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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
McNabb has never been a real accurate passer either. If he's too excited he does have that tendency to overthrow the ball. Considering how much Andy Reid liked to throw the ball, and that the Eagles didn't always have a big time vertical passing attack McNabbs career stats for completion percentage aren't that impressive. He never has thrown much for interceptions though, and I never watched the Eagles that closely. For all I know his receivers dropped balls are the reason he's never been over 64%. He more or less has hovered in the 60% range in an era where a lot of guys are over 65, especially in an offence like what the Eagles run.
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Yeah his accuracy has always been a problem and it always used to drive Eagles fans crazy. You're guaranteed to get at least half a dozen passes per game where McNabb either overthrows someone, bounces it three feet in front of a receiver, or throws behind his man.
That's not to say he didn't also have more than his fair share of terrible receivers, who dropped passes and ran poor routes. Todd Pinkston, FredEx, Billy McMullen, James Thrash, etc.