“It just felt like I was in a living hell," the 30-year-old Andrews told Sync Weekly, a website affiliated with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Andrews, who last played in the NFL for the Giants in 2010, played collegiately for Arkansas.

Andrews started at right guard for the Eagles from 2005-07, blocking for McNabb — and he said that the star who had his number retired by the franchise in September treated him worst of all.

McNabb, he said, “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.”

Andrews said he once asked coach Andy Reid for a trade “because I was so fed up that I was afraid I might do some uncharacteristic and uncool things.”

After the 2007 season — his second Pro Bowl season — he said his “hate” for the situation in the Eagles locker room drove him to think about killing himself.

“One time I had a crazy idea of flipping my car. I knew I didn’t want to kill myself because I wouldn’t use a gun,’’ he said. “I was a coward in that regard. Because if I flip my vehicle and I’m paralyzed and I live ... that’s the kind of stuff that went through my head. I was kind of at my wit’s end, but I was still afraid to talk to somebody. The very first person I opened up to was a paid psychiatrist. It was hard to do.”

Andrews held out of 2008 training camp for 17 days, while his agent found him a psychiatrist who started treating him for depression. When he reported, he spoke in front of the team to explain his absence, and during it, he said, “(McNabb) was rolling his eyes at me the whole time.”

The questioning of Andrews’ sexuality — he said he did not know the reason he was targeted — got bad enough that he began waiting until all his teammates were out of the shower before entering it, or showering while facing a wall or corner to avoid suspicion.

Andrews said he once confronted McNabb about his treatment of him, but McNabb “gave me this weird look and denied it.”

He described McNabb as someone who needed to have the spotlight on him at all times: “He was the type of person that had everything in the world he could want, but that still wasn’t enough. He wanted the attention on him. There was a whole lot of that behavior. He wasn’t just that way with me.’’

The website said that multiple attempts to reach McNabb for a response were unsuccessful.


MOSS ADDRESSES GRIFFIN


The Washington Redskins, at 3-7, and out of the NFC playoff picture, are frustrated about their offense. After quarterback Robert Griffin III hinted that the play-calling of coach Mike Shanahan and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan was off in Sunday's loss at Philadelphia, wide receiver Santana Moss responded that RG3 should be more accountable about not playing well against the Eagles. As things have gone wrong with everything in Washington, both Griffin and Moss are right.

"If we're going to win games, we need to win games with our guy saying, 'At the end of the day, I didn't make a play,' regardless of if it wasn't him," Moss told D.C. radio station 106.7 The Fan in an interview with hosts LaVar Arrington and Chad Dukes. "And that's how I feel. Because that's what we're out there to do."

After the 24-16 loss, Griffin told reporters that part of the Redskins' problems came from predictability, something of which the Eagles' defense took full advantage.

"They did a good job of scheming us up. They kind of knew what was coming before it was coming and that was disheartening," Griffiin said, taking a less than subtle shot at the Shanahans. "But like I told the guys, regardless of what’s going on out there, we’re the players and we have to make the plays work, and we just weren’t doing that in the first half.”

There's no question that Moss and the other Redskins' offensive players haven't seen the same RG3 out on the field in 2013, whether it's because of him coming back from a major knee injury, battling through a sophomore slump or not getting the same help from the playbook. But as a veteran leader trying to help break his team out of dysfunction, it's justifiable that Moss wants Griffin to take more ownership of the lack of execution.

“As a leader, when you know you’re a leader you don’t have to tell people that you’re a leader, one," Moss added "Two, as a leader you understand that if you involved in the situation, whether you the receiver, the quarterback, the guys making the tackle, whoever, regardless of the outcome, good or bad, you have to a some point stand up and say, ‘Me’ or ‘I’.”

When Redskins reporters followed up with Moss on Wednesday, he made it clear that to say it was more to advise Griffin than to question if the quarterback could be that needed leader.

There are many reasons while the Redskins aren't having the same offensive success. Blame goes all around, as the coaches, Griffin, the linemen and the receivers haven't performed in sync close to what it was last season. Unlike 2012, there's no quick fix for a quick turnaround. It's a tenuous situation that may end up costing the Shanahans a lot more than Griffin.


LEWIS PAYING HALF OF BROOKS’ FINE


Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is a man of his word, and is putting his money where his mouth was. Lewis, now an ESPN analyst, declared during the network's Monday Night Football's coverage that if 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined for his controversial hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees on Sunday, he would pay half of it.

Turns out the NFL decided to hit Brooks with a $15,750 fine on Wednesday. Soon after, Lewis told ESPN's Adam Schefter that he would indeed be good for what amounts to $7,875. Although Lewis did swing around an American Express credit card, he plans to give Brooks a check.

With 3:18 left in the fourth quarter and New Orleans down 20-17 to San Francisco, Brooks had a strip sack of Brees with the 49ers recovering the fumble. But Brooks was called for a personal foul, a blow to the neck and head of the quarterback, which negated the turnover and allowed the Saints to tie the game, 20-20, before eventually winning it, 23-20. Given the angle Brooks took and how Brees looked so awkward, it led to the expected controversy questioning the call.

After the game, Brooks wasn't shy about his disappointment in the call, wondering if the officials favored the Saints. Lewis and fellow linebacker Tedy Bruschi, also an ESPN analyst, were among that most vocal in Brooks' favor.


NOT EXPECTING PUNISHMENT


Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams says he hasn't heard from the NFL about his allegedly profane encounter with an official and that he thinks the league will "probably sweep it under the rug."

Williams said Wednesday he did nothing to provoke umpire Roy Ellison, who's serving his 11th year as an NFL official. Williams claims he was called vulgar names by Ellison during a drive in the second quarter of Washington's 24-16 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday.

Says Williams: "If I said something of that nature to him, it's at least a flag, or I'm thrown out of the game." Williams says he's heard from other players who have had "the same experience" with Ellison.

Coach Mike Shanahan said he spoke briefly with the league office about the matter.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says the incident remains "under review."


CUTLER OUT OF CAST


Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is out of a hard cast and wearing a small brace on his injured left ankle.

Coach Marc Trestman says Wednesday that Cutler remains week to week with a high ankle sprain. The Bears have ruled him out for Sunday's game at St. Louis, and Trestman would not say if he expects his quarterback to play the following week at Minnesota.

Cutler tore his left groin muscle against Washington on Oct. 20 and missed the next game at Green Bay two weeks later. He returned earlier than expected against Detroit on Nov. 10, only to injure his ankle in the first half and sit out the game's final drive.

He did not play in last week's overtime win over Baltimore.


DIERDORF RETIRING


If Dan Dierdorf could beam himself into the press boxes of NFL stadiums around the country, he might keep calling games a few more decades.

But with two artificial knees, two artificial hips and a bad back, the travel required by his analyst job for CBS just became too much.

The 64-year-old Hall of Famer announced Wednesday he would retire after this season — his 43rd straight involved with the NFL.

Dierdorf played offensive line for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1971-83, earning All-Pro honors six times. He then headed straight for the broadcast booth. His three decades as an analyst marked the longest current tenure on TV.

"I've just never done anything else in the fall other than be in an NFL stadium," Dierdorf said in a phone interview.

Now he hopes to spend some time in a college football stadium. Dierdorf estimates that in those 43 years, he's attended just five games played by his alma mater, Michigan.

"I want to go tailgate with some of my old buddies," he said.


HOF SEMIFINALISTS ANNOUNCED


Perennial All-Pro linebacker Derrick Brooks and wide receiver Marvin Harrison were among 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2014 announced Wednesday night.

Brooks and Harrison, along with tackle Walter Jones and coach Tony Dungy, were the first-year eligible candidates to make the cut from 126 to 25. Brooks won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay, while Harrison and Dungy were champions with Indianapolis.

Other star players being considered for induction to the Canton, Ohio, shrine next August include placekicker Morten Andersen, running back Jerome Bettis, defensive end-linebacker Charles Haley, safety John Lynch and defensive end Michael Strahan.

Former commissioner Paul Tagliabue also made the semifinals.

The Hall of Fame election will be held Feb. 1, the night before the Super Bowl, in New York.

Contributors: David Steele, Vinnie Iyer, The Associated Press