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Old 04-08-2010, 08:21 AM
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Cannon, remind me of all the great playoff successes Reggie White's teams had in his Eagles glory years?
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Old 04-08-2010, 08:51 AM
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Cannon, remind me of all the great playoff successes Reggie White's teams had in his Eagles glory years?
they had a below average offense. cant win if you cant score points.

Its not like we made it to the promise land with the other guy we are talking about either.

Though Van Brocklin and Bednarik won a championship or two
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Old 04-08-2010, 09:08 AM
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I just can't compare NFL championships to the Super Bowl era. First, because there were only like eight teams then and second, because the Lions, Browns, and Cardinals all won multiple NFL championships in that era. That pretty much invalidates anything that anybody ever did prior to the Super Bowl.

I also don't think many folks would say Reggie White was a top five player of all time either, but that is neither here nor there. Lawrence Taylor was a better defensive player in the same era, for starters. That's not even getting over to the offensive side.
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Old 04-08-2010, 09:20 AM
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I just can't compare NFL championships to the Super Bowl era. First, because there were only like eight teams then and second, because the Lions, Browns, and Cardinals all won multiple NFL championships in that era. That pretty much invalidates anything that anybody ever did prior to the Super Bowl.

I also don't think many folks would say Reggie White was a top five player of all time either, but that is neither here nor there. Lawrence Taylor was a better defensive player in the same era, for starters. That's not even getting over to the offensive side.
You are the guy who is saying Donovan mcNabb was a better player than Reggie White and you are going to split hairs between him and Lawerence Taylor?
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Old 04-08-2010, 09:12 AM
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they had a below average offense. cant win if you cant score points.

Its not like we made it to the promise land with the other guy we are talking about either.

Though Van Brocklin and Bednarik won a championship or two
Statisically, thats not so much true. They were as high as 5th in the league in points scored twice during his tenure. They were way below average 3 time. They were very average (12th or 13th) 3 times.

Your point is well taken though. Those eagles teams were about defense from the coach on down with Randall being the only face of the offense.
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Old 04-08-2010, 09:14 AM
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Cannon, remind me of all the great playoff successes Reggie White's teams had in his Eagles glory years?
Could you please explain to me how that has any relevance to Reggie White versus Donovan Mcnabb's "careers"?

Did RW have any control over the teams coaching decisions? Or offense? or Special teams? Or strength of other teams in the conference/division? Why does DM get credit for playing during an era where Dallas went 14 seasons without a playoff win? Or For Jim Johnsons defenses? Or the advantage of not being coached by Buddy Ryan?

For 8 years RW was the best player at his position in the NFL, let alone the Eagles. In 10 years McNabb has never been the best player at his position.
Reggie White missed 1 game in 8 years and never had anything but a great year. McNabb has missed quite a few games and has had a whole lot of bad games. Reggie Whites career with the Eagles was a huge success from day one till the day he left for GB. Can you say the same about McNabb?

Did one time during White's 8 years did you ever say "Boy we could do better if we replaced White with......"? That seemingly happened every week with McNabb.
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