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Because the Dennis Miller experiment went so well on Monday Night Football, the ESPN/ABC brass decided that what the ESPN Sunday-morning football show needed was a right-wing talk-show host to discuss the finer points of the (turn on deep voice here) National Football League. Talking about Philly's 0-2 start after two straight NFC Championship appearances, Rush delivered his particular brand of insight right on cue:

"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL,'' Limbaugh said. "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well... McNabb got a lot of the credit for the performance of the team that he really didn't deserve."

Now, any moron who's watched ESPN's own highlight shows for the last few years would've seen McNabb singlehandedly win games for the Eagles with lousy receivers and no running game. I suppose one expects Rush to say ignorantly racist bullshit (for which the Philly columnists rightfully called him out), but it's disappointing to see Steve Young go along with it.

At some point, I think Koy Detmer looks like a better option because he will go in there, drop back, and throw the ball correctly. [McNabb] certainly hasn't matured like Steve McNair has matured.

For fuck's sake, Koy Detmer? Maybe there's a case for A. J. Feeley, who's young and was a clutch 4-1 as a third-string starter last year. The Detmers aren't ever going to be anything more than professional clipboard holders, period. And it wasn't as if Steve Young instantly learned the West Coast Offense either. Good thing I never get up early enough on the west coast to catch the pre-game shows anyway.

Of course, McNabb and the Eagles went out and throttled the Buffalo Bills that day. Although the beating wasn't as bad as the whoopin' the Vikings laid down on the Niners. The San Diego TV station changed over from Vikings-Niners to Eagles-Bills at halftime even though Philly was leading 13-0. Turned out their lack of faith was justified, but that was still some dissin'.