Do I blame Donovan McNabb for the Eagles imploding in Arizona Sunday, an even that dropped his record to 1-4 in NFC Championship Game starts?

Not really.

He's on the "Goat" list -- somewhere below defensive coordinator Jim Johnson -- and above the defensive line that couldn't generate pressure. But that's as far as I can go.

He didn't lose the game (the defense did by allowing 24 points in the first half and playing a matador style on the definitive drive in the fourth quarter), but he could have strapped the team on his back and still won it.

But that's not Donovan McNabb.

He wins, but he's not a winner.

He's not John Elway, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas -- or Kurt Warner.

He is who he is -- and the Eagles of this era are what they are -- and neither will be anything more or less.

And another franchise rises up from the vast wasteland of NFL mediocrity -- and our expense -- and passes us by.