Diverging Interests

What to make of the McNabb reaction to the Kolb pick?

 

First, McNabb is positively Alan Greenspan-esque in answering, or not answering, or offering obscure circumlocuitous  words to direct questions.

 

2^nd, for all of the ambiguous language McNabb utters, he knows how to convey a message to the audience he wants. Holding his press conference away from the NovaCare complex certainly got the attention of Jeff Lurie and Andy Reid.

 

3 – McNabb is getting serious about his public image and perception by hiring Rich Burg. In addition to getting a PR professional to advise him, Burg has the added benefit of having worked for the Eagles and knowing how they operate and think PR-wise.

 

4 – To wit, McNabb said all the right things in his PR blitz this week.

 

5 – Ultimately and most importantly, it is clear that McNabb now realizes that for the first time in his career with the Eagles that his fate and interests are no longer intextricably entwined with those of his head coach Andy Reid. That is a powerful realization. We’ll see if McNabb continues to be the loyal company man he has been (and been criticized for in some quarters). It will certainly usher in a new era in this evolving coach-franchise qb relationship.