pushy, ignorant, and overly abrasive. If the Eagles start this season 6-2 or 7-1 and McNabb looks good, they'll be praising him. A few bad games out of #5, and they'll trash him. City of Brotherly Love my ass.