Vikings quarterback Donovan McNabb said he, left guard Steve Hutchinson and defensive end Jared Allen stood up and spoke to the entire team on Monday at Winter Par according to Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Basically, the message to the younger players was to not panic, avoid pointing fingers and to focus on correctable mistakes in the wake of an 0-2 start. "I've been part of teams that were 0-2, 1-2, whatever it may be," McNabb said today in Eden Prairie during a corporate charity function set up by the Donovan McNabb Foundation. "But the team still got closer enough where everyone had that confidence knowing that that next game we were going to win. And once you get one, you feel like you're going to win the next. Then you get on a winning streak and all of a sudden that confidence level is at a high to where every time you step on the field, you feel like you're going to win the game." "I've been 0-2 before and with the attitude of understanding it's a must-win situation," McNabb said. "That's the way this team is approaching it. [Coach] Leslie [Frazier] doesn't have to get up and tell us anything. we know what we need to do. "The leaders on this team have already spoke up and addressed the team on what needs to be done. When you're 0-2, there's no need to panic. But there is a sense of urgency that needs to take place. And we will get that going as the week goes on in practice and put it out on the field. I think we have the guys and the talent to do that." Source: The Red Zone
I bet you McNabb just stood there and said nothing, he had 39 freaking yards the first game! Who is he to say anything?!?!?!
A game a career does not make. He only carried the entire Eagles offense on his back for...5 or 6 seasons before they got him T.O? I think he's earned the right to speak to tough times. The Eagles weren't always 3, 4, 5-0 when they started the season. So as for his leadership, it's pretty valuable. As far as what was said, I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that room.
