Here’s an all-time Philadelphia Eagles team fans can be proud of
QB. . Donovan McNabb (1999-2009). . team. 54. As an Eagle, McNabb compiled a 92-49-1 record, with 32,873 passing yards and 216 TDs
During the course of almost their 90-year history, the Eagles haven’t had a better quarterback statistically than Donovan McNabb. He’s the greatest quarterback the team has ever had. Love him or not, that, friends, is a fact.
To describe McNabb’s career in midnight green as “polarizing” would be an understatement. Seeing him booed on draft day in 1999 after being selected 2nd overall instead of Ricky Williams is a memory that most of us will live with for the rest of our lives.
We’ve all heard that story before but what never really gets discussed is the fact that the Eagles fans weren’t really booing McNabb. They were booing the Eagles brass for not picking Williams.
After years and years of bad decisions by the franchise, no one was prepared for the Eagles to be right and for the fans to be wrong. We’d all learn later that this would be a decision that would work out pretty well.
For his career, ‘5’ threw for 32,873 yards and 216 touchdowns in an Eagles jersey. His career record in the green, black, white, and silver is 92-49-1. No, he never won a Super Bowl, but he took five Eagles teams to the NFC Championship Game and one of those teams to the Super Bowl.
It may have never gotten better than ‘4th and 26’, but ask the Detroit Lions or the Cleveland Browns if they’d rather have Philly’s run with McNabb or theirs. Trust and believe that life as an Eagles fan hasn’t really been guys. ‘5’ is a big reason for that.
team. 54. Steve van Buren spent his entire career in Eagles green and was a part of two NFL CHampionship teams (1948 and 1949). HB. . Steve Van Buren (1944-1951).
One of the greatest running backs in both team and league history, Steve Van Buren was not only selected for the Eagles’ 75th Anniversary Team but the NFL’s 75th Anniversary team as well.
Van Buren was the hero of the 1948 NFL Championship as he reached the end zone for the only score in a blinding blizzard. He followed that up with 196 yards on 31 carries in the 1949 NFL Championship in ankle-deep thick mud.
Van Buren was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965, and no Eagle will ever wear the number 15 again because of him. When his playing days were over, he was the team’s all-time leading rusher as he racked up 5,860 yards and 69 touchdowns in 83 career games.
No one’s sniffed 69 touchdowns with the team since then. Wilbert Montgomery is second with 45. Leaving him off of this list was an excruciating decision, but the next guy on the list explains why he was.