NEW YORK – I got burned putting my head on the chopping block, sticking up for another athlete who then turns around and makes a cocky, classless move to bring the axe down.Weeks ago I wrote a column about Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Donovan McNabb called, “McNabb is class act and Philly fans are not”.

I was inspired to write the column shortly after people began throwing the fierce competitor under the bus after his benching against the Ravens and for being unaware of a simple rule pertaining to the Eagles’ 13-13 tie with the lethargic Bengals.

In case you missed it, during yesterday’s 23-11 win against the New York Giants in N.Y. McNabb ran out of bounds with 3:07 left to play and grabbed the sideline phone to the Giants’ coaching booth and acted like he was in a conversation.

This asinine move officially placed McNabb on the NFL list of clowns, joining New Orleans’ Joe Horn on the cell phone in the end zone and T.O. slamming the Dallas star in Dallas.

McNabb has now set himself up for ridicule and is the butt-end of jokes speculating what the phone conversation was about, “Hello, can games played in Arizona end in a tie?” or “Mama, since I won today, will you make me some of that Campbell’s Chunky Soup?”

It isn’t often we can literally feel the signs and symptoms of embarrassment for someone else but McNabb looked so foolish pulling that childish stunt, I actually “felt” embarrassed for him.

Troy Aikman didn’t hesitate to respond, “Sometimes I don’t know what’s running through that guy’s head.”

During that idiotic move, obviously not enough blood to operate the brain cells.

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