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Eagles Quarterback McNabb Suffers Abdomen Injury
Donovan McNabb is going to spend the rest of the season in pain.
Already playing with a bruised chest and groin injury, McNabb has an abdominal strain that may not heal until after the season. While McNabb winced on many plays, the injuries hardly affected his numbers as he threw for 365 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Philadelphia's 23-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
"I'm a little banged-up. It would be great to go out and not have any injuries, but in life, you have adversities," McNabb said.
Coach Andy Reid said the Eagles were concerned McNabb had a sports hernia, a tear in the abdominal area that likely would have needed surgery. Instead, the Eagles will likely have to limit McNabb's reps in practice. He's missed one practice each of the last two weeks after taking a hit to the chest in the opener against Atlanta
"We'll see how he does the next week," Reid said. "Time should help heal that. You don't have a lot of time, that's the thing."
After throwing five touchdowns in last week's win against San Francisco, McNabb struggled in the first half. He threw for only 99 yards with an interception and no touchdowns.
McNabb found his rhythm in the second half, throwing touchdown passes to Terrell Owens and Brian Westbrook in the third quarter. He finished 30-for-52 for 365 yards.
"He just battled through it like the warrior that he is," Reid said.
McNabb has played through pain in the past. He broke his ankle in the first quarter of a game against Arizona in 2002 but stayed in and threw four TDs. He had trouble playing with an injured thumb in 2003, but didn't miss any time.
McNabb said he plans to seek more tests to make sure the injury is nothing worse than an abdominal strain.
"I've heard a lot of things," McNabb said. "We're trying to make sure we get the right answers."
Backup Koy Detmer warmed up briefly in the first half but did not go in. Reid said he considered putting the career reserve in if McNabb couldn't go after a couple of big hits rattled him.
"Donovan was constantly saying, 'I'll do it,"' Detmer said. "You don't want to see a guy putting himself out there in a harmful way. Obviously, I could tell he was in some pain. He had just taken a big shot. He was getting up kind of slow."
Source: AP
Already playing with a bruised chest and groin injury, McNabb has an abdominal strain that may not heal until after the season. While McNabb winced on many plays, the injuries hardly affected his numbers as he threw for 365 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Philadelphia's 23-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
"I'm a little banged-up. It would be great to go out and not have any injuries, but in life, you have adversities," McNabb said.
Coach Andy Reid said the Eagles were concerned McNabb had a sports hernia, a tear in the abdominal area that likely would have needed surgery. Instead, the Eagles will likely have to limit McNabb's reps in practice. He's missed one practice each of the last two weeks after taking a hit to the chest in the opener against Atlanta
"We'll see how he does the next week," Reid said. "Time should help heal that. You don't have a lot of time, that's the thing."
After throwing five touchdowns in last week's win against San Francisco, McNabb struggled in the first half. He threw for only 99 yards with an interception and no touchdowns.
McNabb found his rhythm in the second half, throwing touchdown passes to Terrell Owens and Brian Westbrook in the third quarter. He finished 30-for-52 for 365 yards.
"He just battled through it like the warrior that he is," Reid said.
McNabb has played through pain in the past. He broke his ankle in the first quarter of a game against Arizona in 2002 but stayed in and threw four TDs. He had trouble playing with an injured thumb in 2003, but didn't miss any time.
McNabb said he plans to seek more tests to make sure the injury is nothing worse than an abdominal strain.
"I've heard a lot of things," McNabb said. "We're trying to make sure we get the right answers."
Backup Koy Detmer warmed up briefly in the first half but did not go in. Reid said he considered putting the career reserve in if McNabb couldn't go after a couple of big hits rattled him.
"Donovan was constantly saying, 'I'll do it,"' Detmer said. "You don't want to see a guy putting himself out there in a harmful way. Obviously, I could tell he was in some pain. He had just taken a big shot. He was getting up kind of slow."
Source: AP
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