McNabb expected to be ready for training camp

By Tim McManus
The Phanatic Magazine

Andy Reid delivered some good news at a press conference Monday, saying that Donovan McNabb should be able to participate when the team opens up training camp on July 27.

“He’s been throwing once a week, and he looks good in that area," Reid said. "Progressively, he’ll be given more days where he can get out and throw, and he’ll continue his rehab. The closer we get to camp, he’ll be back to full speed. So, we’re expecting him, when camp starts, to be able to participate.”

McNabb has been rehabbing since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last November against the Titans, and it's been unknown whether or not he would be ready in time for the season opener against Green Bay on September 9.

Reid's comments relieved some of that mystery.

“They’re really hasn’t been (any setbacks)," Reid said. "But at the same time, you want to give the surgery time to heal and not stretch anything out there that you just tightened up. So, that’s the part that takes the time. Could he go throw every day for the next two weeks? He probably could, but you’re going to do damage to the actual surgery he had.”

Reid went on to say that McNabb will spend time both in Philadelphia and Arizona before training camp opens, and does not expect chemistry between he and his new receivers to be a problem.