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Marty Mornhinweg took Donovan McNabb aside for one of those “You’re not as young as you think” talks. The conversation spun out of the quarterback’s tendency to take too many sacks this season. Part of the blame can be pinned on the offensive line, but Mornhinweg wasn’t shy about assigning some to McNabb. Hence “The Talk.” “Some of those guys are faster than you are now,” the Eagles’ offensive coordinator recalled telling McNabb. “Back in the day, you could move and groove and make 10 yards.” That day returns now and then, but mostly the 33-year-old quarterback can get run down. McNabb, though, isn’t alone in sometimes holding the ball too long. “In my history, two thirds of the sacks are …

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