Ex-Eagle: McNabb Spread Gay Rumor; Bullies Pissed on Victims

People who blame victims and think bullying is just a part of growing up really need to wake the f**k up. Get a load of the latest story to emerge from the NFL. If these guys can't handle "a little teasing," imagine what it's like for a misfit kid with no resources whatsoever.

The New York Post reports:

Donovan McNabb may have not been a bully, but according to one former Eagles player, he was no leader, either. After hearing about the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin controversy in Miami, former offensive lineman Shawn Andrews, who played with McNabb with the Eagles from 2004 to 2009, is speaking about the shoddy treatment he felt he received from the quarterback, which Andrews says “disgusted” him. Andrews also alleges McNabb and other Eagles players spread rumors that he was gay, and the former lineman says by the end of his six seasons in Philadelphia, Andrews had thought about taking his own life and received psychiatric treatment. “It just felt like I was in a living hell,” Andrews said, according to Sync Weekly. “[McNabb] was a big part of it — he was a big part of my issues there. Bully is a strong word, but he was degrading to me and spread rumors. It’s bothered me that I haven’t really spoken about it.” Once rumors spread that Andrews might be gay, he began showering after other teammates, so to not arouse suspicion that he was looking at other teammates. “If you want to question someone, I’d see guys in the shower talking face to face,” Andrews said. “If you want to go further, I’ve even seen a teammate piss on another teammate. They think it’s funny. They are having a conversation and the whole time one guy is peeing on him and the other doesn’t even know. This is the stuff that goes on, and I am the one having to defend myself. There were a lot of immature dudes on the team.” Andrews said he tried confronting McNabb, but he said the quarterback gave him a weird look and denied it.

Sick stuff. Find it endlessly fascinating that Andrews is hesitant to use the word "bully" about McNabb.