Hall of Shame - Week 2

Sometimes I wonder what coaches and players are doing at practice during training camp. They have over a month to get ready for the season and they do the same things day-in-day-out. With all this time, it amazes me that teams don't practice certain situations more often. Late in the 4th quarter of Sunday's San Francisco/St. Louis game was one of those situations.

There were eight seconds left in the game and Jeff Garcia hits Cedrick Wilson with a pass. Wilson runs into field goal range but instead of going down, he tries to weave his way through the defense and score. All the 49ers needed was a field goal to win. Wilson could have went down and called time out. This would have given Jeff Chandler a chance to win the game. 

Instead, the game goes into overtime and St. Louis wins. Someone, anyone, has to explain the situation and make sure all of the receivers know to either get down or get out of bounds. I will admit that Jeff Garcia trying to call timeout before Wilson was actually down was kind of funny, but when it comes to playoff tie-breakers it won't be so funny then. Welcome to the hall Cedrick.

I think it is time that we officially shift the "fragile" moniker from the shoulders of the often derided Fred Taylor.  Not to suggest that McNair's obviously out-of-joint finger was faked, no, it is the fact that McNair seems to be physically unable to finish a game without injury.

Last year I was forced to listen to the constant droning of ESPN analysts suggesting the toughness he brought to the table by playing injured every week.  The fact is, HE'S INJURED EVERY WEEK!  Even last week he ended up with a swollen knee for no apparent reason.

McNair is injured so often that he suggests he plays better when in pain.  My question is: how does he know?  When was the last time he tried to play without pain?  And maybe a more important question: what's the next injury and how many fantasy points will it cost McNair owners this time?

McNabb only completed 18 of 46 passes yesterday (39.1%) for a total of 186 yards.  He accounted for four turnovers all by himself when he threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball away two more times. 

This followed up his terrible week 1 performance against the Buccaneers when he went 19 for 36 for 148 yards (52.8%).  The Buccaneers have the best defense in the NFL but the Patriots made McNabb look like a rookie quarterback. 

I have some good news for McNabb owners (myself included),  the Eagles are on a bye this week so you can bench Donovan and not feel the pain of watching a high round draft pick kill your chances.  At least for one week... welcome to the Hall Donovan.