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In his first public comments since Mike Shanahan questioned his ability to finish this past Sunday's game, Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb declined Tuesday to criticize his coach's decision to bench him with 1:50 remaining and Washington trailing Detroit by just six points."Coach makes his decisions," McNabb said. "I can only say how I feel and what I feel think is best for me."
But the six-time Pro Bowl pick, who led Philadelphia to five NFC championship games and a Super Bowl appearance in a decade as the starter before being traded to Washington in April, certainly wasn't happy to be so publicly disrespected. Asked if he felt it was insulting to have to answer questions about his conditioning and his comprehension of coordinator Kyle Shanahan's offense, McNabb replied, "Absolutely."
Kyle Shanahan apparently agrees, saying his father's postgame and next-day explanations about the benching had "come off as an insult to Donovan."
The younger Shanahan added that the issue hadn't been McNabb's "cardiovascular endurance," but his ailing hamstrings which had limited him in practice in recent weeks.
McNabb, who bounced back brilliantly from his only previous benching in 2008 in Philadelphia, said getting sat down in favor of the less-talented Rex Grossman wouldn't cause him to look over his shoulder to see if he's going to be replaced when the Redskins return from this week's bye on Nov. 15 against the Eagles.
"If you begin to wonder and you have concerns, then it takes away from what you want to get accomplished," McNabb said. "Why go into the game with any more things on the your mind?"
Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/11/02/donovan-mcnabb-absolutely-insulted-by-benching-but-takes-high/
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