What are the chances of two articles published on the same day with the headline, “Clock Ticking,” about Donovan McNabb? Pretty good, actually, if you read the Morning Call or something called the SBR Forum.

 

Of particular note is the comparisons Gordie Jones does between the Eagles QB situation now, and the transition that occurred in the mid-80s.

 

“It is in some ways similar to the situation the team faced in 1985. Ron Jaworski was the Birds' starting QB, and had been for eight years. But in the second round of the draft that year, they took Randall Cunningham.

And after the '86 season, Jaworski was gone.”