KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- The greatest wrong in Pro Bowl history, maybe in the history of football, has been corrected. At least that's what Eagles fans believe.

	Donovan McNabb and the Eagles have yet to clear their biggest hurdle, the Giants.

All is right in Philadelphia now that Donovan McNabb is among the NFC's quarterbacks for Sunday's Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium.

"I think that's so sweet he's here," said Chad Lewis, McNabb's favorite target and the NFC's starting tight end. "He deserves it, and the country knows that he should be here. That's why he was second in the MVP voting (behind Rams running back Marshall Faulk)."

McNabb took the reserve spot of St. Louis' Kurt Warner, who backed out due to lingering effects from a late-season concussion. Despite accounting for three quarters of the Eagles' offense with 3,365 passing yards and 629 rushing yards, McNabb was edged out by San Francisco's Jeff Garcia for the third quarterback spot behind Minnesota's Daunte Culpepper and Warner.

McNabb took the news of his non-selection in stride. He planned to use it as motivation.

	“	When I wasn't voted in, I thought of it as a situation for me to get better. Maybe next year I wouldn't have to worry about (getting enough votes). ”
		— Donovan McNabb, Eagles quarterback

"When I wasn't voted in, I thought of it as a situation for me to get better," McNabb said. "Maybe next year I wouldn't have to worry about (getting enough votes)."

The reaction in Philly wasn't so reserved.

"There was disappointment and shock in Philadelphia," Lewis said. "We knew what he had done for our team. We knew what he had done in the face of adversity without a running back. The key games we had we won, most of the time, it was because he put the offense on his shoulders."

"The guy played well enough to be a starter this year," Eagles cornerback Troy Vincent said. "The numbers (votes) didn't happen for him, but he's here now and it's good for him to be here. This is just the first stepping stone to a long career for him."

McNabb carried the Eagles to a wild-card berth and an impressive 21-3 win over the Buccaneers. He was knocked around by the Giants in the next round, getting sacked six times in a 20-10 loss to the Giants.

"This is a great honor just representing the Eagles with the success we had this year," McNabb said. "This just tops it off right now to be with great players."

Playing favorites
The AFC will have an easy time figuring out the hot reads of the NFC quarterbacks.

	Owens

	Carter

Culpepper, Garcia and McNabb all have favorite targets from their regular teams on the roster. Culpepper has wide receiver Cris Carter, Garcia has wideout Terrell Owens and McNabb has Lewis. All three QBs singled out their teammates in Tuesday's practice at the J.W. Marriott Ihilani Resort.

"I've got to get him the rock," said Culpepper of Carter, who won't be joined by Vikings wideout Randy Moss because of a rib injury. "He's on my own team and he's a good player. But whoever gets open I'm going to get them the ball."

McNabb and Lewis already have code words for certain plays. Garcia said he planned to do the same with Owens, who caught 13 of Garcia's 31 touchdown passes this past season.

"I understand where he's going to be and where he wants the ball," Garcia said of Owens. "We might have to game-plan a little bit and talk about some things and go over this offense to make sure we can make some plays on Sunday."

"You see the rest of these guys here with their receivers and trying to get them the ball," McNabb said. "I'm going to try to do the same thing."

That means Joe Horn, Torry Holt and Stephen Alexander had better enjoy blocking and being decoys.

Stone still stunned

	Stone

It's bad enough he had to endure a cross-country flight from Tampa and five more hours across the Pacific to get to Hawaii. But Giants guard Ron Stone had to do so with the harsh memory of Sunday's 34-7 loss to the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV still fresh in his mind.

"I had to get here quickly and let that go because that was real hard, you know," Stone said.

The Giants have just two players in the Pro Bowl, Stone and linebacker Jessie Armstead (who did not practice Tuesday). That fact alone shows how remarkable the Giants' season was despite the Ravens' rout.

"It went very, very bad," Stone said of Sunday's game. "I needed a shrink."

Joe Lago is the NFL editor for ESPN.com.