At 33, Eagles’ McNabb isn’t yet done
It was exactly nine years ago - Nov. 26, 2000, the day after his 24th birthday - that Donovan McNabb announced himself as one of the NFL’s players of the new decade.The game was in Landover, Md., against the Redskins. McNabb ran for 125 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown and a 54-yard run that set up David Akers’ game-winning field goal. After the Eagles’ 23-20 win, McNabb was compared to Barry Sanders (by Mark Carrier, whom he embarrassed with an open-field move on the TD run) and Harry Houdini (by teammate Brian Mitchell).”My God,” gushed Washington cornerback Deion Sanders, “he’ll really be scary once he gets a great supporting cast.”McNabb’s breakout game marked a sea change in the …
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At 33, Eagles’ McNabb isn’t yet done
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