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Donovan McNabb 's arrest video has been brought to light and it is not looking good for the former NFL quarterback (most notabley for the Philadelphia Eagles).

In a video released by TMZ, McNabb is seen telling an Arizona police officer that he was not drunk, but simply battling a bad cold, after a situation in which he rear-ended another car, who ironically enough, was the car of a police officer 's wife.

“First of all, I got a cold,” he tells the arresting officer. “So I’ve been on cough medicine.”

McNabb is seen spitting out cough drops later on in the video.

Despite McNabb 's cold claims, he admitted that he was driving home from a local sports bar, Blue 32, prior to the accident.
McNabb was given a roadside sobriety test which
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