As for Childress - now the Vikings' head coach but also McNabb's first quarterback coach with the Eagles - it was the same.
"I obviously haven't seen any numbers yet, but he's a hard guy to get on the ground," he said. "He's a 248-, 250-pound guy and unless you wrap him up you're going to bounce off him. We did a good job of putting him on his back a few times, but he did a good job of getting himself out of trouble - which he has the ability to do."
On the Vikings' defensive line, too, there was nothing but praise for McNabb's physical toughness most of all - but also for the timeliness of their biggest offensive play, a 71-yard screen pass that Brian Westbrook turned into a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Eagles' 26-14 victory.
"He's been in this league a long time and he's been to the playoffs many times and he is cool under pressure," said Jared Allen, the Vikings' terror of a defensive end. "I tell you what, whoever says that guy can't move still is a liar. I thought he was running around out there quite nice. He is a heck of a player. They've got playmakers and they ended up making the play at the right time and they won the game." *
