Eagles coach Andy Reid explained some of the logic behind his decision to bench Donovan McNabb in Week 12's loss to the Ravens in an interview with ESPN. "I've got to do what's best for the football team," Reid said. "And, honestly, in that situation, what I thought was best for Donovan. You never know how things are going to go. I could sit here and tell you, 'Ah, I knew everything would work out like it did.' But you never know what's going to happen in this game when you do things like that. But I felt like it had to happen. "Donovan is the type of person that carries the world on his back. As a result of that, at times, people around him expect him to carry the world on his back. And they're not doing their jobs to their fullest. It's too much. Too much for one person to do. That's the point where this got to. "It wasn't from Donovan not trying or doing anything wrong. No human can do what he was trying to do. We were leading the league in drops. We weren't playing great defense during that stretch. The offensive line was struggling. Everybody was having their thing. And to be honest with you, I wasn't coaching very good. Everybody needed to pick their game up. And that's kind of what happened after that."