QB Josh McCown was ready to play WR for Eagles, something he’s done before

This would have been fun.

Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback Josh McCown is something of a folk hero around the NFL.

He has a hoops mixtape that is incredible. He’s more than happy to use Twitter to share how his daughter roasts him and share amazing stories on Father’s Day. He continues to coach high school football in Charlotte while he plays for the Eagles.

Now, let’s add another fun fact to the mix: with the Eagles down to two healthy wideouts in Monday’s overtime win over the New York Giants, he was getting ready to play wide receiver.

How cool would that have been?! From NBC Sports Philadelphia:

I was ready to go,” McCown told NBC Sports Philadelphia’s John Clark. “We had the helmet ready to go. The equipment guys were all over it. Had the radio-less helmet because you can’t have two green dots on the field at the same time.”

The funny thing is … he’s done that before.

Back in 2006, in a Detroit Lions game against the New England Patriots, he was a pretty good wideout:

Look at that route-running! So what if he got flagged for pass interference? That would have been even better than Eli Manning turning back the clock for a half.

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